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Dennis Prager

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Dennis Prager

Respect

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Dennis Prager is saying that liberals generally reject the belief that respect, money, responsibility, voting rights, or punishment should be given only after someone has proven themselves. Instead, liberals tend to support the idea that these things should be more freely accessible or not strictly tied to personal achievement.

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