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Originally Posted by Superman
I must not be a liberal, then. I see government as a public "co-op." I see it as a place where we pool some of our resources to accomplish goals that benefit everyone in ways private business could never do. I see roads and bridges. I see safe drinking water supply systems and sanitary waste systems and treatment plants. I see police and fire services. I see hospitals and schools. Does this mean I am not a liberal?
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The key there is "co-op". A co-op, by definition, is a cooperative group, helping one another by all contributing. I'm not a member of a single co-op, nor am I aware of any, that provide benefits to non-members or allows non-contibutors to remain members. I'm not aware of a single co-op that allows non-members to have a say in how that co-op runs.
So, no, our gubmint is not a co-op. It allows non-members to reap benefits. It allows non-contributors to remain members. It allows non-contributors to help decide how it is run; these are the folks voting themselves more free ***** from the coffers. These are the ones championing non-members' "rights" to likewise dip into coffers they have not helped fill.
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Originally Posted by Superman
I must be a conservative. I earn good money and my taxes are used to run government. I too have a problem with illegal immigrants. But do I have to oppose other peoples' languages in order to be a good conservative? As a conservative, do I have to bemoan the cultural diversity in America, and the use of languages other than English? Because if I do, then I guess I won't qualify.
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Many have mentioned this, but it bears repeating: no one "opposes" others' languages. No one "opposes" cultural diversity. Keeping one's native language and culture alive in an honorable thing. Forcing it on others is not.
Everyone comes from somewhere. My mom came from Germany; literally right off the boat, the only member of her family that came. First generation imigrant. My dad was third generation Irish. While my dad's family didn't have to, my mom put extraordinary effort into learning English. All the while speaking German with her kids at home.
My mom and dad's generation, and those who preceded them here from the four corners of the world, recognized the fact that they were entering a foreign country. They expected to have to learn our ways. They expected their children to learn their ways; the ways of their ancestors, and to pass them on to their grandchildren. I have done that. My kids know where they come from.
I guess it's all too easy (apparently even instinctive) for liberals to hide behind the "hate" accusation. Anyone who opposes their point of view must hate them, and hate whatever it is they are blathering on about. It appears they cannot grasp differing perspectives, especially those that run contrary to their own. Their child-like reaction is "he hates me" or "he hates _____". There is no hate from conservatives on these issues. Just a call for accountability, and a call for our newest immigrants to follow the same rules our mothers and fathers followed. [WHINY, HAND WRINGING NINNIE LIBERAL VOICE] ...but it's too hard, why do
I have to; he
hates me...[/WHINY, HAND WRINGING NINNIE LIBERAL VOICE].