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(130,895 posts)they have NO IDEA what it means.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)They want to conserve an antiquated, closed minded ideology.
sheshe2
(83,757 posts)sheshe2
(83,757 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)the conservatism we see today in America, the conservatism of the Repuglican party, is not conservatism at all! ITS THEOCRATIC FASCISM!
And we must unite and fight it in every single way possible to stop them! That should be our utmost goal!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)...is old Civil War battlefields.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Try to tell them the trees have changed and it will actually cause a moment of actual THOUGHT before they realize a Liberal just told them that so it must be a lie.
We People
(619 posts)When they coined that phrase, they were just projecting onto us what's true for them.
There's an automatic reflex in them to be oppositional to liberal ideas.
It's like the lyrics of the old Groucho Marx song, "Whatever it is, I'm against it!"
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Many who take a political spectrum test actually have very liberal positions on many issues.
This often leads to them claiming some outlandish thing is a Liberal idea when it came from them. That's why Conservative Democrats undermine us. How many times did we have to deny Lieberman was a Liberal?
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)off of the roof of the White House in 1986, setting the example for his perverted conservative followers.
Conservatives are flat out pure hopeless stupid evil.
Cha
(297,210 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)Don't save the planet
Why telling a conservative that a light bulb is good for the environment is just about the worst thing you can do
May 03, 2013
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When energy-efficient light bulbs were touted as being good for the environment with a "protect the environment" sticker those customers who described themselves as politically conservatives were less likely to buy them. When the sticker was blank (but everything else was left the same, from price to information about potential energy savings), those same consumers were more willing to give the product a try.
Now, keep in mind that conservatives weren't completely mush-brained about this. They were capable of buying LED or CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs that last 9,000 hours longer than standard bulbs, when the price was attractive. But the notion that somehow they were striking a blow for the environment was a complete turn-off.
How have we gotten to a point where being green causes some to see red? Researchers suggest that the issue of carbon emissions and climate change has become so politically polarizing that it's affecting consumer choice.
Perhaps it won't be long before clever marketers start advertising energy-wasteful products on talk radio. Buy the "Big Daddy" bulb and keep those West Virginia coal miners busy supplying the nation's most polluting power plants!...................
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-05-03/news/bs-ed-lightbulbs-20130503_1_bulb-conservatives-greenpeace
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Big government means bad things like small cars, so fight, fight, fight, even if you save money.