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lumberjack_jeff

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5. No, they want something bad for their enemies.

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:34 PM

Mar 2016

They can tolerate a fair amount of additional and arbitrary personal discomfort, provided the unworthy people they hate are getting it worse.

But when the next election comes around, they forget where their personal discomfort came from and decide to try persecuting the unworthy some more.

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Do most US citizens really want what's best for others? [View all] OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 OP

"no free rider" Locrian Mar 2016 #1

Very interesting... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #2

it was a great read Locrian Mar 2016 #3

What drives the author of The Righteous Mind oegthe Mar 2016 #10

Interesting... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #11

I think liberals have more of a "we're all in this together" mindset but it is complicated. pampango Mar 2016 #4

Great point, pampango... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #13

No, they want something bad for their enemies. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #5

worthy vs unworthy OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #14

Most of these people have nothing REP Mar 2016 #6

No, they want Fairness One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #7

+1 FLPanhandle Mar 2016 #8

It's a very old question: "Am I my brother's keeper?" Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #9

The opposition to free college doesn't make sense, even from an economic conservative view. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #12

I know...there's some personality issue in play. OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #15