Dear Average Republican

[Mythsaje]

Dear Average Republican,

There is NO "liberal agenda" but the shared interest of liberals who want to see things get better for everyone. You, your parents, and the guy who bags groceries down at the corner market. Liberals want to see you with enough money to buy groceries, pay off your house, and put at least one fuel-efficient vehicle in your garage.

It's not an agenda. It's people hoping for the best for other people.

It's about hoping that your Uncle John, who's been farming the same plot of land for the last 40 years, doesn't lose his farm because he falls off his tractor and breaks his leg and can't pay his doctor bill. It's about hoping that you have some options when your town's biggest employer goes belly-up because it can't compete with that textile factory in China.

It's about making sure you get paid enough that you don't have to take two or three jobs just to make ends meet. So you can spend more time with your family...so you can play catch with your kids, or take them fishing on weekends, or take them to the local swimming hole or municipal pool to teach them how to swim.

It's not an agenda to want the best for people. It's just humanity. It's about being a good neighbor, even if that neighbor lives half a country away.

Ask a liberal what empathy is...it's about understanding where someone else is coming from. And most of us try very hard, even if we don't agree.

Being a liberal isn't about making fun of God, or your beliefs about him. Most liberals take the Sermon on the Mount to heart. They try to live the teachings of Jesus, even if some aren't sure he's really the Son of God. Thomas Jefferson called him the World's Greatest Moral Philosopher. You'll find very few liberals who'd disagree with that.

It's because of liberals that your ten year old gets to go to school rather than being forced to work in factories for spare change. It's because of liberals that you can trust your workplace to be safe and free of unexpected dangers. It is because of liberals that, should you be injured at work, you can expect fair medical treatment and compensation for your lost work, and have money coming in if you’re laid off. It’s also because of liberals that you have reasonably clean water to drink and bathe in, and that the local swimming hole isn’t completely polluted.

That's what we do. We try to look out for everybody. Even the people who hate us. We don't have an agenda. We don't take marching orders from anyone. We do what we do because we believe in people. We believe in you.

All we ask is that you begin to believe in us.

[pepperbear]

1. GREAT JOB MYTHSAJE! :) k&r n/t

[Finder]

2. Should be to the average conservative. n/t

[walldude]

3. Great post.... K&R

[ms liberty]

4. That's how you hit a nail on the head...K&R...n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Bravo!

Very well stated!

[Ron Green]

6. Gotta give you a K&R on this one, Dude.

:)

[RandomKoolzip]

7. I've seen this posted before at least twice.

It's good, don't get me wrong. I just wonder why it's continually duped. :shrug:

[arwalden]

8. Three Times, Actually.

I was wondering the same thing. :shrug:

[Mythsaje]

9. I generally post my best work at least

once every couple months or so...for one, so people who haven't read it will get the chance to see it, and so those who may be interested can copy and send it along to others who may enjoy it as well.

A few people may have seen it before, but the fact that it STILL picks up recommendations means that either it's new to many, or even those who've seen it before really enjoy it. I've had people thank me for re-posting some of these things because they couldn't find them in order to pass along in e-mail or post to other forums.

On edit: You may notice that this stuff is pretty timeless because it refers to the big picture stuff more than the day-to-day controversies.

[Pawel K]

11. This is the first time I've seen it

great job on the post. Good posts like this need to be reposted once in a while.

[Mythsaje]

12. My thinking precisely...

It is my hope that some folks will take these and save them to use as rebuttals to some of the RW e-mails that go around, or post them in their entirety to other forums. So to that purpose, re-posting them every so often gives more people the opportunity.

Thanks for the compliment, btw.

[progressoid]

17. Have you sent it to your local paper as a LTTE?

You should!

[Mythsaje]

18. Not a bad idea...not sure if it's within the required word count though...

And I'd hate to have to pare it down...

<sigh>

[YOY]

10. As right as you are Mythsaje

they don't care until Rush or O'Reiley says the can.

[Terran1212]

13. You're what Barack Obama was at the DNC 2004!!

Great job, man!

[liberalla]

14. That was really nicely done.

Made me feel good and actually calmed me...
I've read it before too, but I really needed to read it again.

It's a nice counter/comparison to the RW Authoritarian mindset, which I've been reading about (just got John Dean's new book).

Thanks!

[Mythsaje]

15. You're quite welcome...

and thank you as well...

[NanceGreggs]

16. Beautifully said, Mythsaje!

With a BIG K & R, natch!!!

:kick:

[SeattleGirl]

19. I'm bookmarking this one.

Very well said, Mythsaje. Well said, indeed.