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pampango

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4. Linked to an "us vs them" (whatever 'they' get means less for 'us') mentality

Reply to WiffenPoof (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2012, 05:44 AM

May 2012

'Them' being anyone who doesn't look like me, talk like me or goes to a different (or no) church than me.

Conservative = got to keep 'them' (blacks, hispanics, women, gays, immigrants, the middle class) down for 'us' (whites, men, straights, native-born, the rich) to move up. They are not big on shared prosperity, shared sacrifice or 'shared' anything else.

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Conservatism = Fear n/t [View all] WiffenPoof May 2012 OP

Nonsense. Worship of the powerful and rich, The military, people with guns, napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #1

And why do you... WiffenPoof May 2012 #2

Yeah I know. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #3

And a valuable two cents it is....n/t WiffenPoof May 2012 #5

Linked to an "us vs them" (whatever 'they' get means less for 'us') mentality pampango May 2012 #4

I would say ignorance and hatred. libtodeath May 2012 #6