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View Poll Results: Do you, as a conservative, dislike poor people
Yes vehemently, they're all lazy losers looking for a handout 4 8.33%
Somewhat, I think they need to get their crap together and pull up by the bootstraps 8 16.67%
Not really, I think they're just normal people 34 70.83%
No! I like poor people more than rich or middle class people. 2 4.17%
Voters: 48. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-17-2008, 04:20 PM
 
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do you dislike poor people? Only answer if you consider yourself a conservative or a libertarian, no "liberals" or socialists allowed... just wondering whether your average internet-posting conservative dislikes poor people or not. Not trying to start anything, I didn't put too much thought into this post.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:22 PM
 
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Yes. I hate them. They should all be rounded up and exterminated.




Seriously, what kinda question is this?
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:23 PM
 
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Not hate, dislike. And I don't know what kind of question it is, I told you I didn't put much thought into it, just want something interesting to read when I get back on the computer later tonight.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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I dislike poor people who ask inane questions.

The others are the salt of the earth.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:52 PM
 
Location: South Central PA
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Conservatives like capitalism.

Since poor is relative, the only way to eliminate the poor is to eliminate class system and make everyone equal. That means communism

Thus, conservatives should recognize the fact that there will always be poor people and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

I know as a conservative I do.

Though, that dosent mean they shouldnt have access to food, shelter, and all levels of education, healthcare, and things needed to live.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Louisville KY Metro area
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Originally Posted by fishmonger View Post
do you dislike poor people?
Why do you ask?

I am poor. Why? Because I risked everything and lost. I lost my family, I lost my business, I lost everything but my soul, my faith, and my freedom to fail.
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:13 PM
 
Location: In a house
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I consider myself a Constitutional conservative.
I dont dislike anyone based on economic sucess or failure.
Dont have much sympathy for them but dislike, nah. Its a free country. If you choose to live a life of poverty knock yourself out.
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Boise
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I'm a Libertarian, and a poor one at that.
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:45 PM
 
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I'm conservative in many ways, though not all. I don't know ALL poor people, or even most. I imagine may of them are fine people, and my religion also reminds me that "God" (as we understand him) insists upon 'justice' for the poor.

I think there are an enormous range of reasons for a person's 'ending up' poor....some of them far beyond the individual's fault, some the direct result of unwise life decisions.

It's FAR too complex a subject to go beyond that. Yes, all other things considered, I "like" the poor.
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:48 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Yes. I hate them. They should all be rounded up and exterminated.




Seriously, what kinda question is this?

It is the kind of question one would expect from an anti-American hate monger who is seeking justification for their perverted misinformed beliefs.
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