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PurgedVoter

(2,721 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:21 AM May 2025

Conservative values, honestly try to name a real one that they do better than liberals.

Ethics are not what conservatives select for. They claim conservative values, but they cannot name a single one. I can't name a single one that is an actual value.

We know that compassion and hygiene, especially when related to the spread of disease, are off their list. They fought against it. They won't lift a finger or wear a mask to save a stranger's life.

I was a lifeguard and I taught swimming. At one time I attended a private pool used for therapy. I got to know and regularly see a wide group of individuals who were for the most part conservative. I know from lots of experience that Conservatives, young, old or very old, don't shower before they go into a pool. It is easy to tell when they step out of the locker room and they are bone dry.

It is easy to tell the conservatives, they can't help saying things that a compassionate person would cringe over. They preach superior behavior but they don't follow it when they think no one is watching and they don't make their children follow the rules. It is true that there are liberals who will cheat and not bathe. But when placing bets, bet on the conservatives for poor hygiene.

This may seem like a small thing to some, but it relates directly to civilization, respect for rules, understanding consequences and respecting the rights of others.

One thing that most of the respected Conservatives have done in the past, is glance around to see if minorities were present before they decide what they are going to say. That might be a value, but not saying evil when a witness might care isn't really that good a value.

Conservatives have values, but their values are best off kept to the occasional dog whistle. Bragging about racism, fascism, robbing the poor to give to the rich, and the worship of Baal disguised as Jesus are best kept hidden. But if you look at the fruits, you will see all of these as their core values.

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Conservative values, honestly try to name a real one that they do better than liberals. (Original Post) PurgedVoter May 2025 OP
Looters. Passages May 2025 #1
Hating everything and everyone they don't like or understand. Basso8vb May 2025 #2
They lie. OLDMDDEM May 2025 #3
They claim they're fiscally conservative, but their budget framework surfered May 2025 #4
Democrats Are The Individuals That Conserve Lives, Resources, And Freedoms MayReasonRule May 2025 #5
They always say "greed is good," so they do the greed thing really well. sop May 2025 #6

Basso8vb

(1,230 posts)
2. Hating everything and everyone they don't like or understand.
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:23 AM
May 2025

Core MAGA values right there...

surfered

(14,272 posts)
4. They claim they're fiscally conservative, but their budget framework
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:35 AM
May 2025

..envisions raising the debt ceiling by $5 trillion while giving $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. Borrowing money to give tax cuts is not fiscal conservatism.

MayReasonRule

(4,137 posts)
5. Democrats Are The Individuals That Conserve Lives, Resources, And Freedoms
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:39 AM
May 2025
The GOP is wholly fascist through and through.

The only thing that fascists conserve is unbridled abject moral depravity.

Democrats and those that support Democrats comprise the entire group of individuals that conserve our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness.

Here's to the restoration of our freedoms through our nation's return to reason's rule.

sop

(19,288 posts)
6. They always say "greed is good," so they do the greed thing really well.
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:43 AM
May 2025

They fall short on all the other "good conservative values."

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