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Why most conservatives are secretly liberals
The Washington Post's The Monkey Cage ^ | March 6, 2014 | John Sides

Posted on 03/06/2014 7:50:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 03/06/2014 7:50:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Men are women. Women are monkeys. Children are led weights. The light is darkness. Up is down. Left is right. In is out.

Did I miss anything?


2 posted on 03/06/2014 7:53:12 PM PST by DManA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Conservatives are more pro freedom.


3 posted on 03/06/2014 7:53:25 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’re playing with labels. Someone who believes in free speech, freedom of religion, a free market, and a social contract called the Constitution was, in the late 19th century, a liberal. Today he’s a conservative. It’s a really silly semantic game.


4 posted on 03/06/2014 7:53:44 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"...called a “new high.” "

Likely associated with the legalization of Weed in various locales.

5 posted on 03/06/2014 7:56:09 PM PST by Paladin2
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“Why most conservatives are secretly liberals”.

Oh I get it. I hate Odumbo but in secret, I’m a big fan of his. Boy, that makes sense (BLEEEECCCHHHHHHHHH)


6 posted on 03/06/2014 7:57:27 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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Here in Texas during the just-concluded primaries, radio and television ads were filled with the term to characterize the candidates as "Conservative", even those for John Cornyn.

A question for those FReepers stuck in liberal wastelands such as California, New York, Massachusetts and so on, do the Democrat candidates use the term "liberal" in their advertising or is that word still toxic even in those states?

7 posted on 03/06/2014 7:57:48 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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It depends how you ask the question. I’ve also seen plenty of polls that ask “Do you prefer higher taxes and more government services, or lower taxes and fewer services?” Lower taxes and fewer services usually wins by 2-1.


8 posted on 03/06/2014 7:57:56 PM PST by arista
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Do conservatives believe in invasion or indoctrination? Do liberals believe in invasion? Did this meathead cover this beloved topic?


9 posted on 03/06/2014 7:57:57 PM PST by magna carta
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To: DManA

“Everything is anything”


10 posted on 03/06/2014 7:57:59 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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I agree. They are selling the idea that everyone wants the government to step in and enforce "good" things.

Not me. I want government to back off and (at most) stop people from interfering in my life. Don't do me any favors: just leave me alone. I don't care what vocabulary they want to dress that up in, it's not a Liberal view.

11 posted on 03/06/2014 7:58:28 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Conservatives are liberal. Progressive totalitarian statists just hijacked the word.

They hijack a lot of words. That’s the game they play.


12 posted on 03/06/2014 7:58:57 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: DManA

Transgender LGBT bites Dog.


13 posted on 03/06/2014 7:59:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They conflating conservatives and Republicans (RINOs) again? Really isn’t cute of them to do anymore.


14 posted on 03/06/2014 7:59:13 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: cripplecreek

Let the left speak in their own echo chamber - never let left define a conservative


15 posted on 03/06/2014 7:59:19 PM PST by edcoil (Realism is only a socially accepted form of pessimism)
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To: Billthedrill

I am and will always be a ‘Classic Liberal’ which is by today’s standards a Conservative. But make no mistake, I find nothing redeeming in central planned economics (big government) or the fascism we’re living with today.


16 posted on 03/06/2014 7:59:38 PM PST by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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To: DManA

What is the meaning of this cold winter?


17 posted on 03/06/2014 7:59:56 PM PST by MNDude
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WTF!


18 posted on 03/06/2014 8:00:27 PM PST by chasio649
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To: Billthedrill

True. Or people who question authority were considered liberal. Now liberals are conformists and if someone breaks from the ranks or does not hold the same thought, those people are outcasts.


19 posted on 03/06/2014 8:01:05 PM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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WTF is this supposed to mean?

Why most people who agree really disagree.

Why women are really men.

Why the sun is in reality the moon.

Why white people are secretly black.

Why Cowboys are really Indians.

Why stupid senseless articles are just stupid senseless articles

An article with a such a premise in the title is less than meaningless.

It defies cognitive rationale.

It makes an oxymoron seem dogmatic.

Get outta here.

20 posted on 03/06/2014 8:08:08 PM PST by lbryce (Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
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