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Why do liberals refuse to believe facts?
Socialism does not work in the long run
Crime is higher in cities with more gun control
Raising taxes on the rich discourages them from creating jobs and improving the economy
More government control always means more restrictions on freedom
Affirmative action is racist by definition
Abortion stops the life of a human so it is murder by definition
18 Answers
- BobbyLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't believe your statement about taxes for the rich is a fact. And regarding gun control in big cities not working, I believe that those cities like Chicago passed all those gun control ordinances because there was so much crime and shooting in the first place. The crime came first, in other words, not after the gun control. The problem now is that with many millions of guns loose in the USA, and guns being sold illegally and stolen from legal owners, it is almost impossible to get rid of them no matter what laws are passed. It may take many decades to solve the problem of so much firearm violence in the USA.
- Cindy LGPBLv 78 years ago
"Socialism does not work in the long run" Social democracies are doing better than the US by a long shot.
"Crime is higher in cities with more gun control" One example of a city with gun control and low crime, Toronto. Oh right, that's Canada, and the whole country has gun control and less crime.
"Raising taxes on the rich discourages them from creating jobs and improving the economy" Wrong, raising taxes on the rich then offering targeted tax deductions creates jobs. The 1% are presently sitting on 2 trillion dollars in dead money. Where are they creating jobs?
"More government control always means more restrictions on freedom" Then you have no problem with a woman's right to choose, legalizing all drugs including crack. Actually more government control can mean more freedom for more people and not just a few select rich people.
"Affirmative action is racist by definition" Affirmative action is necessary due to racism.
"Abortion stops the life of a human so it is murder by definition" A few cells is not a human. If you are worried about a few human cells consider this. Each human skin cell contains the DNA to replicate a human being. By your definition of a human, every time you scratch your nose you are committing mass murder when you scratch off thousands of those skin cells.
- 8 years ago
Allow me to clarify since you seem to be struggling with these big brain ideals:
If socialism doesn't work, then why is the country with the highest freedom index a socialist society? Besides socialism is not liberalism.
Crime isn't frequently higher in cities with gun control than without. In fact look at England's crime rate vs the US's
Cutting taxes on the rich does not stimulate the economy (proven fact by the way).
If more govt equals less freedom then we should take away the unions and let your wages go to hell in a hand basket or perhaps you would like the military to go away or govt provided infrastructure development. Take your pick and if you don't like these flavors I have more.
And finally, LIFE as defined by Webster college level dictionary occurs when something can maintain homeostatic (life sustaining) functions independently; so unless you can rip a zygote out of the womb and it continues to grow and develop, then it is NOT I repeat NOT alive. And don't even think about bringing the Jewish book of fairy tales (oops I mean Bible) into this argument as proof, because abortion was never even mentioned in it. Furthermore, how many children that you have "saved" have you adopted or helped to find a home?
By the way, not a single thing you listed is qualified to be a fact. To be a fact you need quantitative data not just qualitative data (opinions).
Source(s): These things called facts from a magical land called reality AKA not Fox (Faux) News - ?Lv 68 years ago
Not that what Rush Limbaugh told you about Liberals is true, it's laughable that you list the above as "facts":
Socialism isn't working? Check around the world (on your own, don't just take Rush's word). BTW, it's Conservatives whining the country is coming to an end. Based on capitalism...doesn't seem to be working out so well, does it?
Crime higher in cities with more gun control? Guess why there's more gun control. It's called "cause and effect". People who understand facts know what that means.
Raising taxes lie again? Taxes are at their lowest EVER! How's that working out again? Even Reagan raised taxes after his stupid cuts. that's another fact Rush didn't mention.
The rest of your none sense is too dumb to address. (BTW, even if a fetus was 100% alive and human, it's NOT murder by definition. It's legal.
- 8 years ago
I suppose it's opposite day, because your facts seem to be more of absolute bs.
Let's see,
First I'm not even going to address your first comment. Because it will take forever to explain it to you how stupid it is.
As far as crime rates in cities with stricter gun control.
I will remind you that the U.S has the most lax gun control laws in the developed world.
It also has the highest rates of gun related murders.
Japan is a good example.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2...
But really, you can look at just about any other modern country, and see that those with some sort of gun control laws do a lot better than the U.S as far as the number of people dying at the barrel of a weapon.
LOL, they aren't even creating jobs now. So take that weak **** and go home.
Not always.
If there weren't some government regulation, you'd have no freedom at all.
Those with money would walk all over you even more than they already do.
If it weren't for government regulation, you'd be eating **** with any meal that came from outside of your own garden.
If it weren't for government regulation, you most likely wouldn't be literate right now.
How is ensuring that people who are historically and even currently undermined and stomped on are given a fair chance at a job?
I hope you're not dumb enough to think racism is dead.
And no, murder isn't defined as the death of a human.
Then killing someone in self defense would be murder.
Then taking a person off of life support, thus stopping a life, would be murder.
Murder has a definition.
An ILLEGAL ACT that leads to the death of a LEGAL human person.
A fetus isn't a legal human person.
It's a fetus.
It sustains itself off of the body of a human person.
Which, if it's doing so without the consent of that person, is a violation of human rights.
No person has the right to use another person's body without their consent.
You can not force a person to give organs.
You can not force a person to give blood.
Not even to sustain the life of another person.
Not even the Red Cross can force you to give blood, or throw you in prison for murder if you don't.
A fetus isn't even a person. Thus it doesn't even get consideration.
- Show Me The Doh!Lv 68 years ago
Associated Press-GfK poll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term.
Obama's approval rating stands at 57 percent, the highest since May 2011, when U.S. Navy SEALs killed the terror leader, and up 5 percentage points from before the election. And 42 percent say the country is on the right track, up from 35 percent in January 2009.
A majority think it's likely that the president will be able to improve the economy in his second term.
- 8 years ago
Only ultra liberals believe in socialism. Yes, get a dictionary.
Untrue: England only has 35 gun related deaths a year.
Obama is only proposing a 4% increase on the wealthy.
Sometimes personal freedoms need to be limited for the benefit of all.
Affirmative action is not a black and white issue, but there is truth in what you are saying
That is your personal opinion
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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- ICH8TELv 78 years ago
Why do conservatives refuse to believe facts?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/chris-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/20/1147130/-...
- ?Lv 48 years ago
No abortion means more unwanted children which will be either welfare babies or orphanage children. Bad for the economy.