So just today, someone once again called us ‘liberals’ morons. Again.
First of all, I’d like to point out to Americans that in Australia, the liberal party is actually the conservative party. The labor party is the one that swings to the left. So get your facts straight.
I hope you are one of those republicans and you are reading this. I really do. I’ve tried to spam this blog post with conservative keywords in the hope that more of you will find it and actually use a greater proportion of the right hand side of your brain.
Anyway, I think you’ll find that the majority (not all, but most) creative people ARE liberal.
So that means artists, musicians, writers, actors, 3D animators, graphic designers, industrial designers, fashion designers, interior designers, architects, art directors, creative directors, marketing and advertising gurus, chefs, comedians, photographers, hairdressers, dancers … you know… all the people who make life interesting. Not to mention many scientists, psychologists and health care workers as well.
What that means is, who do you actually go to when you do any of the following: read a book; watch movies (other than old westerns); listen to music (anthing but country music that is); buy nice clothes (including designer suits); buy furniture; go out to a restaurant; give birth to a child; watch a comedy; take a taxi; get a haircut; need a lawyer; need a psychologist; go out for a drink at a bar or pub; set foot in a nicely designed home; watch any kind of entertainment.
What music do you listen to when you feel like cheering up? Who do you go to when you want to sell more widgets? Who do you go to when you want advice on branding or corporate identity? How about you stop calling people “liberal morons” eh? Do you not know how to compose an entire sentence without insulting someone? Because it’s becoming tiresome. Really. If anyone has made the Divided States of America, it is you.
I hate to say this, but without liberal people, your society would look a lot like the USSR. You know: communist! Not that there’s anything wrong with that either. It’s just… a bit too depressing by all accounts.
There’s actually nothing wrong with being conservative either. I like the way you care about traditional family life, really I do. Except that you don’t seem to give a toss about the environment. You all think 19th century technology can solve 21st technology problems. Build more cars and all the problems will go away!
Half the fucken problem with this world was brought about by the industrial revolution. If you want to carry on doing things like in the 18th, 19th and 20th century, that won’t solve any of today’s problems. What conservatives have to ask themselves is: how long do you think you can keep on mining the earth?
You know dinosaurs –please tell me you believe in dinousaurs– roamed the Earth for 65 million years. Do you really think humanity will last that long? Not even close.So something has to chage, right? Does that make you feel anxious? That’s okay. That’s perfectly normal. Us ‘liberal morons’ as you like to call us prefer to call it “excitement”. You know, it’s called doing something different. Something creative.
See the more I hang round the internet, the more I realise that some people are just complete nutters. Many conservative people would rather call all their favourite actors and singers “liberal morons” (and stop watching than actually think for themselves a bit. Let me tell you. You’ll have to give up alot more than a few Meryl Streep performances if you don’t ever want to be influenced by any “liberal moron” ever again. You’ll have to take down 99% of the art on your walls and stop listening to 98% of your music. You’d have to stop watching 92% of your television.
Trump should not have made fun of a disabled person. He overstepped the line first. She’s not even really getting political. She’s not telling you who to vote for. She is an actress and she was talking about someone acting disabled. She has just as much right to speak up for what she believes in.
There’s a reason why professors and other academics and more liberal. It’s because they know many things that you conservatives don’t know. That’s what.
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