gig em 02 said:Zombie Jon Snow said:gig em 02 said:Some of the posters here, especially the true conservatives, come across as rude and heartless and are horrible advocates for conservative ideology. I wouldn't be surprised if every moderate/left leaning person that visited this forum found themselves being pushed further left by some of the most outspoken posters here.aggieforester05 said:texaglurkerguy said:As a left-leaning urbanite, this is actually why I read this forum. Great resource for learning the conservative position on a number of topics. That said, if anything my time here has pushed me leftward, moreso than my consumption of mainstream news sources.aggieforester05 said:I have read the Democrat platform and it's nuts. The only reasonable idea they have is legalization of MJ.That_Guy_Moose said:aggieforester05 said:That_Guy_Moose said:aggieforester05 said:Malibu said:People arent motivated to vote for Biden. They are very motivated to vote against Trump. Thats a meaningful enthusiasm metric.barnyard1996 said:I agree with you about this forum. Therefore, I will remind you that Biden has an enthusiasm gap of about 25, nationally.Malibu said:It is not. This board is to the right of Texas as a whole, and to the nation at large. See what happens when I post that I will vote for Biden as evidence of the welcoming tone of this place for non-conforming views.e=mc2 said:
If this thread is an indicator of a larger response, Biden is in deep doodoo.
ETA, I guess that noise about Biden taking Texas is well...just noise.
People are also very motivated about voting against the nutcase **** bag Democrats. They are CRAZY and rational Americans know it.
Not saying you're wrong at all, but many people see it the other way.
The country is more divided than it has ever been.
Those people are brainwashed and wrong. The political right in this country are the adults in the room. There is nothing crazy about trying to uphold the constitution, capitalism, and American values. The left's caricature of the right is based on the dominance of radical left wing propaganda posing as objective news and academia. Trump's lack of tact had helped fuel that demonization, but that doesn't make Republican policies insane. Democrat's agenda straight from the horses mouth is insane, radical, and would be devastating to the US and the free world of it was ever seen to completion.
Broadly claiming opposing views are brainwashed and wrong is part of the problem. I implore you to please read the democratic platform this week. I guarantee that it will be far more moderate than you think it will be based on the above.
Democrat politicians have plenty of reason to believe the constitution and US power is under attack as well from the other side.
There are good policies and ideas on both sides.
The nation needs to come back to its senses and work for bipartisan solutions that bring out the best in all of America and not just one side or the other.
There are no good ideas from the Democratic side of the aisle. I wish there were. The country needs two reasonable parties with different ideas that meet in the middle for bipartisan solutions.
We do not currently have that. We have a party that's been hijacked by radical Marxist and then a party who just shows enough opposition to that to stay in power.
Any bipartisan solutions with the current Democrat party means we are losing rights as Americans.
The Democrats desperately need a reformation that brings them back to classical liberalism.
Their voters are most certainly brainwashed too. I know that sounds like hyperbole, but the overwhelming majority of news sources, entertainment, academia, and corporate atmospheres are pumping out liberal propaganda 24/7. If they live outside of conservative areas, then they have to seek out conservative viewpoints or they only hear them through the filter of liberal biased sources that take them out of context. If the average urban liberal dismisses everything Trump says and/or Fox News says, where else would they encounter conservative opinions?
Why do you think that is? Does the opposition to your viewpoints make you more entrenched or does hearing the conservative viewpoints clarify the rightness of the liberal positions in your mind? The former would make more sense to me.
You all know who they are. You just dont care, and they dont care, and an ideology (conservatism) that can only succeed and spread if individuals show compassion and kindness towards their neighbors will never be advanced by a place like this.
If you (and the other Libs posting on this thread) think WE are rude wait until your overlords get complete control.
You are in your own words being pushed further left by the rudeness of the right - toward something you seem to think is kind and compassionate. Meanwhile while we might be rude, but we are fighting against people that are actively working to
- abolish the Constitution that provides basically all of your freedoms and protections from an oppresive government
- disarm the populace which is the only defense against tyranny
- limit speech to only approved speech
- not just accepting but normalizing things like pedophilia
- decriminalizing almost everything
- not just reducing but completely defunding and removing police
- "compassionately" allowing our country to be bankrupted by opening borders and giving benefits to anyone and everyone that has not contributed to it
You can be compassionate and kind all you want - in the system they would create you will be a mindless servant sheep to the system without rights, dignity or opportunity just like everyone else...but at least random people on the internet won't be rude to you any more because that's worse right?
Just do me a favor and remember this when you are equal to everyone, but have nothing except that which is given to you by the government you picked. I guess you'll feel better about yourself then.
Me...I'm going down fighting for liberty. It's worth fighting for and being a little rude if I have to.
You've proven my point. I've voted libertarian in the last 4 elections and am a huge proponent of small government.
Liberals have the freedom to act like jerks because liberalism relies on "forced kindness" (literally at gun point). Conservatism requires people to voluntarily take care of each other. So when you ignorantly make comments like you do then people that are compassionate and moderate or lean left are pushed further left because there is no way they will count on a jerk like you to help out your neighbor voluntarily.
You have lowered yourself to their level, and conservatism will never be advanced with the way that you treat people.
Really though, you are a troll that is just trying to make conservatives look bad, right? There is no way you actually think what you wrote is persuasive.
Persuasive???? PERSUASIVE????
LMAO. What makes you think I'm trying to persuade you of anything. Merely pointing out what you are supporting whether you are a Liberal or a libertarian because if you don't vote against that garbage you are voting for it.
It's not about how we treat you - or anyone else. Your mind is made up so that is irrelevant and it is just an excuse you use. If you can't see it for yourself there is no helping you anyway.
