Ten Myths Conservatives Believe About Progressives

1. Liberals hate America.

Wrong, we love America. In fact we founded the nation on our values and principles and it galls the conservative to no end ... so much so they try and claim otherwise.

2. Liberals want to leave us defenseless in the face of evildoers around the world.

Wrong, we have always been the ones to stand up against the evildoers both foreign and domestic. Something the conservative conveniently forget, especially since they are the domestic evildoers most of the time.

3. Liberals hate the free market.

Wrong, we want a free and open market. One that is honest in its dealings with everyone not just a select few.

4. Liberals hate our troops.

Wrong, we love our troops. In fact we love them so much we do not want to see them used and abused in warrant-less military actions and if they are in harms way we want to see them provided with the proper equipment to do the job asked of them unlike conservatives who send them into harms was willy-nilly without the proper equipment and buy cheesy yellow magnets showing how big of a moron they are.

5. Liberals are a bunch of elitists who hate decent working- and middle-class Americans.

Wrong, in fact we are the decent poor-class and working-class and middle-class and upper-class Americans

6. Liberals are against "family values."

Wrong, and if the peccadilloes and trysts and scandals of the conservatives in recent years still have you convinced of this myth, then there is no hope for you.

7. Liberals want to raise our taxes.

Wrong, we liberals have maintained lower tax rates or lowered them on those that pay the bulk of the taxes while the conservatives have raised taxes on those that pay the bulk of them every time they could and raised them higher than any liberal thought about.

8. Liberals are Godless—and therefore, amoral.

Wrong, we have many gods as do the rest of the world. And about being immoral, please refer to the answer for myth number 6 for the answer to that.

9. Liberals don't believe in personal responsibility.

Wrong, liberals live by personal responsibility. Conservatives blame everything on everyone else but themselves.

10. Liberals are wimps.

Wrong, liberals are the ones that stand for others. Conservatives do not even stand for themselves ... so just who is a 'wimp' here?!

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Be sure to check Susan Robinson's reasons for why these myths are just that ... myths.