I told a friend of mine that I would LOVE to have the luxury of being more conservative...MUCH more conservative.
He was puzzled.
"So why aren't you?"
I told him that if every ambitious poor kid with decent grades could be guaranteed a chance at decent schools and a chance to get higher education or advanced job skills training, and if everyone could be assured that their healthcare was guaranteed, and if every working stiff who puts in their forty hours (or more) a week could be assured of having a roof over their head, I'd be FIRST among those saying:
"You have NO excuses, it's all out there for you, your housing is assured, you can get an education, you're going to be in good hands if you get sick or injured, so get off your lazy ass and get out there and quit making excuses and whining."
If I knew that the system treats everyone more or less the same, I'd be conservative as hell!
Sure sure, there's awful cops out there among the good ones but if I knew that my black friends aren't being treated any different than I am, I'd be saying "Jesus you think you're being singled out? We're all being treated that way so quit whining and cooperate."
If I knew that the financial system wasn't predatory, I wouldn't have any sympathy for people who get into trouble because of dumb decisions that cost them their nest egg.
@Logical1 - you say you're an American that believes in God, family, country, the Constitution, and personal responsibility.
No, you don't.
You believe that anyone who doesn't bow down to Trump is a godless heathen America hating commie terrorist who wants free stuff and who ignores the Constitution. And as long as you continue to behave like a monkey who flings feces, that is how you will be treated.
I do not expect you to agree with me on issues, I don't expect to change your mind or your views, but I demand that you admit that the rest of us are for the most part ALSO Americans who believe in being good people and some of us also practice a walk of faith every bit as good as yours, and that we love our country as much as anyone else.
Here's something that I BELIEVE in that you haven't grasped yet: Country over party.