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April 5th, 2006 at 3:50 am
1. Abortion, unless of course “they don’t count as kids despite the fact we refer to the person seeking an abortion as mother”. Of course, that only accounts for about 1,370,000… but who is counting?
2. Statist Mentality – Society is responsible, not you. Therefore you have no need to be held accountable, that is Big Brother’s job.
3. Numbing of public schools and pushing feminist agendas rather than educating to a level considered literate.
I’d say generally speaking, that the statement is on the mark.
April 5th, 2006 at 3:52 am
By the way. For clarity’s sake, I’m talking about the new liberalism that has swept the country, not the classical liberalism of Adam Smith. You know, with freedom comes responsibility and all that rot.
April 5th, 2006 at 9:04 am
I’m sorry I don’t understand what we are to discuss. The picture in this posting gives no details why Rick Scarborough thinks liberalism kills kids. Based on the title of the picture, it sounds like he is trying to be provocative or just plain silly. I have no interest in either attitude.
April 5th, 2006 at 9:41 am
This does nothing to inform or educate. It serves only to inflame Rick Scarborough’s fan base. In other words business as usual for US politics. I’ll now return to my regularly scheduled, praying for a third party candidate from the center.
April 5th, 2006 at 10:19 am
I think it’s funny how they enlisted “liberal,” PBS-style design to the cause.
April 5th, 2006 at 10:46 am
Oh Brian. We can always count on you.
Don’t care.
April 5th, 2006 at 11:47 am
I’m just impressed that the publisher was able to find all of those “Keep Left” signs for the cover. Do we actually have any of those in America? I don’t know as if I’ve ever seen one.
As far as the title goes, nothing surprising. It’s shade more silly than a Coulter title, but not by much. Next will probably be a book titled, “Jesus loves everyone. Except liberals.”
April 5th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
This is why you can’t take somone like Scarborough seriously.
But I am regularly amused/disturbed by how a lot of conservative writers have started blaming liberalism for causing the very problems liberals generally seek to cure (poverty, racial strife, etc.). It works because there is a bit of truth to it when you start examining why and how something like entrenched poverty stays entrenched. But instead of engaging in a debate about how we might handle our problems better and trying to respectfully woo people to a revised view of the world, people like Scarborough would rather just accuse liberalism of being a homocidal ideology.
That’ll improve America. Sure.
April 5th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
I don’t think the contents should be disgarded simply because it has a provocative title. Sure, he could have titled it: “How Centralized Planning and Paternal Statism Has a Profoundly Negative Influence on the Future of Society” but I don’t think it would sell as well as “Liberalism Kills Kids.” We shouldn’t get our panties in a bunch because of obnoxious marketing. Has anyone read the book, yet?
April 5th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Brian,
Your number three was interesting. What do you mean by “pushing feminist agendas rather than educating to a level considered literate.” It sounds like you have specific example and a specific beef. Please do share. It seems like you’re saying the number one problem with public schools is that they cater to girls.
April 5th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Has anyone read the book, yet?
No. I wouldn’t read a letter that started “Dear Asshole,” either.
April 5th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
ASC has it right. Not deserving of any expenditure of money for the book or energy to read it. No value there.
April 10th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Hello everybody, I want to make friend with you. Nice to meet you.