(06-08-2018, 08:04 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(06-08-2018, 04:03 PM)pirkster Wrote: Handing out fish, vs teaching how to fish.  Not hard to understand.  Being personally responsible vs demanding someone else be responsible for you.

In a nutshell, the modern left seek to control/dictate others' thoughts/behavior.  The right is about freedom, with freedom from oppressive government being at the top of the list.  It's the purpose of our Constitution - limiting the power of government over the individual.

It's interesting you should bring up handing out fish versus teaching how to fish. If you're Christian you might be interested to know that Jesus at least twice did one of the two, but is never recorded doing the other.  You may be interested to know that that proverb about teaching a man to fish is not in the Bible.
That point aside, you may, like our President, not be a Christian.
It's also an interesting charge about dictating thoughts and behavior, and freedom from the government.  Do I have the freedom to kneel or give a black power salute during the national anthem? If I feel like some white people are behaving badly because they are subconsciously racist, am I free to tell them so? If I think Israel needs to change it's behavior, am I free to boycott them until they do so?
In what sense does you feel like these political opponents of yours are trying to dictate your thoughts? How would that even be possible?