My wife and I had our daughter's birthday party Saturday. Lo and behold, our 20 something entitled liberal nephew showed up out of the blue.
He's been thrown out before, but we figured he might behave this time due to it being a child's party.
Nope. He had so little self control that, not 15 minutes after he arrived, he goes on a completely unprovoked tirade against Trump and all of his family being vile racists. Completely full of profanity and in front of my 11 year old daughter. I, being in the kitchen doing something, only heard him when he began shouting really loudly. I knew shit had hit the fan when he started yelling expletives at my wife.
By the time I got into the room my wife and daughter had retreated into the bedroom to get away from the maniac. He was in full rage mode. I grabbed the pinata stick ( a sawed off broomstick) and whacked the SOB. I then picked him up to his feet and shoved him out the door. His mom, who is wholly to blame for raising the bastard that way, grabs all the gifts the two of them brought and left with the son.
Sorry, I just needed to vent. I've been fuming all weekend. How do these grown children expect us to take them seriously if they act like this? I'm supposed to be okay with people like this ruling out country? They can't not ruin a child's birthday party, let alone run a country.
It's semantics really: important but airy and shifty. The right v left thing is US-constitutionalist v marxist, practically. The confusion is that "liberality" means generosity: of personal freedoms when you speak of what constitutes the US, of inter-group equity when you speak of what constitutes the progressives. So it gets gummed up, because we're ALL liberal -- of something.
Right - has constitutional focus - is liberal (classical) - maximizes individual freedom - is permissive / egalitarian / representative / libertarian - The People embrace some form of republicanism ... their liberality is of imperfect representation and dangerous opportunity.
Left - is ideologically marxist - is liberal (progressive) - maximizes group equity - is hierarchical / forceful / aristocratic / tyrannical - The Group follows the noble leadership ... their liberality is of good feelz and bad outcomes.
The real divide, is over whether to apply force to accomplish ends. There's NEVER been a switch on that. The Right has always been pragmatic: what works to protect individual liberty, from all else. The Left has always been dogmatic: what advances the party as a collective, and its leader(s).