BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "liberals" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:31:15 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) 5 Reasons You Should Thank Whiny Liberals Who've Been Unsatisfied With Their President http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/5-reasons-you-should-thank-whiny-liberals-whove-b A history of Democratic presidents getting pushed around by their utopian liberal whiner base on the Left has been very good for America.

Jonathan Chait's much-discussed New York magazine piece that chastised liberals for their unreasonable dissatisfaction with the Democratic presidents they elect made me go, "Yeah, so fucking what?" Here's why:

The Nineteenth Amendment

The Nineteenth Amendment

After more than 50 years of activism by the women's suffrage movement, Alice Paul and her band of shrill feminists finally pushed Woodrow Wilson and Democrats to stop compromising with misogynists conservatives and allow women the right to vote—against the Founding Fathers' ever-unimpeachable judgment—by amending the Constitution.

Social Security's Universal Coverage

Social Security's Universal Coverage

When Social Security was first proposed, almost two-thirds of all African Americans in the labor force and nearly half of all employed women were not covered due to FDR's willingness to compromise with racist misogynists conservatives.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/5-reasons-you-should-thank-whiny-liberals-whove-b Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:11 -0500 <b>A history of Democratic presidents getting pushed around by their utopian liberal whiner base on the Left has been very good for America.</b> provincialelitist nonadult <big>Jonathan Chait&#39;s much-discussed <em>New York</em> magazine <a href="http://nymag.com/news/politics/liberals-jonathan-chait-2011-11/">piece</a> that chastised liberals for their unreasonable dissatisfaction with the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-revealed-a-moderate-republican/2011/04/25/AFPrGfkE_story.html">Democratic</a> presidents they elect made me go, "Yeah, so fucking what?" Here&#39;s why:</big> nonadult nonadult <big>After more than 50 years of activism by the women&#39;s suffrage movement, Alice Paul and her band of shrill feminists <a href="http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_suffrage.html">finally pushed Woodrow Wilson and Democrats</a> to stop compromising with <strike>misogynists</strike> conservatives and allow women the right to vote&mdash;against the Founding Fathers&#39; ever-unimpeachable judgment&mdash;by amending the Constitution.</big> nonadult <big>When Social Security was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)#Initial_opposition">first proposed</a>, almost two-thirds of all African Americans in the labor force and nearly half of all employed women were not covered due to FDR&#39;s willingness to compromise with <strike>racist misogynists</strike> conservatives.</big> nonadult <big>Thanks to pressure from those darned liberal activists, Social Security gradually moved toward universal coverage under President Truman.</big> nonadult <big>Sure, FDR <a href="http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm">signed it in to law</a>, but you can thank the Left for pushing him to get you a 40-hour work week, overtime, and those pesky child labor laws.</big> nonadult <big>After years of compromising with <strike>racists</strike> conservatives, Jack Kennedy <a href="http://www.historynet.com/president-john-f-kennedys-civil-rights-quandary.htm">acknowledged</a> that Civil Rights demonstrations orchestrated by liberals had pushed his administration to consider a major reform bill for African Americans demanding equal treatment under the Constitution.</big> nonadult <big>Thanks to this continued pressure, Lyndon B. Johnson convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation.</big> nonadult <big>DADT and DOMA both became law under that dirty hippie Bill Clinton. Still pining away for voters who would never vote for him, Clinton compromised away gay rights to conservatives and pissed off everyone who likes to be on the right side of history.</big> nonadult <big>Since then, constant pressure from pinko <em>Will and Grace</em> fans finally forced President Obama to repeal DADT, and now that Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and the District of Columbia allow marriages between persons of the same sex, shouts from the drum circles calling for Obama to repeal DOMA in his next term (should he get another shot) will be greater than ever before.</big> nonadult Orlando Jones Thinks Liberals Should Kill Sarah Palin http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/orlando-jones-thinks-liberals-should-kill-sarah-pa The “7 Up Yours” guy seems to have lost his damn mind.

He doesn&#39;t like Kanye either...

He doesn't like Kanye either...

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/orlando-jones-thinks-liberals-should-kill-sarah-pa Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:47:07 -0400 <b>The "7 Up Yours" guy seems to have lost his damn mind.</b> provincialelitist nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult The Clinton Foundation Celebrity Division http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattw/the-clinton-foundation-celebrity-division-arl

Ben Stiller, Matt Damon, Sean Penn and more liberal celebrities celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s foundation with an epic brainstorming session, with some help from Bubba himself.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattw/the-clinton-foundation-celebrity-division-arl Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:02:08 -0400 <b>Ben Stiller, Matt Damon, Sean Penn and more liberal celebrities celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bill Clinton's foundation with an epic brainstorming session, with some help from Bubba himself. </b> mattw nonadult Pat Robertson: Abortion Makes Lesbians Feel Better http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/pat-robertson-abortion-makes-lesbians-feel-better

Because they can't have kids of their own. If you spend too much time thinking about everything that's wrong with this rationale, your brain will explode out of your ass.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/pat-robertson-abortion-makes-lesbians-feel-better Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:01:55 -0400 <b>Because they can&#39;t have kids of their own.</b> If you spend too much time thinking about everything that&#39;s wrong with this rationale, your brain will explode out of your ass. gavon nonadult Iraq War Ends! http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/iraq-war-ends A fake copy of the New York Times, dated July 2009, declares the war over and trumpets many other liberal dreams.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/iraq-war-ends Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:04:15 -0500 A fake copy of the New York Times, dated July 2009, declares the war over and trumpets many other liberal dreams. scott nonadult NPR Community http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/npr-community

National Public Radio has a launched a social networking element to their site, which builds upon their noticeably aggressive (and successful) foray into accruing digital prowess with free podcasts and downloads.

The Best Links:

  1. NPR Community: Facebook For Prius-Driving, Sushi-Eating Bleedinghearts?
  2. NPR Goes Social
  3. NPR <3’s Schweddy Balls
  4. NPR Community Home Page!
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/npr-community Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:38:02 -0400 National Public Radio has a launched a social networking element to their site, which builds upon their noticeably aggressive (and successful) foray into accruing digital prowess with free podcasts and downloads. eliot nonadult