Winston Churchill is often misattributed for having said
something to the effect that if you aren’t a liberal at 20 you have no heart,
and if you aren’t a conservative at 40 you have no brains.
It’s not true, at least according to WinstonChurchill.org,
but I am going to use it to make a start.
First, it should be said that if Churchill or anyone else
every said that, then they were a moron…partially.
History shows us many liberals who remained staunch liberals
until the day they died, and present history shows us many young
conservatives. Personally, I can never
attribute brains to a conservative, especially not conservative politicians
whose feet are found in their own mouths more often than not.
And, while I tend to think that young conservatives have no
heart, I also believe that they have no brains…or general awareness of any
sort.
But, aside from making for a good rant, that is not my
point. I actually do believe that when
you are young you should want to change the world, and if you are completely
satisfied, when you are young, with the world around you, then you have no
heart, or perception, or brains.
Then again, from what I can see, young conservatives want to
change the world, they are just stupid enough to think that stepping backwards
is a useful change. But, in their
hearts, their moronic hearts, they want change.
I also believe that it is natural as you grow older to grow
somewhat more conservative. You may want
lots of change when you are young, but as you grow older, the status quo starts
to seem more and more like a good idea.
I am a child of the 50s…well, at least I was born there. I really consider myself a child of the 60s
and 70s because I turned 13 in 1970. I
was there…yes, a bit too young, but I was alive when the Summer of Love
happened. I remember when the Beatles
arrived in America. I was only 7, but I
had older sisters.
This was the era of Hippies, and thinking that regular people
can force change, and they did. Vietnam
protests, and the resignation of a President.
I was a liberal, and tried to work for change…not enough that
I am really proud of it, so let’s move on.
As I grew older, I did find myself turning slightly more
conservative. During the Clinton
Administration, when things were good, I find myself agreeing occasionally with
a friend of mine who is very conservative.
Then George W. Bush happened.
Now, remember that Dubya was elected in in 2000, and if you can remember
that far back (4 paragraphs), you might remember that I said I turned 13 in
1970. Dubya was elected when I was
43. That is sort of the age where you
should be turning conservative, and I couldn’t.
Do you get it yet?
I am more liberal than ever, because the Republican party is
forcing me that way. As the Republicans
move further right, from merely conservative over into the moronic end of the
spectrum. And don’t try to tell me that
liberals are the moronic end of the spectrum.
Liberals are not asking for religion (creationism) to be taught in
science classes. That is moronic, and
that is at the conservative end of the spectrum. Shut up and own it.
As Republicans get stupider, I have to move further
left.
Newt Gingrich….step left.
George W. Bush…step left…for eight years.
Sarah Palin…step left.
Mitt Romney…step left.
Paul Ryan…step left.
Donald Trump…RUN LEFT!!!
STUPID ALERT!!!
I might have been able to slide slowly to the right as I grew
older, but the Republicans have seized the stupid ground, and I keep having to
back away.
