I am a liberal and I'm proud

[TheRealMafoo]

The_vagabond7 said:

SciFiBoy said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Domo-Kun said:

I still haven't seen any evidence or clear examples that liberals suppress the rights of anybody.

 

Did you not read my post?

If you mean the percentage of liberals that don’t think government should give entitlements, then you’re right. We call them Libertarians.

The government owns nothing. To give someone something, first the government has to take it from someone else.

How is taking something of mine for the sole purpose of giving it to someone else not an infringement of my rights?

so, poor people should be denied basic rights because rich people are greedy and wont give them any help?

you give up some of your income (a more than fair amount if you live in the UK or US, id argue that the rich in both nations are awfully undertaxed) in order to give thoose less fortunate than you the same rights you enjoy, like education or healthcare.

 

That's not really a response to his question. You may think he should be more charitable, but that wasn't what he asked. How is the government taking something from him, and giving it to some one else not an infringement of his rights? Not "Should ethically he be more willing to help more people get an education" or "Does taking it from him and giving it to some one else for an education better for the country as a whole", those aren't topics he was discussing.

 

Yea, what he said. :)