Originally posted by generalissimo
conservative positions that uphold moral beliefs seem equally bizzare I'm sure, especially in a world devoid of such convictions.
what are you talking about? be specific.
Well finally someone asks instead of merely presuming to know what my moral beliefs are. Of course, I am anti-abortion on the presumption that it is, in fact, a human being. So to deny the unborn their rights to life is immoral. However, the other issue people regularly talk about are gay rights. I take no issue in denying them their rights based upon the premise that they are gay, however, I do take issue with providing them any possible rights that the average Joe may not have just because they claim to be gay.
Having said that, these issues often define people as to whether they are conservative in the general culture, but for me they are distractions to the real fight going on currently. The real fight going on currently is the philosophy that we have other rights other than to pursuing happiness. The philosophy now is that the government is entitled to provide people with an economic means to pursue happiness. This means providing them with an income if they are not working, health care under any circumstances, and a retirement. For example, the constitution provides us with the right to own property, but not for the government to purchase property and then distribute it equally among the masses to insure everyone gets a fair share. That is the difference between the current mind set and the mind set of the Founding Fathers. It is the difference also between the conservative mind set of today and that of progressives.
So why does this philosophy of entitlements infringe upon the freedoms of others? It is because it mandates that money and resources be stripped away from those that have these resources in order to redistribute them. For the progressive, these infringments upon ones freedoms are acceptable and thus over looked while all the while bellowing about their own freedoms being violoated by the religions who think that they should not have access to abortions.
Then to add insult to injury, the policy of entiltments creates a "you owe me" attitude among its citizens. No longer are we responsible for our own lives despite the "unfairness" that may surround us. Now we look to Big Brother to solve all the problems in our own lives that we BELVEIVE we are powerless to change by ourselves. In fact, even though people get free hand outs from the government in various ways, it is NEVER enough. So not only is gratitude a missing ingredient in this entitlement religious dogma, the ones who are giving these money and resources are also robbed of the joy of giving to those in need. In fact, now the attitude is to find every way possible to get out of paying taxes. Those that create such taxes are no different such as our Congressional members.....that is if they even try to pay them at all as we have recently seen. So how do you like how an entitlement based philosophy has helped rob men of their humanity by robbing them of their gratitude and desire for philanthropy?
In short, I am tired of the self righteous left crying about how the religious right should hot dictate their morality onto everyone else when they blantantly do the same. The fact that he conservative believes in a God and the progresive does not in no way makes the morality of the progressive any more or less righteous than that of his counterpart. In fact, the progressive are currently violating all of our rights but the conservative is not. Therefore, if anyone has a beef in todays society about a loss of freedoms, it is no doubt the conservative. The conservative continues without representation and without rights of their own as progressives trample them under foot shouting "Don't force your morals on us!!" Disgusting.
Tea Party anyone?
08 Aug '09 06:15
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