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Can liberals be survivalists / preppers?

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Can liberals be survivalists / preppers?

89K views 534 replies 212 participants last post by  Watchingtheweasels 
#1 ·
I’ve seen a rather high number of posts about that liberals basically can’t be survivalists and some posts that they aren’t welcome. I think it would be interesting to see a poll about what people in general think about this subject. So do you think that liberals can be survivalists?
 
#2 ·
Well, given the opinion you right wing usamericans have about liberals...I don´t know what to say, but as a non-capitalist minded person, I´ve should to say that someone who´s been through hard times in his life (like many of us in Venezuela grew up in the 80s) you´re better getting prepared instead of hanging around drinking every weekend and partying like som many people loves to do. But some us do know things cang get hard in any time. 1989 and 1992 (turmoil),1998 (rains), 2002 (turmoil+oil strike) and coup d´tat...and so. Here most leftists have been through guerrilla training and many of us are part of the Active Reserve. I´ve organizing a small group, and speeching about the need of prepping,and despite the "socialist" approaching of their ideology, they seem to agree with me in many things. So I guess you´ll have some liberals not so dumb to believe Daddy Obie is going to save their sorry a$$ess when the need arises.
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#4 ·
I think we are at an advantage. Liberals get along with most everyone, we are flexible socially and open minded. Think a Conservative will team up with a Muslim or a Homosexual in a survival situation? Their mind would explode. Survival is all about being flexible and adapting, things that aren't high on the list of conservative traits.

These are of course generalizations, and the notion that someone can be labeled based on their political leanings is asinine.
 
#25 ·
Think a Conservative will team up with a Muslim or a Homosexual in a survival situation? Their mind would explode. Survival is all about being flexible and adapting, things that aren't high on the list of conservative traits.
Some of the most conservative people i know are Muslims and homosexuals.

It is liberals who have problems with group identities, conservative types see people as individuals. Liberals see the world through fixed, artificial views, whereas conservatives see the world as it really is, a seriously useful survival trait.

In short, conservatives are more likely to be free thinking individualists, while liberals are conformity minded believers in the State. One is obviously more likely to survive than the other.
 
#6 ·
I suspect Liberals think that the "Government" will save then like it did to those people the New Orleans during Katrina. Therefore they will not prep or take any other proactive steps after the SHTF to save themselves. FXjohn may be the exception...:rolleyes:
What you're saying is everyone who thought they were going to get help during Katrina was a liberal? lol
 
#225 ·
I suspect Liberals think that the "Government" will save then like it did to those people the New Orleans during Katrina. Therefore they will not prep or take any other proactive steps after the SHTF to save themselves. FXjohn may be the exception...:rolleyes:
you mean when bush purposely failed to direct fema to help??

anyways... just because a person believes in one thing or the other, doesnt mean they are able to survive something. and if what some posters have already said are true, and the left wing can adapt and make friends with anyone... than whos to say that a liberal cant befriend you as a right wing prepper, then when you become so close you are the one to offer help to them during a time of need.
 
#8 ·
MHO - Sure liberals CAN be survivalists, although with a liberal mindset they are much less likely to explore survivalist (and preparedness) skills and practices. Generally speaking, they are much more likely to depend on government or others to provide for them. That's why you will naturally find more conservatives and independents on this board. Again, MHO, I think many of the liberal-minded people come here only (or mostly) for the thrill they get from challenging more conservative people in the threads. I'm voting "yes" in your poll.
 
#13 ·
the reason more conservatives are on the board is because they are the only people stupid enough to believe the government is only corrupt when dems are in office.

if mccain had won, membership here in the past year would of been cut in half, with most signing up would be the liberals(cause they are the only ones stupid enough to believe the government is only corrupt when repubs run it).

both party's have followers that are complete and utter morons who should never breed or share thier "wisdom" with anyone else ever again.
 
#15 ·
Democrats? Yes.

Liberals as in "Get these laws out of the court system, and out of my life. I go to the woods and smoke 2 joints before I smoke 2 joints, and then I smoke 2 more."? Yes.

Liberals as in "Yay! Socialism! Government should control everything! Transgender is just as good as male/female and we should change the constitution so that they get jobs easier!!"? No.

As I read in a recent post: "To survive is to apply common sense in it's purest form to your current situation." and Liberalism in the third example is the equal opposite of common sense.
 
#28 ·
Picture Glenn Beck,Rush Limbaugh,and Sean Hannity ........in the woods.....they would starve to death ......and blame it on Obama!!
Sooooooo, rosie odonnell, bill maher, or sean penn would fare better?!? Riiiiiiiiiiight. :rolleyes:

As they're starving, they'd be blaming it on bush. :rolleyes:


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#21 ·
I don't know, I tend to think that the survivalist mindset is VERY divorced from the liberal mindset. They are almost polar opposites. One group is all about individual thought, doing all one can for oneself, and trusting no outside sources to ensure one's survival in a bad situation. The other group is all about collective group thought, and a reliance on social and government networks and handouts to ensure the quality of life they desire. I would venture to say that one cannot be a true survivalist without the realization that many liberal ideas are just plain wrong. They look good on paper, they feel right, but in practice they always fail.
 
#31 ·
I'm not very informed on political details...
1. I was told a liberal believes that the Gov.will fix everything and, that nothing will go wrong anyway?
2. We don't need guns..LEOs have them to save us, sometime today.
3. The Government can do everything better than we can.

I guess I need to know what a liberal is, before I can make an informed decision.
 
#120 ·
I guess I need to know what a liberal is, before I can make an informed decision.

If you think you're a liberal, then liberal means "Enlightened Hero", and conservative means "Evil Villain"

If you think you're a conservative, then conservative means "Enlightened Hero", and liberal means "Evil Villain".

Neither conservatives nor liberals have any hope for survival post-apocalypse. Once the TV goes dark, there will be no one to tell them what they think, and the sudden intra-cranial vacuum that results will cause their heads to implode.
 
#34 ·
MHO - Sure liberals CAN be survivalists, although with a liberal mindset they are much less likely to explore survivalist (and preparedness) skills and practices. Generally speaking, they are much more likely to depend on government or others to provide for them. That's why you will naturally find more conservatives and independents on this board. Again, MHO, I think many of the liberal-minded people come here only (or mostly) for the thrill they get from challenging more conservative people in the threads. I'm voting "yes" in your poll.
I agree with you but voted no as a generalization, although there will be some exceptions, there always is to evry rule.

Think a Conservative will team up with a Muslim or a Homosexual in a survival situation? Their mind would explode.
I am quiet the racist bigoted neo-con, as defined by the left. However I do have a number of gay friends, male and female. I dont have a problem with associating with hispanics or blacks or what ever other race or ethnic group you can imagine. The difference in them and a Liberal, is while we might disagree on some points they dont cram thier life style down my throat and wave it in my face like a liberal does. I respect them and they respect me back whether we agree on everything or not.
 
#37 ·
However I do have a number of gay friends, male and female. I dont have a problem with associating with hispanics or blacks or what ever other race or ethnic group you can imagine. The difference in them and a Liberal, is while we might disagree on some points they dont cram thier life style down my throat and wave it in my face like a liberal does.
so you know a lot of gays,blacks and hispanics, but they are all republican?

No they can't.

These so called 'liberal survivalists' are either libertarians at heart or not real survivalists at all.
or, they could be independents who get called liberal by idiot repubs because they are ok with some liberal ideal's.

just sayin'

No, they can't. Like Mr. Jinx on "Meet the Parents", they lack outdoor survival skills.
so a liberal farmer cant survive without the man telling him what to do? is every SF troop a repub you think?

doubtful.

I'm not very informed on political details...
1. I was told a liberal believes that the Gov.will fix everything and, that nothing will go wrong anyway?
someone lied to you, while i'm sure some liberals might believe that, it is not true for all i'm sure.

2. We don't need guns..LEOs have them to save us, sometime today.
most are uneducated about guns, but again not all of them.

3. The Government can do everything better than we can.
i dont think anyone in line at the dmv will tell you this, be they repub or dem.

I guess I need to know what a liberal is, before I can make an informed decision.
liberal is a political term, and each liberal, like each repub or independent is different, so trying to classifiy 50 million people as liberal, there fore they must all think this........is nothing but an exercise in stupidity.:thumb:

hope that clears it up for you good sir.
 
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