"Curious Man" wrote in message
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There seems to be a stereotype that "liberals" are the lazy sorts of
people who interrupt TV viewing only to go to soup lines, or smoke
harmful substances, whereas "conservatives" are hard working, self
reliant people who are very well off due to their own perseverance and
work ethic.

And yet, the few self proclaimed or suspected liberals and Obama
supporters of this newsgroup, seem to be very well off, accomplished
people, whereas many conservatives, while intelligent and interesting
people on many levels, are not exactly above that kind of level of
attainment.

If that is the case, is that perhaps the time to reconsider our
stereotypes?

Curious Man

If you want some interesting thoughts, you might want to ask conservatives
what they think a conservative is, and liberals what a liberal is. That
should be much more interesting than asking either group to consider what
the opposing ideology is.

To the degree that they're in opposition, their answers probably will have
nothing to do with the historical meanings of either idea, but it would be a
refreshing change from listening to them demonize each other. They might
even be surprised to learn that neither idea has much to do with the other,
or to opposing each other, but that's a lot to ask.

--
Ed Huntress