I am a conservative and I don't support the Iraq War. Gun Control is for wussies for who are afraid of guns, abortion kills babies because their mother was irresponsible and most likely a worthless, fithy prostitute, national health care raises taxes, and marriage is between a man and woman, not 2 men. I cannot see wy anyone besides the poor and mentally ill would want to be a liberal. The only good thing they are for is labor unions.
2007-08-11 09:31:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A few more brain cells...
2007-08-11 09:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
There is no advantage one way or the other. Everyone of us is liberal or conservative depending on the issue at hand.
I don't drink or smoke and consider those things to be a vice. I also don't gamble and was raised to think that that was a vice as well.
But I certainly don't support the creation of laws making it illegal for folks to engage in those activies. As a liberal I don't believe it's the government's role to legislate individual morality.
And on the other hand I love movies with lots of gratuitous sex and violence. Not really a conservative value.
I don't sit around and think a lot about gun control, but I do think the use of bullets which can penetrate a policeman's bulltet proof vest should be illegal. Does that make me a liberal, because I think a policeman's safety is more important than the average joe having access to that kind of ammunition?? I don't view guns as adult toys. They are a deadly serious right that Americans possess and clearly abuse to the detriment of us all.
Abortion....I don't presume to judge anyone who has been in that situation. The women I know who have had abortions are today loving mothers and interestingly all Born Again Christians. A far cry from your description of such women.
I am with you where marriage is concerned. Man and woman should carry the day. But gay couples should have the rights to civil unions. I don't agree with their lifestyle at all, but they have every right to practice it with other consenting adults.
And Labor Unions....they don't have any friends in Washington from what I have seen. Jobs are leaving this nation at record rates...American Labor better start flexing its muscles before it's too late. And why is it a Liberal Value to support the American working man and woman. Am I supposed to support the white collar schmoes who make money doing nothing but selling the future of this country to China, Vietnam, Korea, etc.... is that a conservative value?? I don't think so. We all care about the American worker.
Poor and mentally ill...well let's just say they need our help and am I to believe that conservatives don't care about them??? Again...I believe the average conservative and the average liberal care about their fellow Americans....we are after all...all of us Americans.
2007-08-11 16:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, that's a little harsh! One advantage of being a liber is we can sleep at night. We seem to be considerably more tolerant of others who are different in appearance, life style, opinions, well, tolerant of others, different or not. Having a live & let live attitude makes for a much happier life in general. It feels better as a liberal to help people in need, than to be a hard *** concerned only with the bottom line--and keeping people "inline" with the way THEY (the conservatives) think we should all live, believe, and any other thing the cons want to control--what's with the control issues conservative.
2007-08-11 16:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by Clycs 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What is the advantage in being a conservative? There isn't any advantage to either side. it's simply what you believe.
Okay, I take that back. There is one advantage to being a liberal- Facts support your arguments more. However, conservitives have an advantage in that the arguments they make may not be factual, but they appeal to the emotional side of people.
See healthcare for a prime example. If you work out the math on universal healthcare, it winds up costing the average person less even with the increase in taxes it would require, but "They'll have to raise taxes" gets emotions running high.
2007-08-11 16:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
That's funny, the conservatives say the liberals ask for too much and then the cons pay for it. Really? Does that include the airline industry bailout, or the very recent subsidy to the finance industry? What about the Iraq war? Our president decided to cut taxes so that future generations will pay for it. Cons are full of BS, only they believe it.
2007-08-11 16:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
It's not an "advantage / disadvantage" thing.
They are two different social and political philosophies, each of which has some things that it values more than others.
You oppose gun control, because you think the govt should not be regulating what you do if you're not harming anyone else -- that's the liberal perspective -- that the govt should not be regulating conduct or telling you what you should do.
You oppose abortion, which is fine. But you want to tell people what they should do -- just like some people want to dictate what you can do with your guns -- both are attempts to assert control. And you want to tell people who they can get married to -- which is about you wanting to control them because you don't like their choices.
But you're wrong about your examples of liberals. Liberals oppose socialism and socialized medicine. Because liberals oppose govt control.
It's odd that you favor govt control in areas of personal life, but oppose govt control in other areas -- seems inconsistent.
2007-08-11 16:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Being liberal or conservative shouldn't be a definition tthat you place on yourself. You don't have to believe in a certain set of ideas and give yourself a label. Liberalism and conservatism are just ways to describe degrees of political reform (liberal means wanting change conservative means wanting to keep things the way they are) The definitions of these terms have been misconstrued by the media, and as a result people aren't aware of their true meaning.
2007-08-11 16:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by bolagna2002 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Being liberal enables one to actually think for yourself and use the brain God gave you. Being conservative means living in a ridiculous little cartoon fantasy world and chirping mindless slogans in lieu of actual ideas, as your post and the conservatives' attempts at a response proves.
2007-08-11 17:07:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Liberals can make dirty jokes about Israel's dogs = H. Clinton
While Conservatives are the dogs in the GOP
2007-08-11 16:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Less stress.
As a liberal you think the world's on your side and no one is going to harm you. You won't be stressed until they shoot you in the back and by then you have a few minutes to live.
2007-08-11 16:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by citizenvnfla 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Dude like you have to be cool so being liberal is cool um like you get to hang out with hollywood types unless your poor then they dont even want you near them. Umm ok what else you get to blame other people for the stuff you do thats always cool. You get to say raising other peoples taxes (not your own) is the way to save America. You get to call people who want secure borders all kinds of cool names with not a shred to back it up : names like
Xenephobe
Nativist
Racist
Bigot
American (the up and comming new slur to call someone)
So umm (hang on im toking up) lol
ha ha ha ha ha
huh wait what was I saying oh yeah so like you get stuff paid for and you dont have to pay for it how cool is that
LOL I sure hope you see the sarcasm
2007-08-11 16:40:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋