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In reply to the discussion: So What is A Good Conservative? [View all]RZM
(8,556 posts)46. I see endorsements of violence
And violent rhetoric. That's pretty close.
'The only good conservative is a dead conservative' is not an explicit threat. But it's an implied threat. That bullshit has no place in decent, civilized discourse.
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A good conservative would be the type that helped LBJ get civil rights and Great Society legislation
totodeinhere
Dec 2011
#11
It's a person who is born angry, envious, filled with hatred, suspicious, authoritarian,
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#16
Wearing flag lapel pins, crying at the Pledge of Allegiance, then not caring a RAT's ASS about the
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#19
Good Conservative (n) An environmentally responsible liberal; a liberal that uses resources frugally
Zorra
Dec 2011
#21
Ignore the "schtickers" who can't resist the one-liner you may intend them to parrot.
gulliver
Dec 2011
#33
Yes, I'm aware that different countries ahve different definitions for liberal and conservative.
Quartermass
Dec 2011
#67