Liberals, be very proud of who you are

Mesa County vehicle that displays enmity towards liberal and progressive residents

Right wingers often disparage political liberals in western Colorado with nasty names like “libtard” and “snowflake.” Some even claim without foundation that liberalism is a “mental disorder.”

But being politically liberal is a profoundly positive thing. 

Why?

Because liberals have made most of the progress in American society.

Liberals fight to advance the unalienable rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights: freedom of speech, an independent press, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, equal treatment under the law, voting rights for all adult citizens, and women’s rights including equal pay and reproductive rights. Liberals support civil rights (the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality) and everyone’s right to due process. Liberals support protection of the environment, clean oceans, clean air and protection of public lands. Liberals support everyone’s right to health care and an education.

These are all good things. There’s not a bad thing among them.

What is a liberal?

Banner using foul language that a local business owner, a non-liberal, put on the front of his business on North Ave.

Liberals are open-minded and believe in positive, forward-looking change. Liberals are unconstrained by traditional or conventional ideas, and instead think beyond the old ways to consider a far greater realm of possibilities. 

Liberals believe in promoting the general welfare, as the Constitution requires. They believe all people should be treated equally and with respect, that everyone should have the same access to opportunities for a better life regardless of their race, religion or ethnic background. Liberals believe workers are entitled to a reasonable work week, paid sick time, paid vacations and living wages that a worker can support a family on. Liberals support public transportation and safe, clean public water supplies. Liberals support workplaces that are free of hazards, harassment and discrimination. Liberals believe climate change is based on human actions and that we must waste no time in moving toward using forms of energy that are cleaner, more efficient, renewable, sustainable, lower priced and safer for workers. 

Liberal policies include things people rely upon every day, like the Social Security Act, which created the right of Americans to a basic pension in old age and a financial safety net if they become disabled; the GI bill, which funds generous financial benefits for veterans like tuition and low-interest loans; unemployment insurance, which provides a financial safety net for people who lose their jobs, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination against physically and mentally disabled persons.

Liberals are responsible for the real progress our country has made that makes the U.S. a better, safer, cleaner and fairer place to live for all Americans. That’s why liberals are also called “progressives”  — because they have been largely responsible for making the progress that moves our country forward and makes our society better. 

Being politically liberal is something to be celebrated. It’s something to be very proud of.

Liberals, YOU make the difference for everyone. Be proud of who you are.

The “I Love Drilling” Juice Bar in Vernal, Utah, charges different prices to customers based on whether they are liberals or conservatives.

  8 comments for “Liberals, be very proud of who you are

  1. Trumps’ selling off of the Colorado ( and Wyoming, Arizona and Utah etc.) federal mineral rights to the “Drill baby Drill” campaign donors is going to bite us in the ass when our aquifer waters are depleted……The sucking producers will be gone leaving Colorado with fracking chemicals to drink and the drillers will be having wet martinis with Trumps EPA cronies….that have been instructed not to request the chemicals Halliburton, Schlumberger and others are pumping into the land.

  2. I wish I would have seen this post Saturday! At the Progressive Family Picnic, a woman asked me what a Progressive was. She said she had asked her husband and all of his friends, and they couldn’t tell her.

  3. Really, I’m not concerned about what a Grand Junction Deplorable says about anyone; these are the rough, tough, straight-talkers who pounded their chests and called everyone “snowflakes”, who now cower from their own words and deny they ever supported Trump, because they don’t have the guts to face what they’ve done.

  4. It always sounds good when these people speak, but do yourself a favor, ignore the rhetoric and follow the actions, actions are the real thing. The “actions” of the self proclaimed liberal, do not reflect in any way the rhetoric that so many of them spew. Many of the liberal Democrat persuasion have completely failed to see the fact that the ‘so called liberal Democrat party’ has been hijacked by the socialist/progressive far left, the party is not your grandfathers, or even your fathers party, that party no longer exists, those hanging on are little more than useful idiots.

    • It all sounds good when you make a vague claim lacking detail. Why don’t you educate us ? Since you claim that liberals are hijacked by the far left can you point out specific policies that have been recently implemented by them ? Start at the point of this hijacking and please use a date.

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