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The highest duty of any patriot is to work to make his or her country the best it can possibly. That represents the highest value of liberalism, and liberals have fought for generations to do just that. We need to ask ourselves something.
Are we still living up to this standard?
There are some rather unpleasant realities that very few people in our society want to face. There is very little difference between the politicians on matters of substance. Whether you are talking about Barack Bush or George W. Bush, Sarah Palin or Hillary Clinton, Newt Gingrich or Nancy Pelosi, you are talking about a set of politicians whose values and political agendas are almost identical. They vary in terms of style and the ability to coherently articulate positions, but they all have pushed for same substantive policies the overwhelming majority of the time. Those policies are overwhelmingly rightist.
Spectator sports and brand loyalty marketing have conned people all over the political spectrum into picking teams or selecting brands and obediently going with them without giving much thought to the whole process. Rationalization and denial have become national pastimes.
In the real world, the differnces between the Democrats and Republicans are no more meaningful than those between Coke and Pepsi, the Yankees and the Mets, Dodge and the former Plymouth, or the Patriots and the Jets. Yet, people beat their chests and root, root, root. During campaigns they buy, buy, buy.
The political discourse is poisoned by this not only in terms of substance, but also in terms of style. Having little important to disagree with from Democrats like Obama, Reid, and Pelosi, Republicans just keep getting nastier, more bigoted, and crazier.
Why are most liberals going along with this? Why aren't we questioning more? Why aren't most of us swing voters with a Green Party that agrees with us on the vast majority of issues? Why do so many on the left pretend that voting for the overwhelming majority of Democrats is anything but a wasted vote?
We need to start thinking critically and logically. We aren't helping ourselves or our country by going along with this rightist crap.
Psycho Woman Throws Knives At Children
13 years ago
libhomo: I am looking at the Greens. What I want to do is work with a third party that tries to get out there and make some waves. I don't know if the Greens are it, but it could be. Are you involved with the Greens in NYC? If yes, please tell me what you think about them.
With our highly censored corporate media, they often struggle to get noticed. But, they are the biggest third party in this country, and their agenda is wonderful.
I've been advocating that liberals and progressives should be swing voters between the Democrats and the Greens for some time now. I hope the idea catches on. In this election, I'm voting all Green because the Democrats are governing like Republicans.