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Old 05-25-2020, 05:21 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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I score center slight left on all of the political leaning quizzes I take.

I want to know why some people have such disdain for the right, the conservatives.

I consider myself an old school classic liberal in the vein of Carlin. I don't always agree with the right but it seems like I find myself siding with them more so than the far left. The far left is getting too authoritarian and too much for big government.

I want to know in polite terms why and what is wrong exactly with the conservative crowd and please try and keep it polite and as fact based as we can.
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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Hang on while I pop some popcorn.
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:26 PM
 
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Hang on while I pop some popcorn.
I know... I was just saying the same thing to my SO
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:29 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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I score center slight left on all of the political leaning quizzes I take.

I want to know why some people have such disdain for the right, the conservatives.

I consider myself an old school classic liberal in the vein of Carlin. I don't always agree with the right but it seems like I find myself siding with them more so than the far left. The far left is getting too authoritarian and too much for big government.

I want to know in polite terms why and what is wrong exactly with the conservative crowd and please try and keep it polite and as fact based as we can.


WHERE/WHO are they?
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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WHERE/WHO are they?

Those who frequently refer to posters as Jim Bob and Bubba. Those who use the phrases "gun nuts" and "conspiracy theorist" and "tin foil hat". How's that for a start?
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:36 PM
 
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Those who frequently refer to posters as Jim Bob and Bubba. Those who use the phrases "gun nuts" and "conspiracy theorist" and "tin foil hat". How's that for a start?

THOSE are conservatives in your opinion?
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:39 PM
 
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THOSE are conservatives in your opinion?
No, I thought someone was asking who the folks were who had disdain for the conservatives. Sorry.

Conservatives are mainly the folks who are on the receiving end of such epithets.

Largely, people who are religious, self-reliant and don't want the government to "take care of them". To some extent, Republicans.
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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I don't like classical liberals.
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon
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I want to know in polite terms why and what is wrong exactly with the conservative crowd and please try and keep it polite and as fact based as we can.
Hope Bawac chimes in here. He will clear everything up!
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:44 PM
 
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Hope Bawac chimes in here. He will clear everything up!

Yeah, me too! lol!
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