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Conservative hypocrisy on many political issues[W:255]

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All of the sudden, Conservatives care about high unemployment in the USA. But that never stopped them from supporting laws that make it easier for American companies to ship their jobs overseas....and even make it profitable to do so.

Conservatives hate illegal immigration...and yet they don't want laws that severely crack down on farmers out West for hiring an illegal alien...and they don't want uniform state-ID laws that can be used to quickly & easily verify someone's right to work in the USA.

Conservatives claim to want to defeat terrorists...but they refuse to support common sense gun regulations that would help keep guns out of the hands of possible terrorists in the USA.

Conservatives claim to be all about individual liberty & freedom......but they are 100% opposed to gay marriage, gay civil union, abortion rights, and even want pregnant women to be forced to undergo a vaginal ultrasound. They are also against even the decriminalization of personal marijuana use.

why?
 
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Sensible gun regulations that will keep guns out of the hands of terrorists...lol that's a good one.
 
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Sensible gun regulations that will keep guns out of the hands of terrorists...lol that's a good one.
Sounds reasonable enough to me, simply ask the gentleman at the counter if he's a terrorist or not. Easy peasy.
 
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Sensible gun regulations that will keep guns out of the hands of terrorists...lol that's a good one.

yeah, like requiring background checks for ALL gun sales.

how about that, pretty insane huh?
 
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yeah, like requiring background checks for ALL gun sales.

how about that, pretty insane huh?
"Potential terrorists" don't necessarily have a criminal history, nor does this method account for guns swapping hands well after purchase, which is why "gun free zones" are a pipe dream as a whole.
 
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"Potential terrorists" don't necessarily have a criminal history, nor does this method account for guns swapping hands well after purchase, which is why "gun free zones" are a pipe dream as a whole.

yes, you are correct. however, requiring a background check for all gun sales, couldn't hurt.

but as you know, this thread isn't just about guns.
 
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All of the sudden, Conservatives care about high unemployment in the USA. But that never stopped them from supporting laws that make it easier for American companies to ship their jobs overseas....and even make it profitable to do so.

Conservatives hate illegal immigration...and yet they don't want laws that severely crack down on farmers out West for hiring an illegal alien...and they don't want uniform state-ID laws that can be used to quickly & easily verify someone's right to work in the USA.

Conservatives claim to want to defeat terrorists...but they refuse to support common sense gun regulations that would help keep guns out of the hands of possible terrorists in the USA.

Conservatives claim to be all about individual liberty & freedom......but they are 100% opposed to gay marriage, gay civil union, abortion rights, and even want pregnant women to be forced to undergo a vaginal ultrasound. They are also against even the decriminalization of personal marijuana use.

why?

Because the only true conservatives are the Libertarians.
 
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yeah, like requiring background checks for ALL gun sales.

how about that, pretty insane huh?

Ever heard of straw purchases? If a terrorist wants to get his hands on a weapon, he'll find a way.
 
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All of the sudden, Conservatives care about high unemployment in the USA. But that never stopped them from supporting laws that make it easier for American companies to ship their jobs overseas....and even make it profitable to do so.
Competition's a bitch eh? And Conservatives have always cared about high unemployment.

Conservatives hate illegal immigration...and yet they don't want laws that severely crack down on farmers out West for hiring an illegal alien...and they don't want uniform state-ID laws that can be used to quickly & easily verify someone's right to work in the USA.
This conservative does hate illegal immigration because - shockingly - it's illegal. I fully support laws that not only crack down on farmers or anyone for that matter who hires illegals, but I support fining them as much as $1M per illegal found to work for said company. I also fully support a workers Visa ID to validate someone is in this country legally, and working here legally for a period of time.

Conservatives claim to want to defeat terrorists...but they refuse to support common sense gun regulations that would help keep guns out of the hands of possible terrorists in the USA.
Terrorists don't come to the U.S. to buy guys legally from gun shops. Fact is, terrorists can buy fully automatic AK's in the Middle East and in many countries around the world for as little as $15 U.S. Parts are interchangeable, Chinese receives work on Russian or Pakistani made weapons. Why would they want to come to the U.S. and buy a semi-automatic copy of an AR?


Perhaps terrorists should call Eric Holder on his cell to get in some gun orders. He and his department in the government are the only one's I know of who let thousands of weapons across the border to Mexico without a valid way to track them, which has killed hundreds if not over a thousand Mexicans and which continues to do so. Is that what you're complaining about? Holder? See... as a conservative, I don't agree that programs such as F&F should have been done by Bush (who didn't go through with it) nor by Obama. Have you mentioned how the sale of box cutters since 2001 have not been put under BATF or FBI jurisdiction? Box cutters if you recall, were the weapon of choice in the 2001 hijacking and subsequent terrorist acts on planes which crashed into the WTC. Nothing about box cutters eh? Typical of a bad marksman... (pun intended).

Conservatives claim to be all about individual liberty & freedom......but they are 100% opposed to gay marriage, gay civil union, abortion rights, and even want pregnant women to be forced to undergo a vaginal ultrasound.
This conservative is fine with gay civil unions... just don't call it marriage. Abortion is killing a fetus which if left alone would become a human - conservatives are usually against the murder of the innocent, whereas it's apparent you are not. Yes I support ultrasounds - it helps to let the mother know that when they go through with the abortion they'll be killing a baby.

They are also against even the decriminalization of personal marijuana use.
This conservative is fine with legalizing ALL drugs with the reservation that anyone who is subsequently addicted gets one (1) paid for clean up at rehab. After that, they're on their own and the government doesn't get involved. Its therefore up to the persons family or friends to get them straight. Last thing I want is my tax dollars going to clean up idiots who cannot handle their drugs for the 12th time, and then feeding them, clothing them, and providing them shelter. If people want to kill themselves with drugs - I say let them do it. Better for the human gene pool in the long run.

Because you're generalizations are a fail? I know it makes things nice and tidy to stuff everyone you don't like into one little box a la MSNBC... in real life however, things aren't that clean. Why? Because you obviously don't know how diverse or what makes a conservative. :shrug:
 
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Competition's a bitch eh?...

so Conservatives support shipping millions of manufacturing jobs overseas, in the name of competition, the Free Market, and higher capital gains? how patriotic.
 
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so Conservatives support shipping millions of manufacturing jobs overseas, in the name of competition, the Free Market, and higher capital gains? how patriotic.

If that makes the market more competitive, sure. It's a global market - better get used to it. Capitalists have... I guess you want more of a socialistic national pride? Then make a better product for less... simple.
 
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If that makes the market more competitive, sure. It's a global market - better get used to it. Capitalists have... I guess you want more of a socialistic national pride? Then make a better product for less... simple.

Economic protectionism these days isn't exclusive to the left, though, which I find rather curious.
 
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If that makes the market more competitive, sure.....

meanwhile lots of other western nations have protectionist policies, and yet this doesn't bother you..because its good for your stock portfolio.

American middle-class...be damned. Am I right?

let the middle-class dissapear, as long as your capital gains are nice and high...right?
 
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meanwhile lots of other western nations have protectionist policies, and yet this doesn't bother you..because its good for your stock portfolio.

American middle-class...be damned. Am I right?

let the middle-class dissapear, as long as your capital gains are nice and high...right?

i'm no righty but when will you learn to stop building straw men? And dumb arguments in general?
 
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Economic protectionism these days isn't exclusive to the left, though, which I find rather curious.

I would guess there's always been a faction of the right - nationalistic right / neocons, etc, ... that share with economic protectionism. It's usually reactive though.
 
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meanwhile lots of other western nations have protectionist policies, and yet this doesn't bother you..because its good for your stock portfolio.

American middle-class...be damned. Am I right?
I'm not a neocon, I'm a conservative first, Capitalist second. The middle class has accessibility to the same stocks, 401k's, etc... that I do since I'm IN the middle class. I'm sorry you're an anti-Capitalist and want some sort of neoconservative nationalistic socialistic utopia, but the market doesn't work that way. Somehow you set up a false choice... if jobs go overseas by large multi-national companies it destroys the middle class... laughable to be sure or maybe just immensely naive and ignorant.

let the middle-class dissapear, as long as your capital gains are nice and high...right?
The middle class are the beneficiaries of the capital gains like everyone else. Do you really know this little or are you playing this up for some as yet, unknown reason?

And I thought this was about generalizing about conservatives... it's more class warfare vomit. Disappointing.
 
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....I'm sorry you're an anti-Capitalist and want some sort of neoconservative nationalistic socialistic utopia....

wanting to protect American jobs from being sent overseas to places that have horrible working conditions, horrible pay, no worker rights, makes me an "anti-Capitalist"???

wow. talk about dishonesty.
 
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wanting to protect American jobs from being sent overseas to places that have horrible working conditions, horrible pay, no worker rights, makes me an "anti-Capitalist"???
So you're overwhelming concern about China's working conditions and lack of workers rights is what's driving this? Have you petitioned the Chinese embassy?

wow. talk about dishonesty.
You're dishonesty... yep... I'm talking about it.


What else would you like me to educate you about? It seems you need a lot of educatin'.... :lamo
 
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...What else would you like me to educate you about? It seems you need a lot of educatin'.... :lamo

so when your argument fails, you resort to childish personal attacks?

typical.
 
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So you're overwhelming concern about China's working conditions and lack of workers rights is what's driving this?...

not, but working conditions & worker rights in the USA are MUCH better than in China. So American jobs should stay in the USA.

that's unless you don't give a **** about keeping Americans working.

do you have ANY idea how many manufacturing jobs have left the USA?
 
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so when your argument fails, you resort to childish personal attacks?

typical.

That's an offer to provide you information which may help prevent future failures, as in the one you posted in the OP. So I answer your questions, provide you with honest information - and this coming from a conservative who's got a fairly good record on DP for the past few years - and you don't like it. I'm sorry it doesn't meet with your preconceived notions or fits with your obviously skewed world view of what conservatives think or believe. Perhaps it's not conservatives you should be mad at; you should be mad at the sources which provided you obviously bad information. And just a tip: Reverting to a class warfare argument when your post fails.... bad idea.
 
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...And just a tip: Reverting to a class warfare argument when your post fails.... bad idea.

I love how Conservatives now whine & moan about class-warfare, even though they have ben waging it against the American middle-class for decades.
 
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I love how Conservatives now whine & moan about class-warfare, even though they have ben waging it against the American middle-class for decades.

Waging it how exactly? The only whining and moaning in this thread is coming from you.
 
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