bearister said:
Unit2Sucks said:
sycasey said:
There's really no question about it. The Republicans care about maintaining power and little else.
That's not entirely fair. They also care about pissing off liberals.
Republican definition of a liberal: Anyone critical of the Mad King.

When I talk to my Conservative friends about politics they spend 95% of the time telling me what Liberals think (essentially preaching to me about what I think rather than listening to me TELL them what I actually do in fact believe) and about 5% of the time speaking in the broadest generalities about what they believe.
Their description of me and other Liberals has little to no resemblance to what "we" actually think, and it's largely incredible dated like they are arguing against some crazy combination of Soviet Communism and Roman Bacchanalia.
They see centrist as radical left.
They talk at me and are not looking for a dialogue--just to vent and rail against the straw men they make up.They sound so scared and fearful of their fictional boogeymen even as they bluster like bullies. And these are nice people who are friends.
Two different brains. Two different realities. But one of the two is generally more empathetic and trying to be inclusive and understanding of difference and compromise. The other tries to get everything they want no matter what and sees compromise as weakness. Generally speaking.
And yes I am aware of the irony that 95% of what I posted was saying who Conservatives are.
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