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"Liberals Love to Stereotype Conservatives" [brief]
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Liberals Love to Stereotype Conservatives
Jeff Davidson
3/8/2021 12:01:00 AM
I switched to a mostly vegan diet years ago. My principal foods during the week are greens, beans, and berries. Occasionally, I allow myself to stray, a few times per week, with chicken or fish, and usually when I'm out and about with others. I've found that 19 vegan meals out of 21 per week still yield great benefits.
One of my local groups, Raleigh vegans, periodically holds a potluck dinner. Everyone brings some yummy [N.S.: non-existent!] dish that contains no meat, fish, eggs, or dairy. Periodically, at the start of meetings, someone will make an announcement of "community interest." Invariably these messages are political.
'Progressive' is Not Synonymous with 'Progress'
Virtually all such announcements represent the liberal, "progressive" viewpoint, which I might or might not share (Hint: I do not.) "Progressives" believe they are on the "right side" of history, although I can discuss at length how "progressive" policies have doomed whole subcultures within our society, have decimated the black family, have placed us on the brink of national calamity, et cetera, but I'll spare you.
I've chosen to eat a mainly vegan diet, but I do not subscribe to the mindset that only "progressives" have the intelligence to do so. Being vegan or vegetarian doesn't require being a liberal. Do not middle-of-the-road voters and Republican voters read health magazines? Do they not clip out articles on the benefits of plant-based diets? [N.S.: I wouldn't put it past them.] According to progressive dogma, they do not. Such an erroneous belief is, of course, silly, but then so many progressive viewpoints are silly.
I am registered as a non-affiliated voter. At a dinner recently, in conversation with one of the ladies at my table, I learned that she does not believe any Republican "would choose a vegan diet." I told her, "I know several who are vegans." She was surprised, as if no Republican could muster the requisite brain power to come to such a decision.
Eschewing Republicans
"Progressives" believe that anyone who does not capitulate to their point of view, by definition, must be an idiot. So, in their cloistered world, it's nearly impossible that a registered Republican could be a vegan. What's more, it's not likely that a Republican could be interested in donating his time and effort to charity.
For any social cause or community good you can cite, the "progressive" view is that Republicans don't participate in such activities. Why not? Apparently, Republicans (and this means all of them) are too busy looking out for themselves, seeking to make obscene amounts of money, ravaging the environment, suppressing women and minority groups, and exploiting others, among countless other misdeeds. I personally participate in a variety of charitable activities. I know other independents as well as registered Republicans who do the same.
As someone who has voted on all sides of the spectrum, in the last couple of decades, I have leaned Right, despite the RINOs and some instances of their short-sidedness [sic], because I've witnessed that the Left causes considerable damage in all realms.
The Altruism of the Right
I know Republicans who, whether in business for themselves or holding an executive position in a larger organization, are totally committed to the well-being of others. These people wouldn't think of making a dishonest dollar. They participate in community activities. They help others. They look out for the environment.
Indeed, in 2018, The New York Times article, "How Political Ideology Influences Charitable Giving," states that, "Red counties, which are overwhelmingly Republican, tend to report higher charitable contributions than Democratic-dominated blue counties," although giving in blue counties is often bolstered by a combination of charitable donations and higher taxes.
No More Mr. Silent Type
I have remained silent over the years when I attend functions primarily consisting of "progressives" when they endlessly perpetuate the same stereotypes and false narrative: "Everyone here must be a progressive because, after all, we know what's best, such as being vegan." So how could a Republican, or someone leaning right, have any interests in this lifestyle?
Going forward [ugh!], I have chosen to speak up. I state that I am here for the meal, not the politics, and the two, despite the intense wish of "progressives" that they are inextricably linked, are not linked.
4 comments:
Progressives [communists] as deemed generally hate conservatives. Conservatives are seen as EVIL. Denying people "things". No reciprocity of good will from the left to the right. Right for a long time has seen the liberal [as contrasted to the obvious leftist] as a good-willed, well-meaning, well-intentioned person that just went about things in a wrong manner. Perhaps that goodwill from right to left doesn't exist anymore?
Sounds like vegetarian virtue signalling. As for the moral superiority of vegetarians, note that Hitler and Mussolini were both vegetarians for large portions of their lives--such good people! As for health, American Plains Indians lived on a diet of mostly red meat--bison--and were said to be the largest people in the world at the time. Notice the long lives of many American Indians--Geronimo lived to be over 100, Eskimos ate a diet of meat, blubber, and fish. Cancer, diabetes, and heart disease were unknown until they started eating more like white men. Northern Scandinavians who lived on meat and fish were much healthier than their southern plant-eating countrymen. India is the most vegetarian country in the world--and has high rates of diabetes, heart disease, and low intelligence. Meat eating may have been responsible for mankind's much larger brains compared to plant-eating apes. Not too long ago politicized science led our government to publish the infamous food pyramid which urged people to eat mostly carbohydrates and avoid fats. Increasing evidence shows how wrong they were. Now politicized "scientists" are urging people to give up meat to "save the planet"--they are also full of crap. The unhappiness of so many liberals may be at least partially caused by their diet. Do your own research and stop believing propaganda.
Conservatives ain't what they used to be. Vegans are limp lettuce whatever their leanings. Total veggies are limp-celery weak and pale. Surely I'm not the only one to notice. They don't look well. And they have rodents for pets. Mostly that's chix.
Seeds, nuts, berries, roots. Fungii.
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