I have been very disturbed and confused today with my news feed. People who call themselves 'liberals' (I will call them leftists, because liberal means free from oppression in... English) are extremely angry over the Supreme Court's ruling on Hobby Lobby. This leads to angry posts about feminism and corportations. I find their objections to be flawed and often quite ignorant. I just find it so hard to understand their perspectives. I mean, I'm just genuinely confused by the outrage, because it seems like such an obviously liberal ruling to be, and here's why:
1. People fight tooth and nail for the right of a woman to CHOOSE to end the life growing inside her, but they don't believe a business owner has the right to CHOOSE where their money goes.
2. People vehemently want a corporation to do what THEY believe is right, yet completely ignore the right of that company's owners to believe something different.
3. People lash out against corporations making choices for people and the government allowing them to do that, and yet seem ignorant of the fact the corporations spend more money on lobbyists to Congress every year than I will make in a lifetime.
4. Therefore, they're outraged their 'democratic' government didn't do what they wanted it to do, when quite obviously due to lobbyists and backroom deals their government consistently, practically always, does what benefits bankers and corporations... because that's who pays them.
5. Liberal means free. That old Constitution thing guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of property (among other things). Freedom means not being forced into something. It's an idea based on the Non-Aggression Principle which means that you should not use force on other people unless they first aggress against you. So, to actually believe in freedom means you give people the right to do and think what they want. That means they are responsible for themselves. With freedom comes responsibility. So, we/you must choose responsibly where you work, who you work for, and what you believe, and it's ok if other people make other choices.
Do not use force against other people, even if you wholeheartedly disagree with them.
Do not harm innocents.
Be responsible for yourself.
It seems incredibly simple to me.
