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If he was an arrogant, cold hearted Conservative (not saying that all Conservatives are, but enough of them, imho), it's a deal-breaker.
I want a man who genuinely cares about those less fortunate. Hopefully, his actions (giving to others, etc.) would speak louder than words. Of course, he should be wise in his giving ...
Really, it would be difficult for me to be interested in a Conservative AT ALL, no matter how nice he seemed.
Most conservatives give to charities and believe in helping the less fortunate.
1. That's the chance the man takes. If he wants to make sure there are no children, he puts on two condoms that he bought, he makes sure the woman uses a spermicide, and after sex, he disposes of the condoms himself. If he knows he never wants children, he gets a vasectomy. I've said in other threads that if I were a man, I would not sleep around the way some guys on here would like us to believe they do, because of situations like that. If there is a mishap, your fate is in someone else's hands, so choose where you put Mr. Happy very, very carefully. Once your sperm meets her egg, your choices are over. You may not like it, but that's the reality of it.
2. I will use whatever term I feel describes the sentiment most accurately. People who want to outlaw or restrict abortion or make it very difficult for a woman to obtain one are anti-choice: They want to take a woman's choice away.
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Same here. I couldn't be with a man who works against everything I work for, and works for everything I work against. (I'm assuming he cares. The apathy vote doesn't do much for me, either, though. I do think it's a citizen's responsibility to be aware of the world and vote.) And yeah, I take the abortion issue personally. I would not want to be with a man who would, given his druthers, use the government to force me to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. I'm getting nauseated just thinking about it--and I've never been pregnant!
Don't want to tangent this thread onto this single topic,
so I'll just say "thanks", and rep you
Most conservatives give to charities and believe in helping the less fortunate.
True, but most modern (fiscal) conservatives' stance of wanting to de-fund, privatize, or altogether eliminate social safety net programs designed to help the poor in a concrete way, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., does not help their cause as being seen to care about the less-fortunate. I honestly think that it may not have potentially dawned on a lot of conventional conservatives that there is nothing wrong with, and it doesn't make a person any less socially-conservative, to be socially-conservative and economically-liberal, both at the same time...
I really didn't know that. I don't get out much, and most folks I know aren't Conservatives.
Try it sometime. Although I usually identify as leaning more to the libertarian than traditionally conservative side, I still identify with the basic ideas of conservatism in most respects, so I use both terms.
We're pretty cool people, actually.
I'm used to being around mostly liberals, being from Southern California originally. Although I'm from OC, which traditionally is quite a bit more right-leaning, I still seemed to mostly associate with liberals.
True, but most modern (fiscal) conservatives' stance of wanting to de-fund, privatize, or altogether eliminate social safety net programs designed to help the poor in a concrete way, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., does not help their cause as being seen to care about the less-fortunate. I honestly think that it may not have potentially dawned on a lot of conventional conservatives that there is nothing wrong with, and it doesn't make a person any less socially-conservative, to be socially-conservative and economically-liberal, both at the same time...
I'm actually somewhat the opposite (economically conservative, socially moderate).
I'll say my piece then get back on-topic:
In the US, we cannot afford it as a nation. We can talk all we want about helping people, when we borrow FORTY CENTS of every dollar, we can't afford it. Oh, and it was Obamacare that took money from Medicare.
Forced charity in the form of taxation is not charity.
I'm actually somewhat the opposite (economically conservative, socially moderate).
I'll say my piece then get back on-topic:
In the US, we cannot afford it as a nation. We can talk all we want about helping people, when we borrow FORTY CENTS of every dollar, we can't afford it. Oh, and it was Obamacare that took money from Medicare.
Forced charity in the form of taxation is not charity.
We could afford much of it if we had not gone into Iraq and now also have all the expenses of taking care of those seriously injured troops for the rest of their lives. Don't get me wrong. They deserve it, but when are we going to get smarter and not invade nations that did nothing to us.
It is called learning from the past and our politicians in Wash DC are seriously impaired in their ability (or lack of) to do that. You should also mention that as a reason we are borrowing 40 cents on the dollar! Thank you for sharing.
Say you meet a man/woman who seems attractive, and you get to talking about your views on various controversial issues...I'm curious, if he/she disagreed with you on them, which ones (list all that would be deal breakers) would automatically write them off?
Is communism a better alternative to capitalism? not a deal breaker
Affirmative action is a good idea not a deal breaker
Should more money be put into the public school system? not a deal breaker
Should we have universal healthcare? not a deal breaker
The environment should be sacrificed for economic progress ~This would be minus points, but not a deal breaker
Should immigration laws be relaxed? not a deal breaker
Is global warming/climate change real? ~I'd lose respect for anyone who would have to ask this. I can't date someone who doesn't believe in science (an idiot imo), so yeah, deal breaker.
Should we have the death penalty for murder? treason? rape of a minor? rape? drug trafficking? Not a deal breaker
Should law enforcement officers be tougher or more lenient on offenders? Not a deal breaker
Should same-sex marriage be legal? Deal breaker if they are against it
Should women have the right to an abortion on demand for any reason? Deal breaker if against abortion
Should religious education be taught in school? Not a deal breaker per se, butI doubt someone who is for this would be compatible with me in terms of beliefs.
Should hunting for sport be legal? Believe in it?-Not a deal breaker. Participate in it?-Deal breaker
Should marijuana be legalized? Not necessarily a deal breaker, but those who are uptight about marijuana use probably wouldn't want to be with me.
The United State's involvement in Iraq was justified Not a deal breaker
If it's part of their culture, and the animals are killed humanely, people should be allowed to eat dogs I just hope this never comes up
A man should always pay for the date Not a deal breaker
Boys and girls should be treated the same Not sure if I completely understand but deal breaker if they don't believe men and women are equal.
votes/supports another political party than you do Not a deal breaker
I thought it'd be easier to phrase them as questions. You can indicate your responses if you wish. Please focus on how their answers would reflect on them as a person in your eyes, and how that would affect how compatible you think they'd be.
Well I'm just curious how this all plays into the dating realm.
That is a lot of questions. Someone who thinks it is all right to murder babies would be a deal breaker for me. That is a barbaric practice and I don't care to be around barbarians. It would basically tell me they do not value life as humans should, in my opinion.
Someone who thinks it is all right to murder babies would be a deal breaker for me.
Drawing a hard line on that one, are we? Controversial!
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