(04-25-2021, 09:02 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(04-25-2021, 05:48 PM)copycat Wrote: Marty you have finally asked the right question.  It is my experience that conservatives just don’t care.  Conservatives in general will accept anyone of like minded thinking.  They will not approve of lifestyles but are willing to accept them even when they do not understand them.  “Love the sinner not the sin”.  Liberal ideology on the other hand have a litmus test that if you do not conform too you must be destroyed.  Just my observation.

Marty was playing the gotcha game, but I'm not sure I agree with your response. Progressives also support anyone with like minded thinking. In fact, it's a pre-condition to co-exist. The difference is that American conservative values allow for differences of opinions, provided it exist within the constitutional framework, whereas progressive values allow for differences of opinions, so long as it tears down the constitutional framework. Liberals like Marty just don't want to acknowledge the goals of progressives.

That is absolutely not true. Conservatives, especially "Trumpers" are some of the most close-minded and argumentative people I have ever met. They are every bit as intolerant of differing opinions as the liberals are. They are just two sides of the same coin. That's why there is so much divisiveness in this country. Each side portrays themselves as being repressed by the other. That's why I refuse to align myself with either side. It's maddening!

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