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Question for conservatives

maxparrish said:
Of course. However, my "filter" is based not only on the sanctity of reason, but also a belief of rights in liberty - both being alien to most liberals and to some conservatives.
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Unfortunately, there are almost as many libertarian definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are libertarians. Consequently, the concept is frequently abused and distorted.
 
apdst said:
You claim I'm wrong, it's up to you to prove it.

Don't be mad because your bait thread is a catostrophic failure.
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I didn't claim you were wrong; I claimed that you made statements with nothing to back them up. Based on your posts so far, it doesn't look like you have anything, either.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
So where's the evidence? Do you have it, or did you just drop in to cheerlead?
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DifferentDrummr said:
I didn't claim you were wrong; I claimed that you made statements with nothing to back them up. Based on your posts so far, it doesn't look like you have anything, either.
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You asked us how we feel. We're telling you how we feel.
 
Why do you people so easily get so much wrong ? Its it a result or cause of liberalness?



DifferentDrummr said:
One of the few commonalities among all conservatives is that they prefer the predictable and dependable over new experiences. Liberals, of course, have the opposite preference.

So your question is: why do you feel such hostility to people who are more open to new experiences than you are?
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DifferentDrummr said:
Okay, so why do you feel a certain way about something, if you don't have observable evidence to support that your feelings reflect reality?
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I've already explained it to you.
 
PleasantValley said:
No they are not.
You either do as they say, think the way they want you to, and give a tip of the hat to their agenda or you are attacked.
They are about as inflexible as they come.
Only the current agenda will be discussed, or talked about.
...and if you think otherwise...they will destroy you, call you a racist, a homophobe, a bigot, and any other number of labels they have to slap on yo azz!
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Red:
Don't like being called a racist, homophobe or bigot? Fine. Don't speak and act like one; don't be one.

If by one's words and deeds, one shows oneself, tacitly or explicitly, to be a racist, bigot or homophobe, it is not liberals who destroy one by noting the endogenous existentiality of one's being. So, while liberals may indeed make articulate the substance of one's character, they aren't the ones who formed one's character; one does that of one's own volition. It is thus oneself who has destroyed oneself by being so.

Conservatives are the first persons to prattle about individual responsibility and declare others thin skinned, they seem last at doing so regarding their own being. That is what it is, but it doesn't legitimate conservatives failing to acknowledge that which peers at them from within a mirror.


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When one dignifies others' appellation of the racist, bigot or homophobic depictions of oneself by responding to their substance, one has answered to them. One should ask oneself why. I dare say one has done so because one knows they're accurate recriminations.



 
DifferentDrummr said:
One of the few commonalities among all conservatives is that they prefer the predictable and dependable over new experiences. Liberals, of course, have the opposite preference.

So your question is: why do you feel such hostility to people who are more open to new experiences than you are?
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where did you get that from? a 1980 text book?
What you described or claimed is not representative of conservatives
 
DifferentDrummr said:
One of the few commonalities among all conservatives is that they prefer the predictable and dependable over new experiences. Liberals, of course, have the opposite preference.

So your question is: why do you feel such hostility to people who are more open to new experiences than you are?
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And yet which party proposed new and innovative approaches to Social Security and which party promised to "protect Social Security as we known it"? Which party embraces a socialist agenda that has never worked?
 
DifferentDrummr said:
One of the few commonalities among all conservatives is that they prefer the predictable and dependable over new experiences. Liberals, of course, have the opposite preference.

So your question is: why do you feel such hostility to people who are more open to new experiences than you are?
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Ok, I've read the thread after reading this first post so now I will respond.
Like a typical leftist, you really weren't interested in hearing how conservatives feel.
You're most interested in protecting your own.

Glad I could help.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
Most liberals don't expect everyone to do everything their way, though.
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On what planet? Classic liberals may not, but the faux-libs of today want absolute control of absolutely everything.
 
Bullseye said:
On what planet? Classic liberals may not, but the faux-libs of today want absolute control of absolutely everything.
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Precisely why we call them illiberals.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
Great. So if someone isn't harming anyone through his/her individualism, I for one would not be interested in using government to forbid such behavior.

What makes you think that most or all liberals would be?
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Taxes on large sodas, taxes on red meat, taxes on everything, 20,000 pages of new regulations. Just to scratch the surface.
 
JackA said:
It’s a stupid question if you haven’t the intelligence to appreciate it.

Conservatives can feel threatened by the breadth and openness that defines the liberal mind.
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:lamo, oh :shock: you were serious.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
One of the few commonalities among all conservatives is that they prefer the predictable and dependable over new experiences. Liberals, of course, have the opposite preference.

So your question is: why do you feel such hostility to people who are more open to new experiences than you are?
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Since I feel no animosity towards people who are open to new experiences your question does not apply...
 
DifferentDrummr said:
Unfortunately, there are almost as many libertarian definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are libertarians. Consequently, the concept is frequently abused and distorted.
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Unfortunately, there are almost as many liberal definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are liberals.

Unfortunately, there are almost as many conservative definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are conservatives.
 
Fledermaus said:
Unfortunately, there are almost as many liberal definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are liberals.

Unfortunately, there are almost as many conservative definitions for 'rights in liberty' as there are conservatives.
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Which is what makes libertarianism so marginal as a philosophy. But that's off topic.
 
trixare4kids said:
Ok, I've read the thread after reading this first post so now I will respond.
Like a typical leftist, you really weren't interested in hearing how conservatives feel.
You're most interested in protecting your own.

Glad I could help.
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You're right about the bolded. I'm interested in a substantive answer to the question.

I'm not interested in trolling, which is your stock in trade.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
You're right about the bolded. I'm interested in a substantive answer to the question.

I'm not interested in trolling, which is your stock in trade.
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Oh such delicious irony.
I don't suppose you've even bothered to read the majority of responses that are similar to mine.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
And will you deign to bless us with your definition of what is?
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there is no real definition. I smart enough and honest enough to understand people are individuals. There are certain stereotypes but thats all they are. In the real world many times they dont apply. Millions of conservatives are prochoice and support equal rights and are not bigots . . .stereotypical they arent supposed to but thats not reality . . . .

just like the majority of people on the left are christian and millions are pro gun . . .again stereotype and reality are different . .

your OP along with labeled "commonalities" are complete failures
 
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