Why do people say LIBERAL and CONSERVATIVE like they are DIRTY words?
960876
Not true.\n\nJust CONSERVATIVE is dirty.\n\nLOL
747558
Asking a conservative to admit they were wrong is like asking a grumpy, insolent driver spiralling down a cliff if they should've taken a left rather than a far, far, FAR right.......\n\n(same results, BTW)
319080
You know I have always wondered why Repuglicans can say being liberal is a bad thing. It really isn't, we think before we act, we explore new ideas, and we care about the human race.
1166980
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.
848300
You're right, there's a great deal of immaturity involved.  Basically, so-called "conservatives" are pusillanimous little people who hate, fear, and resent anyone who is different from themselves and have a pathological need to destroy them.
434213
because people say them with bad intentions. they really are just words, but we have given them bad meaning, just like we've given meaning to every other word.
1146241
Simple:  Personal responsibility and consequences for ones' actions is antithesis to the liberal dogma.  They like to call themselves progressives (I must admit they are VERY good at grabbing the best euphemisms), but in reality they are nothing but excuse makers, victim whores, and apologysts for the worst that human nature can produce.
1169852
I always remember that "left" originally meant "sinister" - so it is the Religious Right and the Liberal Leftist.  Traditionally Right is conservative and Left is Liberal.\n\nConservatives (right) are traditionally thought of as cautious, uncomfortable with too much government and are financially and/or religiously motivated.\n\nversus\n\nLiberals (left - I wonder who decided on these names...) are traditionally thought of as folks who think the government should take care of all it's people and will pass tax bills to pay for it.  They are more religiously tolerant (as long as you keep your religion to yourself) and more likely to try new things.  \n\nLiberals are thought to vote with their heart and Conservatives with their wallets.  Republicans are often considered Conservatives, while Liberals are usually the Democrats.\n\nI am more what you would call a Centerist (I can see some things are correct on both sides of the debate) and a Libertarian (I really think government should get out of our lives - if I had my way, the only law would be "If you damage someone else (physically, financially) you will be punished.  Otherwise, do what you want.")  I usually vote Democrat / Liberal.
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Because they feel that they are the only people who work for a living and have morals.  The reality is that many who preach Conservative values have had mommy and daddy pay for their education, apartments, cars, etc...  They are often raised in families with money and receive large inheritances to help start businesses (ex: Dubbuya) and forget that there are middle and working class folks who bust their backs everyday to pay bills.\nIt's easy for Conservatives to criticize people that are not born with silver spoons in their mouths!\nOn moral values- Rush Limbaugh and viagra, Tom Delay and his fine crew, and Rev Jimmy Swaggart and his sex scandal...  Need I say more!
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Liberal means open to new ideas - conservative means closed minded. Conservatives do not give jobs to the most qualified - just look at the no-bid deals Haliburton (formerly headed by Dick Cheny) got in Iraq and now in New Orleans. I live in New Orleans and the whole Katrina-FEMA-Home Land Security mess is all about sweet heart deals going to Republican insiders who are charging U.S. tax payers over $80.00 an hour to hire illegals at about $4.00 per hour to sweep debris in the streets. Next, conservative DOES mean racist. I'm from the south, I watched the Republic party court and recruit every racist like Strom Thrumond, Jessie Helms, Trent Lott and even David Duke because they promised a safe and welcome place for their views. True, money and power do corrupt - and neither liberal nor conservative are immune from that - but conservatives just add backwardness and ignorance to the equation. Always remember that the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were LIBERAL movements. Back then, the conservatives were called Tories. Don't let the Conservative-Republican-Tories of today get away the lie that they either patriotic or pro-American - they are not. \n\nBy the way, I'm not a minority, not a woman, not gay, not an alien, not from the northeast, not disabled and not on welfare or any public assistance. I'm self employed, I pay taxes, I'm a homeowner, I vote in every election, I'm a veteran of two wars, I hold civilan degree in Political Science and am a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, I'm a southerner with multiple Confederate ancestors and I'm a Democrat.
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I like some Conservatives and some Liberals. Personally, I try to look beyond the "outer shell" and instead focus on the person. Many moderate Liberals have more in common with Conservatives than they do with "extremist" Liberals, and conversely, many moderate Conservatives have more in common with Liberals than they do with "extremist" Conservatives. \n\nConsequentially, in a lot of cases these names are actually misnomers because they carry ‘preloaded’ connotations that may not even be true. Major problems arise from slapping these broad labels on people because they encourage polarization rather than unity. In fact, the labels "Conservative" and "Liberal" have such extraordinarily negative connotations that they are used like socially acceptable profanity. You only need to spend a few minutes on Answers.com to see what I'm talking about. \n\nInterestingly, most people never really think about how they developed their beliefs. In most cases, people simply adopt whatever political affiliations that their parents had, just like most people unquestioningly adopt their parent’s religion. This kind of emotional, reactionary allegiance replaces rational thought and is therefore extremely dangerous. Let's stop the madness!
1110600
Though I am not a liberal, I have found that wacko conservatives are more stubborn know it alls than are liberals. Personally, I think both are retarded, but that's just the opinion of a hard line moderate.
843388
This is the game Republicans play:\n\n1-Dishonestly get away with hatred by saying "well you cant just call me hateful if you dont agree" even if they actually are.\n\n2-Turn everything upside down.To hell with freedom in America.Only Conservative Republicans have moral virture and we're gonna proove it to you if its its the last thing we evder do"\n\nFunny how the biggest Conservatives are the biggest hypocrites.\nWhy?\n\nConservative rhetoric is COMPENSATORY for the skeletons in the closet.\n\nNow you know.
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President Bush is the Liberal with his illegal immigration and spending programs. Since the Amish are what a true Conservative is, there is no apparent connection to the present Republican party nowadays. So using the term Liberal really is talking about everybody that isn't Amish to a degree. I am not Amish, I like the toys and the boys. Most Republicans do too. That is just language coming from Rush Limbaugh who too is a Liberal with all of his millions, it doesn't mean anything to anybody.
1087852
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
751476
It's not synonymous with libs. It's conservatives too.  You just picked the wrong word. They're called idiots. Do I detect a little animosity on your part? I believe I do.
1030259
Conservatives are typically protection-minded, as in typically protective of the country and our way of life. Liberals tend to do a lot of america-bashing, they hate this, they hate that, they have a 'favorite minority of the month' kind of thing, they care more about starving kids somewhere else than starving kids in america, that kind of thing...their focus is more on 'the poor' and some other country than on fixing america....