"Liberty" has no place in the modern Liberal ideology

There's a fantastic article in yesterday's Toronto Sun that explains the lack of freedom in the party that seems to think they're the most liberty-loving in Canada. Theo Caldwell writes:

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"In recent days, liberals around the world have made headlines for doing what they do best: Hectoring and bossing.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lectured his countrymen on the evils of wasting food shortly before tucking into 14 courses over two meals at the G8 summit in Japan.
U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has advised Americans that maintaining their homes at 72 F is unacceptable in the eyes of the global community.
Meanwhile in Canada, so-called human rights tribunals continue to pillory columnists and comedians, and liberal justices recently ruled a father had no right to ground his 12-year-old daughther."
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Yay! We totally took the cake for the most stupid example.

On a technical level, we on the right have facism on the far side of our spectrum, while the left has communism. To most lefties, communism is a positive term! (I know, I know.) But what people have to realize is that it doesn't work. Every applied example of communism has shifted quickly into facism. The "political spectrum" that so many see as a straight line is, in reality, a great big circle. I think that once some of these lefties admit that facism isn't just a 'far-right ideology,' but rather it is a scary middle point that any political party can creep into, they might be better able to see the error in their ways. But uh, that's just a theory.

It's a huge pet-peeve of mine to be labeled a facist. And it happens to all of us, all the time. The reality is so reverse it will make your head spin. Most Conservatives today are leaning more towards Libertarianism than ever, due to the recent legitimate fear of having our rights taken away.

The fact of the matter is that Liberals in Canada today do not fully understand the notion of liberty or fairness. They're all about controlling what citizens can and cannot do, patrolling their private matters, and handing out sentences without a fair trial--without evidence, even! "Liberalism" has turned into a kind of "Soft Totalitarianism" in a lot of cases, especially in this country. But they still all pride themselves on believing in freedom and unicorns and what-not, all the while accusing the right of being "facist." Personally, I think they should all drop the holier-than-thou act, get off their high horses and give their heads a shake. Or a smack, or whatever.

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"Specifically the term "liberal," which is derived from "liberty," ought to be replaced with its common synonym, "left-wing." The reason for this is the totalitarian impulse of those who espouse modern liberalism. If a person imagines his wisdom and privilege are sufficient to tell you what you may say, how much you can eat, and how to raise your children, chances are excellent that he is what we would call in common parlance a "liberal."

But of course, he is no freedom-loving fellow. And liberals, as they are known, do not always base their prescriptions for others' lives on their position or perspicacity.

Indeed, they have a much more powerful and devious rationale. That is, the Common Good. "Don't you care about (insert 'the children' or 'the whales' or, most often these days, 'the planet?') Such is demanded of anyone foolish enough to dissent from whatever orthodoxy is populating liberals' protest placards at the moment."
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Ah, the 'Common Good.' What a powerful tool that is! Disagree with man-made global warming, and not only are you a facist, but you hate the environment and the world and the people living in the world (especially the children, and ESPECIALLY the babies) too! Disagree with self-proclaimed environmentalist Al Gore and you're pretty much digging your own grave. Come on people, that's pretty messed up. I like how Caldwell words it:

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"The left does not have the evidence of history on its side--they do not even know what that evidence is. True leftists are even less aquainted with facts than with showers. Your divergence from the herd is sufficient to kindle their wrath."
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(If that's not facist, I don't know what is.)

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"As evidence, liberals refer to Al Gore's movie, while we cite the 20th century.
Nowadays, being liberal has nothing to do with freedom."
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