What are your reasons for being either conservative or liberal?
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i am a conservative because of my faith...
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Republican.  On a Scale of 1 to 50 with 50 being the most liberal and 1 being the most conservative,  I'm a 3.  I took a test in my American Government class in College.  I knew I was a Republican to begin with but I didn't know I was that conservative!   :)
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The left are considered liberals. Broadly speaking, liberalism seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of minorities are protected.\n\nThe right are considered conservative. To a conservative, the goal of change is less important than the insistence that change be effected with a respect for the rule of law and traditions of society.
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There is nothing wrond with being liberal, its the opposite of conservative...  Liberal covers the entire left side of the political spectrum - it's generic for people who believe in individualism, freedom, equality, the social contract and rational evidence-based (as opposed to morality-based) public policy but often disagree on the application of these principles.
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I think this goes for both liberals and conservatives.  It's just more obvious to you when you are on the receiving end of it.
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From what I have seen, liberals are a lot more emotional than conservatives. They seem to get angry a lot easier. I also agree with what tony said. Especially the part about changing their ways when they get out on their own. It reminds me of a quote from Winston Churchill, "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
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I am a liberal, and just like I have reached my political convictions through extensive consideration of issues and through allegiance to principles I hold dear, I have no reason whatsoever to presume that this is not the case for conservatives.  I am sure that like the vast majority of Republicans, you support the Republican party for a variety of worthy and noble reasons.  I hope you have a great night, and that you disabuse yourself of the notion that the people who may insult you online for your beliefs represent the generality of liberals.
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Broadminded and conservative are mutually exclusive terms.  Conservatives have a set of beliefs that narrow their outlook, and their minds are by nature geared to have a narrow outlook and to want a narrow outlook.  They thrive having their minds restricted by authoritarian ideologies like religion, law-and-order, and other such prescribing dictates.  They are very uncomfortable with personal liberty management, and that is why they fight so constantly to get enforcement of prescribing rules and regulations.  It looks like they want everyone to go by what they believe, and that sure would be fine with them, but what really motivates them is their own need to escape the frightening personal liberty management issues that broadminded people handle well and enjoy.\n\nSo you can tell if you are broadminded or conservative by how well you deal with personal liberty, how threatened you are by non-standard and traditional life-styles, how much liberty you are willing to tolerate other people having.
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you have to judge people individually\n\n(on average I would say liberals are because they care more about every body and conservatives care more about their own agenda and controlling people)
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Liberal, in a sense means free, therefore; liberals are those in government who believe more in states rights and less in a  central government. The lines today are skewed and there is no longer an extreme difference between a liberal and a republican. There are liberal republicans and conservative republicans, and just as well there are liberal democrats and conservative democrats. The difference you should be looking for is between liberals and conservatives not liberals and republicans. Some may argue though, and those who argue are truly conservative republicans. In essence the conservative issues are pro life as opposed to pro choice, centralized government as opposed to states rights, opposition to gay marriage and basically any view to an issue that adheres to the way things have been done in the past, or in other words, views that are opposed to change. Lliberal views are just the opposite, those that welcome change and leave more choice in the direction of the country to the people.
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I am a conservative and I have some liberal friends.  Though we differ on certain issues we do have one thing in common and that is we are patriotic.  There are extreme liberals that spew with anti American rhetoric and those that do not.
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Liberal - More government intervention in economics, less in social issues\n\nConservative - Less government intervention in economics, contemporary Christian Right conservatives will say more in social issues, many will say less
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Judging by the many of the questions and answers, I would guess liberal.
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Liberals hate Conservatives because Conservatives know the difference between right and wrong and call out Liberals on their actions. No one likes to be told that they are wrong or what they are doing is wrong.\n\nAs a Conservative, I get aggrivated when Liberals think they know all of life's answers and they act like intellectuals when actually they are not very smart.
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I am liberal. I think I would make a decent leader. Some Liberals wouldn't\n\nI can conceed some Republicans have and we have had an unfortunate run of ones who have done so great\n\nIn the end it doesnt matter. noobody is truely moderate. not completey and who would vote for a total moderate anyway?\n\nThe country swings back and forth ever 6 years or so.............if we are a liberal country, we elect liberal, when the mood of the country changes, we elect Conservative\n\nalways has been, always will be
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I'm conservative.  I had an ecclectic educational mix of private and public schooling, followed by private and State college.  \n\nI observed that liberalism wasn't economically feasible, and didn't factor in human nature.  I studied world history and thought our form of government was the best.\n\nSomething made us different from every other nation, and I thought it was worth trying to preserve.
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Sounds pretty good to me, that must be why I'm a liberal.\n\nhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/liberalism