Why Liberals Hate Conservatives even more than ISIS?
- PrettyPantherposted 6 years ago
0I stayed away from this thread because I thought the premise was so flawed and absurd that it would be a waste of time. Now that GA and Aime have done the hard work.....
I will say this. Jack says liberals lump all conservatives together as "uneducated, middle of the country, bigoted, religious nuts."
I will say there is an element of truth to that and here is why. Jack, you yourself are opposed to legalizing gay marriage and you cite religion as your basis. To me, a liberal, you believe it is acceptable to legislate your religious views onto the rest of the country. You say you are a conservative and not a "religious but job" yet you hold a position that would force your religious views on the rest of us.
That is just one example. I could cite conservative support of a president who makes racist comments, repeatedly and over a long period of time, as tacit acceptance of racism.
To clarify, I don't believe all conservatives are racists or religious but jobs However, conservatives will often "tolerate" those types and align with them politically. After all, those types are far more likely to vote GOP.
So, I do understand how you might see us stereotyping you, but you could also look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are not actually helping to perpetuate, or at last not quash, some of the less desirable elements of the right.
By the way, I think the same equivocating sometimes happens among liberals, though I admit my bias makes it difficult for me to come up with an example. I'll keep thinking on that.
Excuse me, I really didn't intend to say "but jobs," If I'd meant it, I would have said, "butt jobs.
I caught that, but didn't say anything. Too funny to get corrected.
For the most part I agree with what you say and will even expand on it. Most conservatives live in the "middle of the country"; the coastal areas are where the majority of large population centers are and they're all liberal, making the average square mile of coastal areas liberal and the center of the nation conservative.. And stats show conservatives don't have as much (formal) education. I'd even agree that there are more "religious nuts" in the conservative crowd than liberals harbor - they have their own nuts, but not so much religious ones.
But "a president who makes racist comments, repeatedly and over a long period of time"? A small handful, yes, that were quickly rescinded. More like statements that could, if taken out of context and spun a bit, be taken as racist but were never meant that way. Kind of "equivocating", in an opposite sort of way...
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