Comments for The Ricochets of Liberalism at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3085 Liberlas are always accused of those things, Michael, because they are very common place on the left. Sorry friend, but you are in the minority over there. And its nice to know that not all liberlas support those things :) But even if there were a good portion of people like you on the left, it does not matter, becasue the leftist hiearchy DOES support all those kinds of ideas. Thats why the left is 'generalized' as it is. Just point out that you are different than they are :) - Aeneas Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3079 Your argument is cogent, but you are wrong to make such generalizations about the Left. I am on the left, and oppose compulsory contraception. After all, forced abortions in China are a form of compulsory contraception. Not all of us on the left are moral relativists. I consider myself a liberal because I believe egalitarianism is a more important social value than capitalism. But that doesn't mean I support abortion, socialism, or relativism -- things liberals are always accused of backing. - Michael Hebert Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:08:10 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3068 Hadley, In his hearing, when Roberts was asked about Griswold he said he did not believe there was a general right to privacy but that he agreed with result of Griswold. Any idea what he meant? The litmus test should be overturning Griswold, shouldn't it? Great column. One of your best... - Austin Ruse Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:49:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3065 The concept of rights is a modern one and has been divorced form the concept of duties in modernity. BXVI references this in his most recent encyclical. Rights are more of a an abstract idea than duties. Duties are the moral obligation one has to others and are easy to discover once when considering morally good acts. Rights, however, are really another way of saying the duties that other have towards me. Now the corresponding duty has all but been forgotten, ushering a new selfishness. - Blake Helgtoh Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:58:22 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3064 The left is not invested in the law of non-contradiction. The dialectic is their plenary indulgence. - Watcher Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:57:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3061 We are, and have been for several years, governed by "Unintended Consequences" of rash legislation. That's what happens when our government passes laws that haven't been thoroughly read and debate. Then the details are left to career government employees who have NO SUPERVISION. This should be against the law, and prosecuted! - William Brady Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:55:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3060 The biggest mystery to me is why the confirmation defeat of Robert Bork in 1987 failed to motivate the Republicans and conservatives to aggressively target liberal Democratic US Senators for defeat in the 1988 elections. Liberal Democratic US Senators were targeted for defeat in the 1978 and 1980 elections with significant successes. Why weren't there similar efforts and successes in the 1984 and 1988 US Senate elections? - blue8064 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:55:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-ricochets-of-liberalism.html#comment-3059 Excellent insight into the mindset of the liberal. One must keep in mind that the elitist believes he is the arbiter of truth and justice and knows what is best for society and the world. There is no room for any moral code or Natural Law in the mind of the elitist.For how could anyone but a liberal elitist prosecute for killing an infant, but allow the killing of a failed abortion or a partial birth? This is arrogance at its best touted by those who admit no truth but offer"ad hominem" attacks - Willie Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:06:31 +0100