Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 4, 11:13 pm, "Hawke" wrote:
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.
Show us your data. IOW, you're talking out your a$$.
If that is the case, is that perhaps the time to reconsider our
stereotypes?
Perhaps you should reconsider yours.
i think what he is saying is that your stereotypes should be the
same as his...
Ah, yes. That is the leftist's way.
At least that is what you think the leftist's way is. What people are
forgetting is that there are stereotypes, which do have some truth to them,
and then there is reality. There are concrete things that actually make
someone a liberal or a conservative. They each have their own ways and
beliefs. The problem is when one side makes claims about the other side
which are not true, which is usually the case. In this group, which is
filled with right wingers and republicans denigration of "liberals" are
posted constantly. That's because the "wingers" detest anyone who has views
that are different from theirs (a conservative trait). Proof of this is the
unending stream of criticism and invectives directed at liberals by them.

Take one trait that is common among liberals; tolerance. This same trait is
not shared or highly regarded by conservatives. A trait they like a lot more
is authority or hierarchy. Each group has it's own group of attributes and
they are not shared much by the other group. Both groups have a low opinion
of the other group. But if you want to know the facts about one group or the
other you don't ask the other side because most of what they think is wrong.
Anyone can find the truth about liberals or conservatives if they want but
for most people it's a lot easier to simply call the other group names and
say nasty things about them. On this group, most of the people doing that
are conservatives. That's is not an opinion. It's a fact.

Hawke

Well said.

I beg to differ; I thought what he said was a load of ****.

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