This is in reply to this open letter on Daily Kos I just came across thanks to a dear friend and FB mom. LINK
Dear Kos Kids,
You folks seem to be under the impression that conservatives hate
everyone who isn't a rich white guy or his subservient wife. You think
we hate gays, black people, brown people, yellow people, poor people,
muslim people, buddhist people, yaddita yaddita yaddita and the list
goes on. You couldn't be more wrong.
What we hate is an ideology that wants more government control. What we
hate are people who believe it's absolutely ok for government to force a
social conscience on us by law while yelling about some bogey man
priest who wants to put a moral conscience on you by law. The fact that
your hypocrisy knows no bounds also annoys us so I guess we hate your
hypocrisy too. What we hate is the idea that government is going to run
our lives and that we must seek their approval and permission to do
virtually anything but create a child we are then free to murder before
it's born. We hate the idea you hold that we are not capable of
providing for ourselves and must have government watching over our
shoulder constantly. We hate the idea of our hard earned money being
confiscated by threat of imprisonment or worse only to watch it being
handed over to those whose only qualifications for receiving it is that
they have failed to provide for themselves and their families.
We hate the idea of being forced to join a union who then spends our
dues money taken from us by force on politicians we wouldn't even piss
on if they were aflame. We hate the fact that your racism is seen as
kindness, while our realism is seen as racism. We hate that you're so
blindingly ignorant, stupid and obtuse that you believe "diversity" is a
good thing, never realizing that diversity only means different, not
better or worse. We hate your unrealistic view of the world, seeking a
false equality based on nothing more than existence without merit. We
hate that no matter how many times we calmly explain the precepts of
Natural Law, Liberty and Free Market Capitalism you're only retort is
"Oh yeah? You're a racist/bigot/hateful/misogynist."
We hate the fact that you always take humanity out of the equation when
discussing civilization, and constantly attempt to take away our rights
of self defense. We hate that you wish upon all of us a system devoid
of reward for merit. We hate your support of race baiters who bring
nothing but trouble and divisiveness. We hate your misogyny and we hate
how you see the world through the lens of race, class and sexual
orientation. We hate that you cannot grasp that if you do not,
yourself, possess a right you cannot give that right to the government.
But we hate, most of all, your hate of us, Liberty, Natural Law and Free
Market Capitalism.
But enough about hate. Let's talk about what we love.
We love the idea that a man (or woman, I know how you love to latch onto
one little point and beat it like a red headed stepchild, so let's be
clear on that point) living in Liberty and making decisions based upon
their desires and accepting personal responsibility for themselves, and
dealing with the rewards or consequences of those decisions can better
not only their life, but that of their family, friends and community.
We love the idea of personal choice, of being able to decide who we
should assist with the fruits of our labors, if anyone. A great many of
us are Christians. Not the gay bashing sort of westboro, but loving
kind people who believe it is our PERSONAL DUTY to act charitably. We
love being charitable. Let me say that again. WE love being
charitable. We don't believe what the government does is charity. We
know it is theft.
We love the idea that a man can take the fruits of his labor, create a
business and offer a superior product or service and become wealthy,
thus allowing him to live without the worries of being able to provide
for those he loves. We also love being able to provide for those we
love. We love not being dependent upon a government check or program.
We love succeeding on our own merit and abilities, without having some
program give us something we haven't earned based upon the color of our
skin, where we were born or who we love. We love the idea of true
equality, where each have what they have earned, not what was stolen for
them in the name of compassion. We love compassion. We love the idea
of allowing people to earn their own way, reaping rewards or suffering
consequences for their choices, thus teaching down through the
generations the better choices which lead to success instead of the
worse choices which lead to failure.
We love the idea of Liberty. We love it so much, and think it's such a
neato keen concept that we want all of us to live in a society that
affords everyone the absolute greatest amount of Liberty possible, even
the gay people, black people, brown people etc. etc. etc. We love the
idea of people being religious or not, as they see fit, as
long as their religion doesn't force us to act or not act as we see fit.
We love the fact that we live in a country which allegedly gives us the
right to keep and bear arms, because we love personal responsibility
and we love the fact that everyone has the natural right under natural
law to defend their life and property from those who would steal them
from us. We love the idea that we were born with certain inalienable
rights, and they cannot be taken from us unless we allow it to happen.
So on that note know this. Your ideals of an all powerful, all intrusive
and all controlling government is something else we hate, because it
goes against all we love. Your ideals which we hate so deeply will not
win out against us and our ideals we love so dearly. Because evil never
wins. And what you advocate is evil. It is the idea of dragging down the
successful who have earned it in a vain attempt to raise up those who
have not, and that never works because simply spreading around the
wealth will never teach those who fail how to succeed. The best teacher
for that is failure. I know, I know, that sounds like it makes no
sense but if you think about it not only does it make sense but it's
exactly what all living things have been doing throughout the entire
history of existence. The creatures that learned how to care for
themselves and survive are still here, those that did not, aren't.
So keep pushing your evil ideology of failure and theft. It's been said
the Tree of Liberty must occasionally be watered with the blood of
patriots and tyrants alike, and us patriots have had just about enough
of your tyrannical ways and that tree is looking a mite thirsty.
Sincerely, Kender MacGowan