You really are dumb. You are trying to attack something that you know LITTLE about.
So let's coach you a little.
1. Liberalism stresses the importance of representative liberal democracy as the best form of government. Yeah, DEMOCRACY. You know, that thing you're always trying to 'defend'?
2. Liberalism advocates civil rights for all citizens: the protection and privileges of personal liberty extended to all citizens equally by law. Why would you be against this?
3. The rule of law and equality before the law are fundamental to liberalism. 'Justice for all' springs to mind...
4. Racism is incompatible with liberalism. Liberals in Europe are generally hostile to any attempts by the state to enforce equality in employment by legal action against employers, whereas in the United States many liberals favor such affirmative action.
Now this is where my definition of 'liberalism' differs from yours. I personally don't paticularly like affirmative action. You don't preach equality by dishiing INequality So maybe I agree with you in part with here. But racism is still a big, big, BIG no no.
5. Economic liberals today stress the importance of a free market and free trade, and seek to limit government intervention in both the domestic economy and foreign trade - but that's not my cup of tea. Beautiful in theory, horrible in practice. So I prefer (once again) the Euro-liberal version: supporting privatisation and liberalisation in health care and other public sectors. Modern European liberals generally tend to believe in a smaller role for government than would be supported by most social democrats, let alone socialists or communists.
Two things to note from that little piece there:
5A. This is a DIRECT CONTRAVENTION of communist philosophy. PRIVATISATION for us. Communists want it the other way round.
5B. It's also useful to note this is one of the key tenets of my 'liberalism'.
6. Liberals generally believe in neutral government, in the sense that it is not for the state to determine personal values. Better to let people make up their own damn mind.
7. Personally, I am one of the strongest supporters of multiculturalism around. Too many brilliant minds are being wasted in stagnant places in the third world. Either we FIX this problem by fixing the stagnation in the third world or we encourage those brilliant minds to come to places where they can put their talents to use. Although, according to t3h wikipedia:
"Some liberal parties now oppose multiculturalism, which they see damaging national unity. Others liberal parties embrace multiculturalism as enriching society, but object to cultures which deny rights to women or to other ethnic groups. And there are some liberals who argue for complete tolerance of all ethnic groups and oppose forcing any values, such as women's rights, on cultures that have different views."
8. Many liberals share values with environmentalists, such as the Green Party. They seek to minimize the damage done by the human species on the natural world, and to maximize the regeneration of damaged areas.
You may not care about the environment. You may not care that in 30 years we might not have oil (MIGHT), or no rainforests, or be on the brink of disaster due to 'climate change' (note the quotes). But I certainly do - I'M (as in my generation) the one who'll be cleaning up after you.
9. Liberals believe in the right of every individual to enjoy the essential human liberties, and support self-determination for national minorities. Essential also is the free exchange of ideas, news, goods and services between people, as well as freedom of travel within and between all countries. Liberals generally oppose censorship, protective trade barriers, and exchange regulations. Just all the obvious stuff that sort of fits in above.
10. Left-wing politics USUALLY (and I mean USUALLY) abides by the principles set out above.
11. COMMUNISM, on the other hand: "Nonetheless, Communism differs significantly from other politics that are usually classified as left wing, and most left-wingers (even many far left groups) believe Communism violates core left-wing principles like justice, human rights and democracy. The argument that Communism should be viewed independently of the conventional left-right spectrum is perhaps supported by the work of theorists like Karl Popper and Hannah Arendt, through the development of the concept of totalitarianism, as a form of politics common to fascism and Stalinism.
There are political currents which describe themselves as communist who criticise the states created by Communist parties. Trotskyists and council communists, for example, regard the totalitarianism of the former Soviet Union to be the result of Stalinism and its betrayals of genuine communist ideology. Many of these critics, however, recognise a kinship between Communism and the left. Likewise, most right-wingers (including many nationalists) reject any association with Nazism and fascism, although many recognise these are right-wing ideologies.
Some say that leftist-inspired welfare state reforms in many non-Communist countries, such as the establishment of social security and recognition of labour unions, helped to stave off Communism by alleviating the excesses of capitalism, hence protecting and preserving social support for capitalism."
That's all for now. Thanks to wikipedia for being a HUGE help here.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman