Does the following sum up the differences between Conservatives & Liberals?
If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn`t buy one. * If a liberal doesn't like guns, he feels that no one should have one.
* If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat. * If a liberal is, he wants to ban all meat products for everyone.
* If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy. * A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
* If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. * If a liberal is homosexual, he loudly demands legislated respect.
* If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful. * Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.
* If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. * A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
* If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels. * Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
* If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church. * A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God or religion silenced.
* If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. * A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
jojo2009-09-29T20:06:28Z
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The problem is that I know many conservatives that are liberal and many liberals that are conservative. Different aspects of life need be defined for oneself. The problem is not a problem other than the fact that you do not see that as well.
No, if a conservative likes guns, he runs crying to the basement if a liberal is elected because he thinks they are going to take them away, even if no attempt has been made to do so.
Conservatives like to eat meat and they don't care if anyone else can afford it or not.
If a conservative sees something threatening, even if it doesn't exist, he immediately hits it. A liberal first determines whether there is any threat at all and whether hitting it will be effective.
If a conservative is a homosexual, he hides it from all of his homophobic friends, while a liberal gay person lives his life without regard for what anyone thinks, unless they try to stop him from having the same freedoms as straights.
If a black man or Hispanic is successful, a liberal celebrates it and hopes he passes his good fortune on to others who have not been as fortunate. A conservative wonders what kind of affirmative action was responsible for him getting an unfair advantage.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he takes advantage of the same help available to a liberal, but continues to criticize it while he's doing it. A liberal takes it if he needs to and doesn't feel he should beat himself up for doing it.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he acts like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, etc., with no regard for his fellow man. If a liberal is a non-believer, he regards his fellow man as just as important as he is.
A conservative thinks because he doesn't get a bill that says "Your payment for the uninsured" that he isn't paying it. A liberal knows that if we don't reform health care, we will all continue to pay for it at a much higher rate than we are without reform, and then even the conservatives' health care will be rationed.
Sound about right? No? Well, guess what. Your list doesn't sound right to me either.
That is one set of differences. But the conservatives can be hypocritical as well.
A liberal might be religiously conservative, believing homosexuality to be a sin, but it is often the conservative who wants to legistlate that beleif.
I am not saying Libs are better than Cons. I am saying there are hypocrits on both sides.
Sounds like a reasonably fair characterization. Basically pointing out the differences between collectivism and individualism. Liberals decide what is good for them and try to impose it on all. Conservatives just take care of their own needs and do what they feel is best for them. Liberals call it selfish, conservatives call it independence. When liberals try to impose what they think is right on everyone, they call it compassion, conservatives call it tyranny. It all depends on whether you value the rights of the individual or the good of the collective.