Earlier today I came up with a list of liberal talking points in response to a comment on a previous post. Since then, I've been thinking of what might be the list of conservative talking points. Perhaps something like this, just to name a few:

#1 - Liberals hate America.
#2 - Liberals are stupid.
#3 - Liberals are touchy-feely.
#4 - Liberals are gay.
#5 - Liberals want to be defeated in Iraq.
#6 - Liberals want to dissolve the United States military all together.
#7 - Liberals want to remove any notion of God from our society.
#8 - Liberals want to completely redistribute the wealth of our nation so that we are all monetarily equal (and poor.)
#9 - Liberals are, if not communists, at least socialists.

In doing this, I realize that as much as I hate being put into a conservative box and know that it's neither fair nor accurate, it is equally wrong to do the same to my political opposition. In truth, I think that what drives MOST people of liberal tendencies is that they genuinely want the world to be a better place, so they act out of what feels good and helpful versus what makes good common sense. This is primarily because true liberalism fails to take into account human nature and the nature of evil in the world. Those who want to acheive world peace by reasoning with terrorists have no concept of their all-consuming hatred for us that will not change no matter what we might say or acquiesce to them. In wanting to help the poor and underpriveleged by giving them more and more entitlement programs, there is no understanding of how that keeps them enslaved to their own lack of productivity.

A few years ago, I think I was mostly identified by my political persuasions. I don't want this to be the case anymore. I don't want people to think of me first as a Republican or a conservative, although if I have to check a box that is the political party that I most identify with, assuredly. Rather, I want to be identified first and foremost as a child of God, someone whose first desire is to share the love of Jesus with those that I come in contact with. I'm asking those of you who are my friends to hold me accountable to this.

Especially as Decision 2008 heats up.

UPDATE: Please click the link to Jane Anne's blog for an insightful look at this topic. Well put, my friend!