Who do you think is more tolerant, liberals or conservatives?
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I agree with 43, except that users need to reach level 3 to qualify.
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A conservative usually tries to keep the system the same. A liberal tries to change things. Generally Republicans tend to be conservative and Democrats tend to be liberal.
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Conservatives are Liberals who have been mugged;\nModerates are what Liberals claim they are;\nLibertarians are against any governmental restrictions;\n\nApathetic is just a state of mind -- they don't care
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As a moderate, I find conservatives difficult to have an intelligent conversation. Many of them seem to have the "know it all" attitude and are very set in their ways and unable or unwilling to compromise. Far left liberals are the same way.  \n\nBuddy, it cuts both ways. Why not having a political discussion without labeling people? Just debate the ideas and be open to new ideas? \n\nI am convinced that most Americans are heartedly tired of the liberal vs. conservative ideological debate because it will be argued forever while problems go unsolved.
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Classical liberalism in my mind is more focused on keeping the government off our backs and out of our wallets.  A classical liberal would not want the government saying who could marry or who could not - or interfering with what substances we could ingest.  A CL would encourage freedom of movement for immigrants an open door policy more or less. BUT they would strenuously oppose government paying for the support of immigrants.  In fact - they'd do away with public education if they could and give the saved tax dollars back to the earners and let them choose how and where to educate the kids.\n\nConservatives also anti-tax and anti-big government.  (Clearly Bush has not been a good conservative.)  But conservatives want a ban constitutional ban on gay marriage, want to restrict a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy etc etc.  So they are willing to use government to coerce their social agenda.  A classical liberal would just want the individual to choose.\n\nI can see from the other posts the a majority of people don't know the difference between the term "Classical Liberal" and "Liberal".  Haha.  No wonder we can not move the political debate to anything more high brow than Rush Limbaugh.
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that probably depends on how much both of you care about your political and religious beliefs.  i would say it is much easier to reconcile different religions than politics, as long as neither of you is a 'hellfire fundamentalist' religious fanatic.  plenty of christians and jews marry, for example.\n\nas for politics, i can't even stand to talk to most conservatives for more than half an hour, and i definitely wouldn't have sex with one.  then again... usually what i hate about them is their lack of logic, and the occasional reasonable conservative is fine, as far as friendship goes.  but i wouldn't advise mixing politics in a relationship, unless you both share the same basic values and principles.
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Democrats believe in equal rights, freedom, and American liberties, while Republicans believe only their supporters deserve rights, trample on freedom, and scoff at American liberties.  \n\nMany more conservatives have been found guilty of committing crimes while in office than Democrats. \n\nOn one hand conservatives claim to be good Christians while ignoring most of what the Bible teaches while on the other hand liberals tend to follow the teachings of Jesus displaying compassion, tolerance, and honesty.\n\nOne of the flaws which has hurt the liberals is they admit when they are wrong and if a liberal is caught doing wrong, other Democrats don’t continue to support them. In contrast, when a Republican is caught doing something wrong, conservatives will still back them.\n\nConservatives often resort to name calling and foul language (ie: VP Chaney) when they no longer have an intelligent argument and Democrats always have an intelligent response. \n\nI would say the big difference is liberals tend to be concerned about the well being of all Americans while conservatives pursue their own self serving agendas.\n\nIs that logical enough for you?
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I vote for whomever is most conservative (believes in the Constitution as written and freedom). That is usually the Republican. However, I have voted for Democrats when they are more conservative than their Republican opponent (very rare, but it happens).
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There is a difference.\n\nConservatism is a general term for that side of the spectrum.\n\nA neo-conservative in modern times are the conservatives who are a little farther out on the right.  They, like anyone who gets too far off the deep end, gets closed minded, thinks their side is ALWAYS right, feels like the other side is ALWAYS wrong and is a general BIGOT.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I'm not calling all conservatives that, only neo-conservatives.  It's the same with liberals and neo-liberals (liberals who think all events are a conspiracy by Bush, etc..)\n\nBeing too far on any one side is bad.  That's the idea of neo-con/lib.\n\nUsually, on this forum though, it's just name calling.  Most of the liberals that use "neo-con" are themselves "neo-libs".
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Democrat.  I believe in their values more than the republicans.  Also, republicans just whine about everything.  Also, Bush is the dumbest person on the face of the universe.  You could fit his library in a little corner.
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In terms of political orientation, there IS no hard and fast definition of what a "liberal" is. The definition of who is "liberal" (or conservative for that matter) and for what reasons has varied throughout history, and varries from country to country, and also from person to person. It's all very subjective.
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The deal is: "Freedom of speech goes both ways"\n\nPeople not only have a right to say pretty much what they want, other people have a right to object, argue & even ask for an apology. \n\nA liberal says something, a conservative objects & the conservative is bashed for 'violating a person's freedom of speech.' \n\nA conservative says something, a liberal objects, and conservatives either let it drop there or defend the original statement on its merit.\n\nSo who is really against freedom of speech;\n\nThe conservative who asks a liberal for an apology for an offensive statement, or the liberal who acts like you aren't allowed to express the fact your offended by a statement?
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First off, i do not support either of those groups. Second off, you should not group the entire group of liberals into one that supports both of these peoples, because very few do. Open your eyes, you have only been blinded by Bush, you can seek the truth, i believe in you
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Liberal. An ultra-conservative city would be a scary place to live. Personally, I happen to LIKE art and culture. Additionally, I detest censorship. Whereas a ultra-liberal city might have its own unique problems, one thing it probably wouldn't have is a population of theocratic, authoritarian, homophobic rednecks who think that books are for burning.
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I'm Christian. Women are viewed in a better light, and liberalism is more acceptable (we don't ALL have to believe everything in the Bible literally).
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my 4 years in college I have to say most were liberals, even had 2 communists but only 1 conservative.  Still I say no and I am sure most of the conservative professors would agree.
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Give me some proof that Conservatives are smarter and I'll listen.\nHowever, Liberals (and I speak from experience) think they're smarter because they have some pre-conceived idea that Conservatives are, well, conservative. As in, stuck in the fifties. And Liberals, being stuck in the seventies, are obviously more advanced.\n\nLol!