thegreg:

communismkills:

Republican doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one.

If a Democrat doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.

If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a Republican is…

Between the broad, sweeping generalizations and condescending rhetoric of the above post, I should probably just roll my eyes and pass on by. But the very fact that the final point purposefully attempts to quell or silence any sort of response is ludicrous.

So I went ahead and made some changes about the Democrats. Because I am one and I can only speak for myself. I wouldn’t try to categorize an entire political ideology of a hundred million people into a one sentence generalization. Anyway, here goes…

Republican doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one.

If a Democrat doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed sold responsibly to responsible owners. After all, the reason he doesn’t “like” guns is because he understands that there are over 12,000 gun related homicides every single year in America, and it is our responsibility to make sure that we implement laws to assure that guns end up in the hands of responsible owners, and out of the hands of criminals.

If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.

If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone. it is because he has seen the horrific conditions that animals must live in before they are lead to slaughter. He also understands the health risks that come along with the pesticides and steroids used in meat production. In response, he makes a personal sacrifice that fulfills his own morals, and because it is something he feels passionate about, makes use of his free time to educate others to improve the conditions of these animals and promote healthier food for the masses.

If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.

If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect. Because he doesn’t wish to be treated like a second class citizen his whole life. Because he wants the lives of future homosexuals to be better than his. Because he wants protection from being beaten to death, and spit on, and harassed. Because even if he doesn’t get respect, he deserves respect, and will fight to earn it. Because where would we be if the founding fathers and Martin Luther King and Susan B. Anthony had just decided to “quietly lead their lives?”

If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.

A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him. knows that life is unfair. And sometimes our neighbors need help, and that it is our duty as Americans to take care of our own. So he is willing to pay extra taxes to help the government support those who are in the most need. Because he understands that one day he might be there too. And he’s not stupid, he knows that people take advantage of the system. But he also knows that caring and feeding the poorest families in the nation is worth it.

If a Republican doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.

Democrats demand that those they don’t like be shut down. be responsible with their words. They will exercise their first amendment right of free speech to boycott hateful or damaging commentary. They will try to correct misinformation because they understand that media needs to be responsible and balanced to keep people informed of what is truly going on in the world.

If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.

A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced… within government and our laws. A Democrat supports the founding fathers in that whole “separation of church and state” thing. They also support a person’s right to believe in whatever fulfills them spiritually and morally. They simply maintain that a person’s individual religious beliefs should not dictate the laws of people who believe differently.

If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.

A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his. passes a law that requires insurance companies to not refuse medical treatment because of pre-existing conditions. A Democrat passes a law that everyone should be granted access to affordable healthcare and that as the greatest country in the world, we should not have people dying because we refuse to care for them. Contrary to popular belief, Democrats also realize that there are flaws in the current healthcare law that need to be improved upon immediately, but that we should not take a step back and repeal something that has taken the first step towards revitalizing and improving the health insurance fiasco in our nation.

If a Republican reads this, he’ll hit “reblog” to forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.

A Democrat will post a nasty response calling all Republicans racist and homophobic, because his PC Radar is “offended.” take time to write a reasonable response to help the Republican understand that maybe we shouldn’t be laughing at political discourse in this country, but working to make it better. A Democrat believes that we should try harder to see a person and not a political ideology. A Democrat believes in compassion, and hope, and moving our country forward. Because a Democrat loves America, but understands that it is not perfect. It can be better. We can be better. And it starts with ending nonsense like this.