[Tijeras_Slim]

But why do conservatives fight among themselves?

If you can answer that one you'll be teaching Political Science before the month is out. We do have a distressing tendency to eat our own.

Having fun so far?

[St. Clair Slim]

I think so.

[dark_lord]

But why do conservatives fight among themselves?

If you can answer that one you'll be teaching Political Science before the month is out. We do have a distressing tendency to eat our own.

But the answer is simple. Conservatives fight among ourselves because we define our political positions (in general) as being for something. And of course, we are not all for the same things with the same intensity.

Leftists, on the other hand, other than being for socialism, seem to define themselves entirely on what they are against. They basically determine that they are against something, then claim the Republicans support the position that they are against, and thus the liberal democrats tend to join together because predominantly they are againsters. If you notice what motivates them, it is what they are against. Heck, go over to the DU - you will only very rarely find anyone pushing an agenda that they are for - their entire forum is based on what they are against. This is why they tell so many lies - they have to define the "Pubbies" as the bogeymen.

First they decide what they are against.
Second they claim that Republicans are for whatever they are against.
Therefore, they vote against Republicans, and that is their motivation.

• Pollution - they are against it - therefore Republicans must be for polluting the environment, and therefore evil. (Never mind that Republicans breath the same air and drink the same water as the rest of us.)
• Racism - they are against it - therefore Republicans must be racists and therefore evil. (Never mind that when the South was Jim Crow the party in power was Democrat.)
• War - war is bad - therefore Republicans must be warmongers and therefore evil. (Never mind that Roosevelt brought us into WWII, Truman ordered the dropping of the A-bomb, Kennedy started us into Vietnam and Johnson escalated it and they were all Democrats.)
• Etcetera

Democrats define themselves (mostly) by what they are against. Thus they focus on emotion and are weak on logic and intellect.
Republicans define themselves (mostly) by what they are for. Thus they have to craft logical and rational arguments, and thus they dispute with one another.