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Initech

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1. I finally figured out what a compassionate conservative is.

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2017, 05:50 PM

Sep 2017

A regular conservative will screw you behind your back. A compassionate conservative will not only screw you right to your face, he'll do it with a big shit-eating grin on his face! Case in point:

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The fundamental failing of conservatism is the lack of ability to be compassionate... [View all] Locut0s Sep 2017 OP

I finally figured out what a compassionate conservative is. Initech Sep 2017 #1

at the heart of American conservatism is the impulse of the user, the bully, the exploiter, Thomas Hurt Sep 2017 #2

I have long felt exactly the same way about conservatives cyclonefence Sep 2017 #3

I would respectfully disagree.... lastlib Sep 2017 #4

As John Kenneth Galbraith said: Atticus Sep 2017 #5

Wrong. The fundamental premise of the gop is lack of compassion: That's where they go to not give a lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #6