Why do liberals call themselves "Intellectual Liberals"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_bible

 

Tell you what, you can post your questions in the two threads you've already started about Obama's Harvard record where your question would be on topic, and maybe I will feel like responding to it there.

http://www.politicalforum.com/political-opinions-beliefs/190584-why-obama-mum-about-harvard.html

http://www.politicalforum.com/political-opinions-beliefs/183990-why-obama-mum-about-harvard.html

 

The Bible is nothing more than common sense.

If you are nice to people, they will be nice to you.

If you help people, they help you.

It is as simple as that.

 

In before it's closed.

 

No such animal as Common Sense. Also, the Hagia Graph is exceedingly nonsensical.

 

no such thing as "animal"...that's purely a human construct given to a life form or concept using language which has evolved over 1000's of years.

And these so-called "words" are merely darkened regions of space and time which contain less light than the surrounding areas and that we process as having meaning using electrical impulses within our brains.

it's common sense.

 

Actually, it's conservatives who often accuse us of being intellectuals. I've never understood that.

I think of myself as a nerd. That's kind of an intellectual, I suppose.

So ... who was calling for the mass murder of every conservative in the red state? And ... which red state?

I'm against mass murder, incidentally. Not that I think you care.

I must not be very smart, 'cause that made no sense to me.

Gee, thanks.

So you're saying that liberals say black people are stupid, which is messed up, because black people are stupid?

Have you been drinking, or something?

I promise I don't want to kill you. My evidence for this is that I haven't killed you.

No, the mob mentality is not very intellectual. But neither is the liberal mentality a mob mentality.

Our ability to watch foreign films with subtitles.

 

Well, given a lot of the rhetoric on this board, conservatives aren't exactly defenders of individualism either.

Both sides have their indoctrination. Conspiracy theorists tend to be the most indoctrinated of anyone though, since paranoia is a far better oppressor than any government.

 

I like that.... very tongue-in-cheek.

 

Classical liberalism has been hijacked by totalitarians.

 

To whichever clown is claiming I want all conservatives dead simply because I'm a liberal:

Personally, I don't care one way or another what happens to 'em, if they live, die, prosper, flounder, whatever. I just want them to sit down and **** so those that actually know policy fields the best can implement good, sound public policy.

Yes, I'm a huge technocrat. And yes, I'm a major elitist. And yes, I'm proud of it.

 

anyone can be intellectual but if they choose to think like sarah palin it becomes a problem.

 

The majority of Liberals and their supporters are uneducated and illegal immigrants.

 

This is unfortunately true.......

 

I think you got it wrong. Rightwingers, *********s, lie-arians,and sovergein citizens call them liberals. Liberals seldome refer to themself as liberal, nor their own cognitive ability as intellectual. They just try to say in office and will do what it takes to kiss butt to the broadcast media, unions, and associations who pay into their campain just like right-wing nuts.

 

It's called the "Golden Rule" and has been around far longer than the bible. It was found in ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Chinese religions.

The GR, and variations of it, are also found in; Judaism, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Cosmic Muffinism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Mohism, Platonism, Quakerism, Sikhism, Tantrism, Taoism, Wicca and Native American beliefs.

 

You are correct. I have never seen any liberal address themselves as being an "intellectual"...ever.

The problem with this thread is that it starts off with a completely false assumption. If that's the OP's opinion then fine. However, if the OP claims it is fact, he/she must offer proof of which I've seen none.

 

Umm... excuse me? You sir are the problem. You are the one who receives welfare. You have this in your sig...

Yeah, that's sure true...

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Yeah, that's just great intellectual thinking.

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Those 2 words and an equal sign tell me you know nothing about how government manages anything they touch. They are the absolute worst money manager there is and they are the most inefficient at the same time.

You must be unpartiotic then since you don't pay taxes. You have admitted to receiving welfare on this site before. At what point are you going to start giving something rather than taking?

Republicans are for freedom across the board. The poor is entitled to NOTHING until the government takes money away from someone else.

Please tell me how you, personally, are entitled to MY hard earned money.. the money I worked my ass off to make by working extra shifts, going the extra mile, etc. Why do I have to work my ass off so you can sit on the couch all day and type on this website?

You sir are quite the intellectual...

 

What does the term "*******" actually mean? It's an implication that liberals are "retarded," right? As in, mentally disabled in some fashion?

Isn't calling someone a ******* the same as putting on air of intellectual superiority?

Don't the liberal-haters out there all think that they're smarter than liberals?

Or am I mistaken?

The ones that crack me up -- and yes, sometimes sadden me and frustrate me -- are the posts in which someone who hates liberals -- who will often call themselves a conservative without demonstrating any sense of genuine conservatism -- will explain in great detail, at vast length, on everything that's wrong with liberals. We're described as greedy, lazy, cowardly, stupid, incapable of reason, vulnerable to emotion, with no morals, no values, no ethics, no spirit ... in essence, we're described as having no worth as human beings.

It's such a waste of time. And I feel embarrassed for people who write such posts. Because whatever we write here, whatever we say about someone else, we can't really be regarded as an authority on anything except ourselves. When we go into intricate, ugly detail about the imagined shortcomings of our enemies, we're really just revealing something about ourselves.

When we make a post that's full of hate, we tell each other nothing about the object of our hatred, and a great deal about ourselves, specifically that we are full of hate. And that really says something about a person, doesn't it?

 

a liberal intellectual is someone who has not had to face the cold hard facts of reality and had an epiphany

 

for instance the guys on FOX news are intellectuals but they put on an act for money

glenn beck is not that dumb, he knew his audience were a bunch of misguided poor country people but had to keep them in the mindset to profit from that media market.

many of these people don't know they can get free health care if they vote for democrats because of intellectual republicans misguiding them for profits

although Sarah Palin sometimes seems really like this with no act.

 

Lets see if I can clarify for you...

OK...first:
in·tel·lec·tu·al (ntl-kch-l)
adj.
a. Of or relating to the intellect.
b. Rational rather than emotional.

So...by definition, there are actually very few TRUE Intellectuals. There are, however, lots of "Semi-Intellectuals" and TONS of "Wannabe-Intellectuals". I say this because we (humans) are afflicted with emotions. We find it almost impossible to discuss and/or debate without some sort of outbreak of emotional response...an excellent example of this is this post of yours...a typical emotional response to a discussion you seem to have had with a rather emotional person. To label all liberal-minded people as "Intellectuals" is a gross overstatement.

OK...I would ask you to re-read this paragraph and tell me...what's wrong with it...aside from the grammar...

You draw a conclusion that is unsupported and quite frankly...asinine. You make the assumption that if 1 Liberal makes a silly statement, that it is the duty of all Liberals to support the silly statement because of some sort of "Team Spirit", or a "Pack Mentality". The whole concept of "US AGAINST THEM" is one of the driving forces in US politics, and is one of the biggest problems you people have. Most of you seem to LIVE for confrontation, when an INTELLECTUAL would be striving for the betterment of "We The People" by realizing that view-points from BOTH sides of the isle must be brought together to produce what is generally a more favorable and comfortable solution.

Just a side note if I may: I believe this is exactly what Obama has been attempting to do. Unfortunately, I also believe he gives the mentality of BOTH Dems and Reps...way to much credit. Its like watching 1 adult babysit a hall full of brats. I'm not saying he hasn't screwed-up once or twice...I'm saying he exhibits a level of intellect that is above and far beyond that of the average US politician.

Yer gonna have to support this with something...a link to a news article at very least. I find it rather hard to believe.

You Sir, are spot-on with this one. Congratulations.
ANYONE who would call for the death of a political adversary is a common cut-throat and certainly NOT an Intellectual.

...can you hear the fiddle? lol...

Alright...to your assertion that there is a sort of "Liberal Mob Mentality"...the truly Intellectual response HAS to be...

Pot/Kettle...?

This Mob Mentality that you see, is equally applicable to Republicans...and seems to be the glue that binds the Tea-Party types.

EZ-E...ya wanna explore intellect...read some of the threads in this site. Tell me...how many real Intellectuals of either side can you find? I'd bet you find MAYBE 2. Many of us...myself included...have monetary spats of intellectual thinking, but generally we are slaves to our tempers and emotions.

Now, I'm not going to go into which side of the isle is more intellectual... as I'm quite sure a number of people on either side have already been through that, and have probably already proven what I have been saying here...I haven't read the whole thread, but I bet they've all be carrying on like a pack of adolescents...bickering back and forth in a pedantic and quite immature exhibition...right?

 

Since I'm all about teaching liberals of their wicked ways, I thought you would be interested in reading Ann Coulter's latest book...(Demonic), where she details the mob mentality of liberals. Of course she is spot on again--giving many detailed examples of how liberals today and of the past resort to mob mentality and mob actions in order to put forth their destructive policy. Btw, there is a reason why all 5 of Ann's previous books quickly jumped to the Best Seller List of the N.Y. Times.

 

‘Intellectual’ can denote four types of persons:

1. A person involved in, and with, abstract, erudite ideas and theories. FAILED
2. A person whose profession (e.g. philosophy, literary criticism, sociology, law, political analysis, theoretical science, mathematics, etc.) solely involves the production and dissemination of ideas.[1] FAILED
3. A person of notable cultural and artistic expertise whose knowledge grants him or her intellectual authority in public discourse. FAILED
4. A person of high mental calibre and applied mental agility that can inductively or deductively reason from evidence and patterns, with the creativity to "think outside the box". FAILED

* cum laude, meaning "with honor"[1]—usually pronounced /kʊmˈlaʊdeɪ/ or /kʊmˈlɔːdeɪ/.
* magna cum laude, meaning "with high honor"
* summa cum laude, meaning "with highest honor"

The GPA for Magna Cum Laude; 3.65-3.79
the GPA for Summa Cum Laude; 3.80-3.89
We can't see Obama's GPA...it's hidden away in some vault. So it may well be that he squeaked into his Magna status with a mere 3.65 (we'll never really know, will we.) Oh, accept what his handlers tell us.

As to the 'qualifications' to be a bona-fide 'INTELLECTUAL', judging from the posts on this forum...it would generally be quite a stretch for any liberal posting to claim that 'status'. Yours included.

 

Yes there IS a reason for her success. Its called PANDERING TO MINDLESS SUCKERS!!!

I thought I'd explained to you and that Jethro moron in another thread already Libby...its the REPUBLICANS who exhibit the attributes of SATANISM (Individuality and Greed). So go suck yer pentagram...demon-boy...