Why I’m a liberal (work in progress) (yes I’m SHOUTING)
BECAUSE I BELIEVE ANY TWO PEOPLE WHO LOVE EACH OTHER SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE BENEFITS THAT ANY OTHER TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE RECEIVE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE ABORTION (OR BIRTH CONTROL FOR THAT MATTER).
BECAUSE A WOMAN IS MORE THAN A VEHICLE OF REPRODUCTION.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE RELIGION SHOULD BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM GOVERNMENT AND LAWS SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON THE BIBLE.
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE A HEALTHIER NATION IF HEALTHCARE WAS GIVEN TO EVERYONE.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
BECAUSE I AM NOT SELFISH AND I BELIEVE IN HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE LESS.
BECAUSE I KNOW “PULLING YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS” IS A MYTH, AND PEOPLE FACE MANY BARRIERS TO SUCCESS.
BECAUSE NOT SUCCEEDING IS MORE A FACTOR OF OPPRESSION THAN OF INCAPABILITY.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHITE, CHRISTIAN MEN BORN INTO MONEY SUCCEED ON THE BACKS OF BLACK, POOR WOMEN.
BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND IS MEXICAN AND SHE IS JUST AS AMERICAN AS I AM.
BECAUSE RICH WHITE MALES DON’T ALWAYS KNOW EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE TRICKLE DOWN DOES NOT FUCKING WORK.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HUMAN LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY.
BECAUSE HIGHER EDUCATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE LIBERAL VIEWS.
BECAUSE IT ISN’T ALWAYS THE HOMELESS MAN’S FAULT THAT HE IS HOMELESS.
BECAUSE SOME FACTORS ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
BECAUSE A CORPORATION IS NOT A PERSON.
BECAUSE I AM A CRITICAL THINKER.
BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY HAS DONE ENOUGH TO HARM THE REST OF THE WORLD.
BECAUSE I DON’T BLAME MEXICANS FOR CROSSING INTO OUR COUNTRY WHEN THE ACTIONS OF THE IMF & WORLD BANK CAUSED MEXICO TO BE SO POOR IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BECAUSE I WANT EQUALITY AND AN END TO INSTITUTIONAL OPPRESSION.
BECAUSE I AM A FEMINIST.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN COMPASSION MORE THAN VIOLENCE.
BECAUSE I TREAT OTHERS HOW I WANT TO BE TREATED.
BECAUSE I DON’T THINK GIVING UP SOME OF YOUR BILLIONS WILL HURT YOU THAT MUCH.
BECAUSE I KNOW IF THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T REQUIRE IT, YOU WOULDN’T DONATE ANY OF YOUR BILLIONS.
BECAUSE GEORGE W. BUSH DROVE US INTO DEBT AND RECESSION (AND IS AN IDIOT).
BECAUSE AN EYE FOR AN EYE MAKES THE WORLD BLIND.
BECAUSE THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS UNJUST AND HARMFUL TO OUR SOCIETY.
BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF A PERSON IS NOT BASED ON ANYTHING VISIBLE.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE CHRISTIAN (OR RELIGIOUS AT ALL) TO BE A GOOD PERSON.
BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE IS A LITTLE BIT BISEXUAL.
BECAUSE CHARITY IS NOT SOCIAL JUSTICE.
BECAUSE HELP FROM THE STATE WORKS BETTER THAN HELP FROM THE CHURCH.
BECAUSE I CAN’T JUDGE ANOTHER PERSON’S ACTIONS IF I AM NOT IN THEIR SHOES.
BECAUSE I AM INTOLERANT OF HATE.
