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| The Terrible Truth About Liberals | | Date Created: Apr 16, 2005, 09:27 PM |
 The Terrible Truth About Liberals by Neal Boortz came out in 1998. This is the paperback edition which was revised and updated to a limited degree in 2001. Nothing much has changed in 2005.
Boortz is a talk radio host in Atlanta and has been at it for over 30 years. He's a libertarian, although the way things are, this book looks like a conservative screed. Fortunately, Boortz knows whereof he speaks and his description of the reaction of liberals to getting called out on their beliefs matches mine. Liberals are used to writing off conservatives as right wing religious fanatics. They have particular problems rejecting libertarians who aren't religious and aren't right wing.
Here's Boortz description of liberals compared to conservatives:
"Liberals operate from a foundation of emotions and feelings
Conservatives operate from a foundation of logic and facts
Liberals view people in terms of their membership in groups
Conservatives view people as individuals
Liberals think government made America great
Conservatives think that freedom is what made America great
Liberals think that people are too damn stupid to be free.
Conservatives think that people should be free."
Boortz goes on to give examples of this in various areas. Here's a quote on liberals and their supporters regarding taking personal responsibility for their decisions.
"If you haven't already noticed it, you soon will -- people will do anything, say anything, believe anything to escape accepting responsibility for their own lives."
There's also an interesting chapter called "48 Seconds" that describes what happens to an inexperienced pilot when he can't see anything and has to rely on his senses or his instruments. Relying on senses will kill him in 48 seconds but having faith in his instruments will keep him alive. To Boortz, this "faith" doesn't have to be religious faith. It's faith in what works for each individual person. That's where his libertarianism shines.
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