Friday, March 28, 2008

Words Mean Things

Rather than me do this for you and be charged with bias, do it yourself. Get a sheet of paper and a pencil. Draw a vertical line down the center. Label one side Liberal and the other side Conservative. Add the following words to the column the words best represent.

Abortion - Individual Choice

Abortion - State Control

Altruism

Art

Bigotry

The Blues

Callousness

Canning

Classical Music

Help the poor

Help the rich

Civil Rights

Collective bargaining

Compassion

Conservation

Country Western

Corporal Punishment

Creationism

Dogma

Environment

Equal Rights

Evolution

Exclusion

Execution

Freedom from Religion

Guns

Hate Radio

Hitting

Homophobia

Human Rights

Humor

Inclusion

Intolerance

Jazz

Jingoism

Journalism

Law and Order

Literature

Mercy

Militarism

Movies

Nationalism

Pacifism

Peace

Reason

Rock & Roll

Racism

Science

Sculpture

Selfishness

Sexual Freedom

Sexual prohibition

Slapping

Shooting

State Religion

Teaching

Theater

Tolerance

Universities

Violence

War mongering

War

Now sign your name to the bottom of one side or the other, laminate it, and nail it to your forehead.