Reply #147: Conservatives [View All]

[FeloniousMonk]

I don't mean to irritate anyone here, but this is an amazing conversation. I grew up among conservatives who said the same thing about "hippies" and "liberals," but I didn't believe them. However, the few times that I did meet hippies, I thought that they were entirely too defensive.

This is so often said by so-called "conservatives"! (I said I didn't want to irritate anyone here; I don't want to imply that if you can't stand hippies, you would vote for Bush or would want to take away everyone's civil rights.)

What interests me most is that when you read conservative opinions (I mean the opinions of ordinary people), it seems to me the only reason they vote Republican or read the National Review and think it is amusing is because they, the conservatives, are entirely too vulnerable -- they are easily hurt and they might be from poor backgrounds. So, quite unintentionally, the conservatives (except for a few haters) are on the same page as you, the progressives, but psychological and socioeconomic barriers interfere.

I find this fact overly fascinating and will probably mention it many more times in the hope that the rift between factions will be repaired and the country can be spared any further "leadership" by the most evil people in the world.