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bhikkhu

(10,708 posts)
48. Liberals believe that people are basically good
Sun May 28, 2017, 08:52 PM
May 2017

and that personal freedom, equality and opportunity lead naturally to a healthy and prosperous nation.

Conservatives believe that people are basically bad, dishonest and lazy, and all sorts of measures of control, coercion and hierarchies of power (essentially structural inequality of limited rights) are necessary to prevent a disordered societal collapse.

Rec for the Greatest page and bookmarking. emulatorloo May 2017 #1
I am praying he gets to stay! FM123 May 2017 #2
You and me both! n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #3
Fire him,good ratings and knows his stuff...geez,if they took OReilly...drips w pretentious hate Alice11111 May 2017 #59
I adore this man jodymarie aimee May 2017 #4
I do, too. athena May 2017 #17
I like him too SCantiGOP May 2017 #28
I love him too and he is sooooooooooooooooo good looking !!!! trueblue2007 May 2017 #49
he is 67 years young jodymarie aimee May 2017 #55
And liberals continue to defend J_William_Ryan May 2017 #5
Right. Liberal founding fathers enshrined the concept of equality Hortensis May 2017 #60
but liberals have been losing the last 30 years because they have been certainot May 2017 #64
K&R for greatest exposure! n/t Different Drummer May 2017 #6
The first on the list is a testament to how far the GOP has fallen loyalsister May 2017 #7
Ya but...Lincoln freed the slaves and he was a Republican!!111!! progressoid May 2017 #8
That's 'cause Lincoln was a liberal. Iggo May 2017 #9
That was the last good thing Republicans did world wide wally May 2017 #13
Teddy Roosevelt did alot of good things, Crunchy Frog May 2017 #20
Those guys wouldn't make it in today's GOP. progressoid May 2017 #27
Nixon also saddled white anger in the south... paleotn May 2017 #34
Nixon hardly established the EPA. argyl May 2017 #42
Thank you for the reminder. (nt) klook May 2017 #57
I find it hilarious that they have to go back that far to find someone compassionate in their party. progressoid May 2017 #26
that would be the Radical Republicans paleotn May 2017 #32
republicans were the socially liberal party at that time, so O'Donnel is correct here. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #35
Some conservative idiot Proud liberal 80 May 2017 #10
So we tell them it is not about parties. parties switch..... It is about liberal vs right wingers... pangaia May 2017 #19
precisely; the important thing is about lib vs. consrv ideology, not party labels. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #36
Got that right.props @ Lawrence irisblue May 2017 #11
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow May 2017 #12
Great one! elleng May 2017 #14
Matt Santos Johnny Noshoes May 2017 #39
Right. That was a GREAT debate. elleng May 2017 #41
I knew that I had heard that quote before. Stonepounder May 2017 #50
Way recommended. H2O Man May 2017 #15
I've often measured the difference as to what pisses the party members off, respectively mnmoderatedem May 2017 #16
He forgot one: Liberals founded America. Towlie May 2017 #18
Now there's a button I'd wear on my jacket! eleny May 2017 #21
The Declaration of Independence is the "birth certificate" of liberalism. lastlib May 2017 #37
The GOP is nothing but a death cult masquerading as Christian patriots and defenders of freedom . geretogo May 2017 #22
Liberals got women the right to vote? oberliner May 2017 #23
The National American Woman Suffrage Movement got women the right to vote bhikkhu May 2017 #47
Amen! mcar May 2017 #24
kick & recommended. William769 May 2017 #25
Love O'Donnell but he is incorrect about the civil rights bill of 1964 grantcart May 2017 #29
He said liberal not dem LostinRed May 2017 #31
it's misleading and still not accurate. grantcart May 2017 #38
Memorizing this LostinRed May 2017 #30
Liberals are egalitarian and conservatives are not egalitarian is PufPuf23 May 2017 #33
Ironically, that's pretty-much the intro to the Gettysburg Address. Towlie May 2017 #43
Cool. I did not know that or perhaps PufPuf23 May 2017 #46
Liberals believe that people are basically good bhikkhu May 2017 #48
I agree your take on basic differences between liberals and conservatives. PufPuf23 May 2017 #54
Amen!!!!!! Initech May 2017 #40
I don't know that we've ever had as big a difference between the parties IronLionZion May 2017 #44
Conservatives supported slavery Dawson Leery May 2017 #45
Yeah, but you have to attack the word conservative instead of defending the word liberal Awsi Dooger May 2017 #51
Ditto! +100% n/t mazzarro May 2017 #56
Good post - call out conservatism klook May 2017 #62
Also liberals like to think for themselves. cstanleytech May 2017 #52
EVERY. F*CKING. DAY!!! YES! eom Lyricalinklines May 2017 #53
Mahalo, iluvtennis, for LO'D's the Difference between Liberals and Cons Cha May 2017 #58
I believe Soxfan58 May 2017 #61
Saving image so I can dump it on every poster on FB who calls me a libtard. Nt onlyadream May 2017 #63
Yes Morrakiu May 2017 #65
The principle is much simpler: DuaneBidoux May 2017 #66
I don't get it. What's the "circle?" Gidney N Cloyd May 2017 #67
Did you get that backward? I think liberals want to include more people, conservatives the reverse Dorn May 2017 #69
Actually gothe that backwards... DuaneBidoux May 2017 #70
One of the many horrid things Reagon did was to 1984 the word liberal Dorn May 2017 #68
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