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Posted by antimedia:
Hello!  Do you know me?....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1202080743.shtml


   ....I'm a liberal. I believe that all men are created equal, but I
   don't buy the part about being endowed by the Creator and I don't buy
   the "created" before equal either. I think that religious belief is an
   individual decision that the State should not be involved in. I think
   that individuals should be able to make their own choices about their
   lifestyles without the State interfering in any way. I think that we,
   as humans, are responsible for each other's well being, but we should
   never intrude in each other's lives.
   That leads me to the following conclusions.
   1) All people should have health care. The State should provide it,
   and the State should [1]force everyone to participate, even if the
   system is already [2]a proven failure.
   2) Smoking should be banned, because smoking is bad. People should
   have no choice in the matter, both [3]in their businesses and [4]in
   their homes.
   3) Obesity should be [5]punished by law. If the government is going to
   provide you with health care, you are responsible to ensure that you
   are living properly so as to remain healthy.
   4) Drivers should have to [6]pay for every mile they drive regardless
   of how fuel efficient their car is. So cars should be equipped with
   GPS devices that allow the State to determine where you are at any
   time and exactly how many miles you've driven.
   5) The State has no right to [7]surveil its citizens. After all
   privacy is paramount. The State should not be prying into private
   citizens' lives or telling them what to do.
   6) Abortion should be freely available. The State has no right to
   limit or ban abortion. It's a personal choice. Even if a majority of
   the citizens think otherwise, it does not matter.
   7) It's the State's responsibility to place its imprimatur on marriage
   for alternative lifestyles. What the citizens want is irrelevant. It's
   a matter of civil rights over which the people should have no say.
   8) I believe in women's and minority's rights, but we have no business
   telling other countries how they should handle their citizens.
   If you find any of my positions inconsistent or contradictory, you are
   clearly a [8]hate-filled, bigoted, radical right-wing hack who [9]must
   be silenced because your positions are dangerous.
   Tags: [10]liberals [11]state control [12]inconsistent

References

   1. http://www.healthcareshopper.com/blog/2007/07/health_insurance_now_mandatory.html
   2. http://www.freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php
   3. http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=249217
   4. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-10-03-smoking-bans_N.htm?csp=34
   5. http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-fat-people-allowed-only-slim-will-be.html
   6. http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=321618&ref=25
   7. http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23698
   8. http://patterico.com/2007/03/05/leftist-hate-speech/
   9. http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1201832162.shtml
  10. http://technorati.com/tag/liberals
  11. http://technorati.com/tag/state%20control
  12. http://technorati.com/tag/inconsistent