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Conservatives v. Liberals
I have a theory, based only on personal observation.
Conservatives tend to believe that liberals are morally deficient; they lack a "good upbringing", moral fiber, or not enough Church education.
Liberals are under the impression that conservatives are simply misinformed; that if they knew the "facts", they'd come around to their line of thinking. And that's why they almost never convince each other of anything; liberals are trying to persuade with fact & logic, conservatives try to convince with heart & emotion (nothing inherently wrong with that, BTW).
I lived with a staunch, right-wing conservative couple, adamantly pro-life (well, pro-life in regards to abortion, but pro-death penalty & Iraq war). As the person who arrived home first, I always got the mail. After a while I noticed; the only literature they received was Reader's Digest and the Right-to-life newsletter. No Newsweek, US New, Time, National Review, Mother Jones, Reason, Utne Reader or Progressive (my reading list). No external sources of information to challenge their pre-conceived notions.
This applies to the larger conservative community. Just look at the "big guns" of conservatism:
Rush Limbaugh: Dropped out of the academically un-challenging SE Missouri State after less than 1 semester.
Sean Hannity: Dropped out of NYU & Adelphi.
Glen Beck: No college at all.
There are exceptions, of course, on both sides. Michael Moore dropped out of college because he couldn't find a parking space one day. And William F. Buckley was on the debate team at Yale (pity anyone who attempted to best him). But in general, conservatives do not focus on intellect or education. In fact, they have an animosity toward it!!! Kerry was actually ridiculed for speaking French and criticized for being an "elitist" for having gone to an Ivy league school (ignoring the fact that Bush also went to the same university). And it's nothing new; in the 50's, pointy-headed intellectual was a damning insult.
Conservatives believe they're right; therefore, they see no need to seek further learning. Liberals question things, always seeking new info and adjusting their beliefs. (That's why they always seem so unsure of themselves in arguments, while conservatives are maddeningly self-assured, even when totally wrong).
I am in sales, and I have learned long ago that you appeal more to people's emotions than logic. One of the few times I was able to make any headway on the abortion issue (a tough nut to crack) was when I analogized that if you give the Government the authority to prohibit you from seeking an abortion, that establishes the precedent that the Government can require you to have one, as they do in communist China!"
While seemingly logical to a liberal, these arguments appeal to a conservatives fears (of authority, atheists, communists, and yes, foreigners).
In conclusion, if Liberals have no brain if they're older than 35 or 40, explain Bill Gates?
posted by
VanArsdale
on April 3, 2009 at 1:21 AM
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Freedom of choices is a great thing about democracy. But judging by what liberals condone I would say that often their choices are bad.
posted by
mordent
on February 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM
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Re: RSM, man that was just too weak for words, evne from you
"Of course in five years we will see just how well things are running with Obama in his second term, proving those like you wrong yet none of you will be able to admit this no matter how well it is all running by then."
Yeah, make that less than 4 years. Things are running so smoothly now, HA! The only thing that is running smoothly right now is our fast track to socialism. Conservatives destroying freedom, you say? Have you been listening lately? Under Obama's socialism you will see how many freedoms you will have, zero! The bad thing is that you do not even realize it.
posted by
RedStatesMan
on February 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM
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RSM, man that was just too weak for words, evne from you
That statement is a pure load of BS. It is self serving, hypocritical , Propaganda that the Conservatives try to use to justify their weak stances. I have already dealt with too many Conservatives who clearly lack intelligence. You have already shown me that you lack a grasp of the bigger picture. Just making such a statement alone reinforces the basic idea of the post itself and shows that you are just trying to use poorly conceived stereotypes and generalizations in an feeble attempt to make me feel bad if I do not share your views. By trying to claim that once I hit 40 if I am still liberal than I must be stupid, really is telling me I am 100% correct in what this post says.
And trust me, I am way too intelligent and have to good of a grasp on reality to ever become conservative. You see I want things to improve for our society and it has been shown to me far too many times that for the real needed improvements that will help us become stronger and more stable, we need to follow liberal ideas since most conservative ideas seem more focused on destroying freedom than creating it.
Of course in five years we will see just how well things are running with Obama in his second term, proving those like you wrong yet none of you will be able to admit this no matter how well it is all running by then.
posted by
kooka_lives
on February 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM
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You Have About 5 Years
This post is no different than many of yours. I can only say that I would hope and pray that one day you would realize that at some point you have been misled by someone or some belief system. I may be wrong but from a previous post of yours I would have to say that you are around 35 years of age so you still have an excuse, but only for about 5 years:
“Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.”
posted by
RedStatesMan
on February 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
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