Why Leftists Are So Unhappy

[Deluge]

An older article, but an interesting AND informative one, nonetheless. 

"One of the most important differences between the right and the left—one that greatly helps to explain their differences—is the difference between unhappy liberals and unhappy conservatives.

Unhappy conservatives generally believe they are unhappy because life is inherently difficult and tragic, and because they have made some unwise decisions in life.

But unhappy liberals generally believe they are unhappy because they have been persecuted."

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/02/13/why-leftists-are-so-unhappy

[robosmith]

6 minutes ago, Deluge said:

An older article, but an interesting AND informative one, nonetheless. 

"One of the most important differences between the right and the left—one that greatly helps to explain their differences—is the difference between unhappy liberals and unhappy conservatives.

Unhappy conservatives generally believe they are unhappy because life is inherently difficult and tragic, and because they have made some unwise decisions in life.

But unhappy liberals generally believe they are unhappy because they have been persecuted."

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/02/13/why-leftists-are-so-unhappy

You're not making any sense. Probably cause you don't understand that "persecution" makes "life inherently difficult and tragic." LMAO

The only unwise decision I made in my life was choosing less than optimal parents. Though there were A LOT of much worse choices.

[Yakuda]

14 minutes ago, Deluge said:

An older article, but an interesting AND informative one, nonetheless. 

"One of the most important differences between the right and the left—one that greatly helps to explain their differences—is the difference between unhappy liberals and unhappy conservatives.

Unhappy conservatives generally believe they are unhappy because life is inherently difficult and tragic, and because they have made some unwise decisions in life.

But unhappy liberals generally believe they are unhappy because they have been persecuted."

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/02/13/why-leftists-are-so-unhappy

I don't know how they could be happy. They see the world through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. They believe that if anyone disagrees with their world view they are either an opporssor or suffer from some type of "ism". They are easily offended and are violent as hell. The only people they listen to are other people who are as miserable as them. I guess it would have been quicker just to say, because they're leftists. 

[impartialobserver]

why are politicos so unhappy? You read political chat forums and there is one universal thread? They all b_tch, complain, and whine incessantly. That indicates that they are unhappy. People that are content do not day after day whine, b_thch, and complain about something or someone

[Deluge]

15 minutes ago, robosmith said:

You're not making any sense. Probably cause you don't understand that "persecution" makes "life inherently difficult and tragic." LMAO

The only unwise decision I made in my life was choosing less than optimal parents. Though there were A LOT of much worse choices.

Spoken like a true victim, on both counts: 

"My life is inherently difficult and tragic and it's YOUR fault!!!". LOL

"I chose less than optimal parents because I am perfect and they are nowhere near perfect". DOUBLE LOL!!! 

[Deluge]

9 minutes ago, Yakuda said:

I don't know how they could be happy. They see the world through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. They believe that if anyone disagrees with their world view they are either an opporssor or suffer from some type of "ism". They are easily offended and are violent as hell. The only people they listen to are other people who are as miserable as them. I guess it would have been quicker just to say, because they're leftists. 

I agree, but introspection can be very good for these unhinged crazies. I believe helping them to look in the mirror is critical to their emotional AND spiritual development. 

[Deluge]

11 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

why are politicos so unhappy? You read political chat forums and there is one universal thread? They all b_tch, complain, and whine incessantly. That indicates that they are unhappy. People that are content do not day after day whine, b_thch, and complain about something or someone

Are you a "politico" too, partial, or are you just being a sanctimonious a$$hole? 

[eyeball]

1 minute ago, Deluge said:

I believe helping them to look in the mirror is critical to their emotional AND spiritual development. 

Then why are you pointing at your portrait?

[impartialobserver]

7 minutes ago, Deluge said:

Are you a "politico" too, partial, or are you just being a sanctimonious a$$hole? 

No. I just call it like I see it. You are one of those who whine, complain every day. All one has to do is read your posts to see this. I know that you are wealthy, the second coming of Bruce Lee, and omniscient.. every internet poster puts on this front. However, your incessant complaining says that you are unhappy.

 

Name-calling.. and you expect to be taken seriously? Hmmm... so in short, you come on here to vent. If you were wanting constructive discussion.. you would show some composure. 

Edited January 25, 2024 by impartialobserver

[Deluge]

1 minute ago, eyeball said:

Then why are you pointing at your portrait?

No, that's you doing the pointing.

I'm trying to help you perverts look in the mirror.  

[Deluge]

11 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

No. I just call it like I see it. You are one of those who whine, complain every day. All one has to do is read your posts to see this. I know that you are wealthy, the second coming of Bruce Lee, and omniscient.. every internet poster puts on this front. However, your incessant complaining says that you are unhappy.

No, you call it Left more than 50% of the time, which makes you partial, not impartial.

I AM the one who calls it like he sees it, not you. 

Edited January 25, 2024 by Deluge

[CdnFox]

Honestly i think the difference is more fundamental.

Generally speaking conservatives are happy as long as nobody is trying to interfere with their lives.  They think "what do I think about this thing, and what am I going to do to make my life better and what is important to me.   And as long as they're free to do so they're generally happy with others being free to do so. And they can control those things, what they think, what they do, etc  - people are happiest when things are controllable in their lives.

Liberals are unnhappy because they need to interfere in OTHER people's lives.  Instead of 'what do i think" they worry about what OTHER people think.  They say "what are OTHER people doing to make life better? What should THEY think about this thing? Is what is important to THEM what it should be?

You can't easily control what other people think, so they get angry about it.  HOW DAAAARE other people think the 'wrong' way?  And then they spend massive energy trying to either force those people to do the right thing or cancel them so they suffer for their sins.

You can't be happy when your whole world is punishing those who have sinned in your eyes.

That's the difference.

[impartialobserver]

3 minutes ago, Deluge said:

No, you call it Left more than 50% of the time. I AM the one who calls it like he sees it, not you. 

Your purely partisan view keeps you from practicing simple reading comprehension.. Surely, you know what the word, "All" means? If not, that is sad. As soon as you can come to the realization that ALL humans are flawed.. not just liberals or whatever, the sooner you will have a more realistic view of the world. 

 

"They all b_tch, complain, and whine incessantly."

Edited January 25, 2024 by impartialobserver

[Deluge]

10 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

Your purely partisan view keeps you from practicing simple reading comprehension.. Surely, you know what the word, "All" means? If not, that is sad. As soon as you can come to the realization that ALL humans are flawed.. not just liberals or whatever, the sooner you will have a more realistic view of the world. 

"They all b_tch, complain, and whine incessantly."

You're trying to blanket my entire belief system when all you really want to do is convince me that MAGA sucks, and Trump is a terrible choice for President. 

You are partial to the Left, and you don't even realize it. But that's why I am here; to help you understand you!

[impartialobserver]

2 minutes ago, Deluge said:

You're trying to blanket my entire belief system when all you really want to do is convince me that MAGA sucks, and Trump is a terrible choice for President. 

You are partial to the Left, and you don't even realize it. But that's why I am here; to help you understand you!

Getting off topic.. are we? MAGA and Trump is not the topic. It is how politicos are unhappy. Your emotions/passion keep you from staying on topic. Again.. as soon as you realize that all humans are flawed regardless of the R or D, you will have a more realistic view of the world.

[Deluge]

24 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Honestly i think the difference is more fundamental.

Generally speaking conservatives are happy as long as nobody is trying to interfere with their lives.  They think "what do I think about this thing, and what am I going to do to make my life better and what is important to me.   And as long as they're free to do so they're generally happy with others being free to do so. And they can control those things, what they think, what they do, etc  - people are happiest when things are controllable in their lives.

Liberals are unnhappy because they need to interfere in OTHER people's lives.  Instead of 'what do i think" they worry about what OTHER people think.  They say "what are OTHER people doing to make life better? What should THEY think about this thing? Is what is important to THEM what it should be?

You can't easily control what other people think, so they get angry about it.  HOW DAAAARE other people think the 'wrong' way?  And then they spend massive energy trying to either force those people to do the right thing or cancel them so they suffer for their sins.

You can't be happy when your whole world is punishing those who have sinned in your eyes.

That's the difference.

This is a very good point.

For Conservatives it's about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For leftists, it's about "what can I do to take control of these people?"

Edited January 25, 2024 by Deluge

[WestCanMan]

1 hour ago, Deluge said:

Unhappy conservatives generally believe they are unhappy because life is inherently difficult and tragic, and because they have made some unwise decisions in life.

But unhappy liberals generally believe they are unhappy because they have been persecuted."

All generalizations are false, even Mark Twain's, but that's a pretty fair observation.

The leftist tent has a bright neon sign that says "Victims and SJWs only". It's only for people who completely lack accountability and people who wanna pretend to help, as long as they don't have to get their hands dirty. 

[Deluge]

3 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

Getting off topic.. are we? MAGA and Trump is not the topic. It is how politicos are unhappy. Your emotions/passion keep you from staying on topic. Again.. as soon as you realize that all humans are flawed regardless of the R or D, you will have a more realistic view of the world.

Nope, just waiting for you, here at your overall objective, which is also one of the reasons you are unhappy.

See, your illusion of impartiality is shattered by my superior perceptiveness. We both know that you are full of shit, and that makes you unhappy. 

THE question is, how can we help you to be happy without me bending to your stoopid agenda? I don't think that's possible but you may want to step up to your mirror anyways? 

[impartialobserver]

Just now, Deluge said:

Nope, just waiting for you, here at your overall objective, which is also one of the reasons you are unhappy.

See, your illusion of impartiality is shattered by my superior perceptiveness. We both know that you are full of shit, and that makes you unhappy. 

THE question is, how can we help you to be happy without me bending to your stoopid agenda? I don't think that's possible but you may want to step up to your mirror anyways? 

I have a fine life.. and am not unhappy.  Tell me what my agenda is.. and I challenge to produce explicit quotes. No opinions or your usual gaslighting. 
 

Alas.. you are off topic again. The point is that ALL (which you have demonstrated that you have no idea what this word means) politicos are unhappy or they would not be on here every day. Before you blast away.. I am not on here on weekends EVER. 

[Deluge]

3 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

All generalizations are false, even Mark Twain's, but that's a pretty fair observation.

The leftist tent has a bright neon sign that says "Victims and SJWs only". It's only for people who completely lack accountability and people who wanna pretend to help, as long as they don't have to get their hands dirty. 

That's a good way to put it. Lack of self-awareness abounds under tents like that, sort of like how lack of self-awareness abounds in places like below: 

 

[Deluge]

4 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

I have a fine life.. and am not unhappy.  Tell me what my agenda is.. and I challenge to produce explicit quotes. No opinions or your usual gaslighting. 
 

Alas.. you are off topic again. The point is that ALL (which you have demonstrated that you have no idea what this word means) politicos are unhappy or they would not be on here every day. Before you blast away.. I am not on here on weekends EVER. 

You don't have a fine life because you're here in this forum. You see, if your life was "fine" as you put it, then you using your own logic, you would have ZERO reason to be here.  

REMEMBER, YOU are the a$$hole accusing us of being unhappy because we are HERE on this forum. 

The article talks about WHY leftists are unhappy. It says NOTHING of what YOU are trying to push. YOU are the jacka$$ who wandered off topic with your ldiotic rant about "politicos". 

Do you understand now? 

[Yakuda]

57 minutes ago, Deluge said:

I agree, but introspection can be very good for these unhinged crazies. I believe helping them to look in the mirror is critical to their emotional AND spiritual development. 

True but it doesnt seem like its in the nature of leftists to be introspective. They tend to believe their intentions are purely benevolent and as a result they believe they are beter than others who dont think like them. Why would anyone who thinks they better than anyone else ever consider being introspective?

[impartialobserver]

Just now, Deluge said:

You don't have a fine life because you're here in this forum. You see, if your life was "fine" as you put it, then you using your own logic, you would have ZERO reason to be here.  

REMEMBER, YOU are the a$$hole accusing us of being unhappy because we are HERE on this forum. 

The article talks about WHY leftists are unhappy. It says NOTHING of what YOU are trying to push. YOU are the jacka$$ who wandered off topic with your ldiotic rant about "politicos". 

Do you understand now? 

I have stated dozens of times that I come on here to pass dead time. My main job is processing complex data sets. Sometimes, i have to wait on others or simply it takes time to process. I think the article is too partisan to be of any value. The realistic view (which is not the biased purely partisan) is that politicos (which I am not) are universally unhappy or they would not be on forums like this. 

If you do not like what I write.. why can't you ignore it and move along? 

[Yakuda]

16 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

I have a fine life.. and am not unhappy.  Tell me what my agenda is.. and I challenge to produce explicit quotes. No opinions or your usual gaslighting. 
 

Alas.. you are off topic again. The point is that ALL (which you have demonstrated that you have no idea what this word means) politicos are unhappy or they would not be on here every day. Before you blast away.. I am not on here on weekends EVER. 

My father taught me that an honest man should never have to tell you he's honest. Ive found that to be the case for many other things in life as well. 

[Deluge]

8 minutes ago, impartialobserver said:

1. I have stated dozens of times that I come on here to pass dead time. My main job is processing complex data sets. Sometimes, i have to wait on others or simply it takes time to process. I think the article is too partisan to be of any value. The realistic view (which is not the biased purely partisan) is that politicos (which I am not) are universally unhappy or they would not be on forums like this. 

2. If you do not like what I write.. why can't you ignore it and move along? 

1. And I've stated dozens of times that you're a left-winger at heart. None of that changes the fact that you can't stay on topic. My suggestion is that you crunch data someplace where you won't get ridiculed by me.

2. Because you're a left-wing a$$hole and I want to help you to get in front of your mirror. 

Edited January 25, 2024 by Deluge