{"id":7976,"date":"2014-05-06T05:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/05\/06\/the-liberal-3\/"},"modified":"2014-05-06T05:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:15:59","slug":"the-liberal-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/05\/06\/the-liberal-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Liberal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">A liberal is the kind of person who would extend the right to vote to felons but will not grant the right to life to the unborn.&#0160; How &#39;liberal&#39; is that?&#0160; How &#39;inclusive&#39;?&#0160; How respectful of &#39;diversity&#39;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Should felons be allowed to vote?&#0160; The conservative answers with alacrity.&#0160; &quot;Of course not.&#0160; Why should those who cannot order their own lives prudently be allowed to have a say in the ordering of society?&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">There is no wisdom on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; 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