Ok, I know many people have discussed this before, but it's back in the news.
Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman are trying to censor video games yet again. Of course, this is just the latest in a long line of pro-censorship Democrats, one of the most notable being
Tipper Gore's attempts to censor music. I'm as much a supporter of the Democrats as anyone else here, and I consider myself to be a liberal but I do not understand why so many prominent Democrats are so against free speech.
Obviously, the Democrats are less evil than the Republicans on many of the most important things, so it is easier to support them. However, I can't support individuals like Lieberman and Clinton who use idiotic Republican arguments in order to push an agenda that restricts our freedoms. In the grand scheme of thing, is losing video games like Grand Theft Auto as important as losing lives in Iraq and our safety as a nation when people like Bush are in charge? No. However, I do not support either. Like many others who value freedom, there's no way in hell I'd vote for Hillary Clinton or Joe Lieberman in an election. I could barely vote for John Kerry since he was too eager to suck up to the Republicans and refused to put them on the defensive.
Here's the real problem. Many Democrats are a lot like Republicans. The Democratic party allows them too much influence and rejects liberals. Things may be changing some, but not enough. The Democrats can't win by pretending to be Republican lite. They have to be better and they have to push personal freedom and responsibility for one's self and society.
I know some people are probably going to read this and get angry with me for not liking Lieberman and Clinton because of their idiotic pro-censorship agenda. However, you can go to hell, or at least write a post telling me why you think I am wrong. These people are part of the reason Democrats are losing. They're not pursuing the agenda that most of the people on this site or in this nation really want. They're wasting time trying to take away our free speech while the Republicans are too busy dismantling everything the Democrats have ever stood for and even everything that makes the country great. You don't end the war in Iraq by trying to take adult video games from adults. You don't promote equality in our society by trying to turn the whole fucking nation into Sesame Street.