Why do liberals think they have more integrity than conservatives when conservatives have more integrity than liberals?
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They have different values than conservatives.  They think intentions are what matter, regardless of the actual outcome.  They don't analyze what they say, they act on emotions.  Jimmy "peanut brain" carter froze the price of gas, and guess what?  There wasn't any gas.  People waited in line for hours to get gas.  Liberals want to help the poor, but only the poor can help the poor.  The only thing you can to do help the poor is not be one of them.
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Because liberals, like most people, are ignorant when it comes their own political ideology. I believe a lot of liberals haven't really thought about their positions hard enough to see the inconsistency. \n\nThey don't like the idea of the government telling them who they can sleep with, but they have no problem with the government telling them who they can do business with, and under what terms. They don't like paying to promote certain religious positions with tax dollars, but don't see anything wrong with tax dollars going to support certain cultural or artistic positions (i.e. art subsidies).\n\nThough tangerine is partly right; conservatives are just as guilty of being hypocrites. You can't really argue that the state must regulate our behavior to make us "moral", but that it shouldn't regulate our behavior to make us "fair."
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Yeah, I am one of the few liberals who dont put other people down.  This is what I have to say to all the liberals who do: Most liberals believe what they do because they believe in human rights.  By putting down anyone who doesnt believe what you do, are you really standing up for human rights, or liberal rights?  And to conservatives, most of you are the way you are because of a strong moral foundation.  Do you really think of yourself as a moral being when you talk about how terrible liberals are for what they believe?  By doing this you are NO better than them.  If you want to have great moral charcater, raise up above them and show them that you have an argument that can be proven, and dont just bash everyone.  \n\nThe thing about political views is that there are two equally good sides to EVERYTHING.  Period.  The only reason why people believe the way they do is because they think that one side is more imporant than the other.  For example, take abortion.  The right side believes that it is terrible because no matter when you believe life starts, you are getting rid of a potential life.  Not even a liberal can argue that side.  The left side however believes that if it is a life or not, a grown woman's rights is so important that an unborn child is a small price to pay.  Both sides are right and just, but what you believe is what you think is more important.  Any issue can be taken appart to the right and left side like that, and anyone who refuses to do that and just believe something for no reason doesnt have a mind and just follows whatever liberal/conservative bullshit they are fed.\n\nDear god, why cant we just get along?  Why is it that we can NOT respect others if they arent like us?
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Liberals forget one very important thing. When you take tolerance to the level that people cannot say, do, think, believe, or want whatever they choose within the bounds of REASONABLE social law, it becomes intolerant. They think that only they are right, so if I believe something differant, I am imposing my beliefs on them, so I must give up my beliefs, forgetting that if they make me give up my beliefs, they are the ones being intolerant and imposing. That is why they are so selfish.
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Excellent question and I bet that you will not get an intelligent answer.  If liberals were truly open minded you would have balanced political representation at all Colleges & Universities, instead of the typical 80 - 20% split that currently exisits.  If liberal were truly open minded they would not attack Christianity and defend it like they do other religions.  Liberals are the epitome of doulble standards.
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Here's a wikipedia article that can explain it better than I ever could. In summary, as far as I know, left is more liberal, right is more conservative.
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They have different ideas about how humans work.\n\nConservatives tend to think that human beings are fundamentally flawed, and that some people are far more flawed than others:  In other words, people are not equal in abilities -- not even moral abilities.\n\nConservatives believe in good and evil people.\n\nThe implications of this are clear:  Wars and prisons and police-state tactics are necessary since there are real evil people out there who must be stopped.  But, ironically, governments are not to be trusted, since they will always want more and more power.\n\nTherefore, the best solution to all this is a strong military, strong police forces, and a government which is small and subservient to wealthy private citizens and corporations (since business is good and businessmen are more trustworthy than bureaucrats or academic experts -- according to Republicans).\n\nAlso, to Republicans, most people who are poor are poor because of some limitation:  Either they are lazy, or unintelligent, or simply immoral (boozing and drugging all the time).  Other people who are good people but are poor are that way because of pure ignorance about economics, which could be cured with a little late-night reading and hard work (unless they are unintelligent).\n\nConservatives don't think that it's a good idea to take money from rich people ("productive people" in Republicanese) and give it to the unproductive and the irresponsible ("poor people" in Republicanese):  It will make everyone worse off in the long run.\n\nAlso, social programs are administered by the government -- which true Conservatives want to shrink and take power and money away from.\n\nEssentially, Republicans are "plutocrats", which comes from a Greek word that means "rule by the rich".  Rich is good, poor is bad.  Rich people rule, poor people need to go to work.\n\nThere are tons of extremely intelligent Republicans.  They are not stupid.  They just have a different moral view of the world.  They sound heartless, but they are trying to make the world a better place (by getting rid of certain people).
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Because liberals are not really what they say they are.  They speak of tolerance but they are the most intollerant of all who don't agree with them.  They are stupid
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I think you hit the nail on the head when you said "SOME".  Some of any group will just talk trash, liberal or conservative.  It's what people do.  You probably just notice liberals more because you know that crazy, irrational conservatives aren't representative, because you're a conservative and you don't think you're irrational.  It's pretty classic prejudice.\nI really think civil discourse is as possible as it ever was.  You just have to wade through lots of jibberish to find it.  I like to remind myself that people have reasons for thinking the way they do.  It helps me differentiate what's a good argument from what's a bad.  When someone acts like one side is completely unreasonable, then that person generally has a bad argument.  But when someone thoughtfully discusses opinions in a respectful manner, that person is usually using good arguments.  Because they don't have to defend with emotion.
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I think you hit the nail on the head here.  Sadly, most people (politicians and voters alike), believe the opposition is moronic, evil, or simply wrong.  We can't seem to listen respectfully, and hear an idea out, without noticing it came from the other side.  \nI personally believe that both liberals and conservatives want what is best for America, for the most part.  They are just at odds about what is best.
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People in rural areas tend to have less education and they tend to stick to old ideas. Republicans just now how to appeal to these kinds of people. Liberals tend to use logic to analyze the situation rather then following their emotions. In cities there are a lot of ideas thrown at you allowing you to look at things from a different perspective from different people, which is why liberals tend to support diversity and equality.
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Liberals are closer to socialists.  They believe in big government (that is, high taxes) so that everyone is "taken care of".  They also believe that whatever you believe is okay.\n\nFor example, I have personal experience with Sweden, where the payroll taxes are double what they are in the US.  But the social benefits are higher too.  \n\nDo you want everyone to have the same opportunities, whether they want to work hard or just goof off?  If you say yes, that's liberal.  If you say no, that's conservative.\n\nCurrently in Holland, a new political party wants to legalize child pornography.  That is an ultra-liberal view.  "Whatever turns you on," is the ultimate catch-phrase of the liberals.  If that's you, then you are liberal.\n\nIf you believe in hard work, and making more money and being more successful than your lazy neighbor; if child pornography makes you sick, then you are a conservative.\n\nYou choose.
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I think the reason is that liberals believe that man is capable of being perfect without anybody's help. They think that all it takes is education. This is the reason behind much of their supposedly self-righteous anger at anybody who seems to diagree with them:\n\n"I've just explained my position to this person, and he disagrees! Since I can't possibly be mistaken, he might simply be too stupid to understand. I'll be patient and give him a second chance."\n\n(After explaining a second time,)\n\n"I've just explained my position to this person who was pretending to be honestly curious and he STILL disagrees! Since I can't possibly be mistaken, and he doesn't seem to stupid to understanmd, he must be DELIBERATELY pretending to be dumb in order to waste my time! That makes him a CAD as well as a HERETIC! What's more, he knows EXACTLY how much what he says and does irritates me, AND HE'S DOING IT ON PURPOSE!"\n\nThe above assumptions cover most if not quite all of the liberal position. People are not born liberal. What kind of person does it require to take an innocent child and turn them into a liberal...? I will tell you what kind of person you need. It takes a villain.\n\nYou correctly point out that liberals are dissatisfied with Christ, this is because they largely do not have a personal sense of sin. They see no need or a Savior, they do not recognize the moral response of guilt (" 'laws' are for the governed, not for the governor") and they have lost all sense of shame.\n\nLiberals appear to recognize guilt only as a means of manipulating people; they will not admit to a real sense of moral guilt because that would be to recognize a standard be behavior above themselves. They respond to attempts to put them on the same footing with the rest of the world as attempts to shame them, and their pride will not allow them to admit that they might be mistaken. So they castigate those who would criticise them, at the same time hurling terrible and vicious attacks against their opponents, in an attempt to shame their opponents. \n\nBecause they do not realize that there must be a basis to moral accusations, their attacks are largely built on emotional appeal, and are factually invalid.\n\nThis unyeilding effort to block all sense of personal responsiblity has its parallel in an individual psychological response, called malignant narcissism.\n\nMalignant narcissism was first described by a psychologist and author Dr. M. Scott Peck in his books The Road Less Traveled, and others. He describes the resistance of some hideously selfish people to recognize their own selfishness. This was his attempt to describe the moral condition traditionally called 'evil', in psychological terms. When faced with the 'good', evil must destroy it or be forced to face its own selfishness.\n\nIn American liberalism to day, I believe that we see malignant narcissism raised to the institutional level.\n\nThe group behavior of people may be either better or worse than their individual behavior. Among Christians we recognize that we ought to continue to assemble together on a regular basis becuse we will stimulate each other to love and good works more than if we do not meet regularly.\n\nAnd, we have (unfortunately almost daily in the news) seen reports of troublemakers who, egged on by their peers, commit even more heinous acts of violence and selfishness than they would have stooped to without such provocation. What makes organized crime and gang activity so bad and so dangerous to the community is the fact that it is organized. Organization is a 'good', which was made and intended to serve other goods. It is terrible that it has been coopted and enslaved to serve evil.\n\nSo it is with liberalism in America today. (By the way, I  hope nobody has misunderstood-- this is political liberalism I am talking about. Liberal Christians are a different matter, in terms
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Some people try to empower themselves by using derogatory expletives and "name calling". They do it from a fear of being suppressed or from knowing they have no rational answers for those who oppose them. It would be better if non-liberals could debate the liberal  "ideas", but since most liberals are sheep and follow the flock, their ideas become generic without purpose and meaning. Liberal "extremists", like most extremists", make a habit of being argumentive by nature. Most people who debate them, are usually self thinkers with good self-esteem who can communicate powerfully  without the name calling. I call these people conservatives and moderates, not extremists
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There are two big views in America today, one is "liberal" the other "conservative."  Basically they differ on one issue, is man basically good or not.  Liberals believe generally that all people deserve an equal chance and government policy should reflect that.  Therefore, government should intervene and assist all those that are disadvantaged in the society, making sure that at least they should get an education, have food and shelter, etc.  This might be described as the "trickle up" theory.  Conservatives believe in the dog eat dog view of the world, that it is everyman for himself, that those who succeed deserve it on their own merits, and that if they are left alone, their success will eventually benefit the rest of society by creating wealth and jobs.  This is known as the "trickle down" theory.  These two views ccontest with each other back and forth, and tend to demonize each other as being out of touch with reality.  Lately, the consevatives have been winning the propaganda war, so liberals have been taking it on the chin.  Both views have their merits, so it best for all of us to listen to both.  If either side was in control too long, we would probably suffer for it.  That is why the political pendulum swings back and forth between the two.  After the democrats have been in control of the information with this election, the conservatives will surely take it on the chin for a while, and they will be portrayed as not caring about freedom and don't really care about America, just themselves.
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Interesting you say that.  I am a conservative and often find myself asking the same question concerning liberals.\n\nI don't think you really can find an answer to that particular question because it is merely an attack of something you do not understand.  If you would like to know why conservatives see things in a different way try understanding where they come from.  Listen to what they say not to what others say about what they say.  \n\nI try to do that with liberals.  Instead of saying that they are just raising taxes to give to the poor I try to understand why it is not OK for me to keep the money I work for and earn.  I am not rich by any means but I do believe that if someone has earned or even inherited money from someone that earned it, they should be able to keep it and spend as they see fit.  \n\nIt is not mean spiritedness and nastiness.  It is a difference in the basic way we see things.  Name calling does not lead to anything but anger.  For proof that people can actually see things differently while looking at the same thing ... see the website listed below.
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Conservative and Liberal are terms only describing your tendency towards one side or another on certain issues.  It really has nothing to do with party affiliation.  There are a number of conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans, but the majority of Republicans tend to be more conservative and the majority of Democrats tend to be more liberal, which is how the words have come to be used as pseudo-insults from one party to the other.