Liberals are never scared to speak up. Why are conservatives?

[mystery-ak]

Liberals are never scared to speak up. Why are conservatives?
by Eddie Scarry, Commentary Writer |
 | July 25, 2020 07:59 AM

A handful of friends and I have spoken privately about the crippling anxiety apparently only experienced by independents and right-leaners when politics comes up in a social setting. Right up until now, it was just a theory.

A new study confirms what we suspected all along: Liberals really do feel like they can spew their thoughts freely, while everyone else quivers with fear that anything they say might offend.

The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, published a study this week showing that overall, 62% of people in the United States believe that the current “political climate” keeps them from sharing their political opinions. Broken down by ideology, however, self-identified liberals and “strong” liberals were significantly more likely to feel comfortable airing their opinions than centrists or conservatives.

Respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “The political climate these days prevents me from saying things I believe because others might find them offensive.”

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[Cyber Liberty]

That explains a lot.  Conservatives won't beat you to death with a bike lock if you don't agree with them.  Anarchists will, with gusto.

[libertybele]

That explains a lot.  Conservatives won't beat you to death with a bike lock if you don't agree with them.  Anarchists will, with gusto.

 

[Smokin Joe]

That explains a lot.  Conservatives won't beat you to death with a bike lock if you don't agree with them.  Anarchists will, with gusto.

Which is why more conservatives should be packing. 

[aligncare]

Centrists and conservatives are the heart of America. Leftists are the gristle waste.

[rustynail]

Like that poem said: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

[IsailedawayfromFR]

That explains a lot.  Conservatives won't beat you to death with a bike lock if you don't agree with them.  Anarchists will, with gusto.

But in the end, conservatives will kill to defend themselves, family or property.

Libs won't do that, as bullies are cowards at heart.

[Cyber Liberty]

But in the end, conservatives will kill to defend themselves, family or property.

Libs won't do that, as bullies are cowards at heart.

That conservative has to be cornered to do that.  The stakes have to be high, because of the high value conservatives put on life.  To a lefty, life is cheap as long as it isn't theirs.  Criminals are inherently lefties.

[skeeter]

Because liberals have mastered cheap appeals to emotion and bumper sticker slogans.

Appeals to common sense require explanation and, most importantly, a listening audience willing to allow it.

Why would a progressive allow themselves to be overwhelmed by logic when they can toss out a cheap throw away line, plug their ears and holler 'lalala'?

[Bigun]

I think there are plenty of conservatives speaking up as loudly as they can!  They just can't get any ink or airtime except for the occasional talk show appearance and even that is tightly controled.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

That conservative has to be cornered to do that.  The stakes have to be high, because of the high value conservatives put on life.  To a lefty, life is cheap as long as it isn't theirs.  Criminals are inherently lefties.

That's why I said 'In the end'.

[Cyber Liberty]

That's why I said 'In the end'.

 

[aligncare]

Because liberals have mastered cheap appeals to emotion and bumper sticker slogans.

Appeals to common sense require explanation and, most importantly, a listening audience willing to allow it.

Why would a progressive allow themselves to be overwhelmed by logic when they can toss out a cheap throw away line, plug their ears and holler 'lalala'?

The Left is all rainbows, puppies and kittens, a statement issued by the public relations firm of CNNBCBS Inc. confirmed in their latest (and every) news report.

[Victoria33]

That explains a lot.  Conservatives won't beat you to death with a bike lock if you don't agree with them.  Anarchists will, with gusto.

@Cyber Liberty
@mystery-ak

I had a sister-in-law who was liberal to the left of Stalin.
She would come to my townhouse (townhouses are connected to each other so there was a townhouse to my right and left, which meant double walls were between us.), and this would happen every time:

At the beginning, I knew which wine she liked so I would have a bottle for her.  I stopped doing that, because she would finish that bottle and want more.  I told the man who always came with her, to buy her bottles before they came.

So, she would get drunk, stand in the middle of the floor and start yelling against conservatives (that would be me as one), such as we were destroying the world due to climate change, big companies were evil because the owners did not give most of their money to the employees because the employees made that money for the owners.  Rich people were evil.  And yelling on and on.  The neighbor on one side called me and asked if I was okay as she heard "screaming".

What did I do while this was going on?  Nothing.  You can't talk sense to a drunk, screaming/yelling person, and when she was sober, it was the same except not loud.  The man with her when she was drunk, would lead her to bed where she collapsed until the next morning.  By evening of that next day, it was the same with the drinking and yelling.

I never brought up politics with her when not drunk or drunk because she would never consider anything except what she believed, so maybe that is one reason why conservatives don't speak up - the liberals are out of control, sober or drunk.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Victoria33  Those are the kinds of people we have to separate ourselves from to maintain our own sanity.  Insanity is contagious.

You are spot-on about dealing with drunks (you can't), and it's telling a person acts like that while sober too.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

@Victoria33  Those are the kinds of people we have to separate ourselves from to maintain our own sanity.  Insanity is contagious.

You are spot-on about dealing with drunks (you can't), and it's telling a person acts like that while sober too.

Proverbs 14:7
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

[skeeter]

The Left is all rainbows, puppies and kittens, a statement issued by the public relations firm of CNNBCBS Inc. confirmed in their latest (and every) news report.

And there is nothing you or I can say that will disabuse them of this fervent belief.

You cannot win over an emotional basket case with logic.  That would be 'mansplaining' or an 'assumption of whiteness'. Or some other stupid slogan born of academia.

[LegalAmerican]

Centrists and conservatives are the heart of America. Leftists are the gristle waste.

 

[LegalAmerican]

@Cyber Liberty
@mystery-ak

I had a sister-in-law who was liberal to the left of Stalin.
She would come to my townhouse (townhouses are connected to each other so there was a townhouse to my right and left, which meant double walls were between us.), and this would happen every time:

At the beginning, I knew which wine she liked so I would have a bottle for her.  I stopped doing that, because she would finish that bottle and want more.  I told the man who always came with her, to buy her bottles before they came.




So, she would get drunk, stand in the middle of the floor and start yelling against conservatives (that would be me as one), such as we were destroying the world due to climate change, big companies were evil because the owners did not give most of their money to the employees because the employees made that money for the owners.  Rich people were evil.  And yelling on and on.  The neighbor on one side called me and asked if I was okay as she heard "screaming".

What did I do while this was going on?  Nothing.  You can't talk sense to a drunk, screaming/yelling person, and when she was sober, it was the same except not loud.  The man with her when she was drunk, would lead her to bed where she collapsed until the next morning.  By evening of that next day, it was the same with the drinking and yelling.

I never brought up politics with her when not drunk or drunk because she would never consider anything except what she believed, so maybe that is one reason why conservatives don't speak up - the liberals are out of control, sober or drunk.

Proves the point.  MENTAL ILLNESS  and  self medicating with alcohol.  That is why, she was the same sober or drunk.

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Someone on here has to be in ALANON....or know about alcoholics.  I went to all kind of programs to learn about human behaviors, when I started dating an alcoholic.  I wanted  to know about this issue and why, and what to do about it.  NOTHING.  Then I went to AA...to listen to them talk, with permission by ALANON.  Most said they were bi-polar,  and some knew, something was 'wrong' with themselves but didn't know what to do.  They just felt 'better' when drunk.

[LegalAmerican]

Because liberals have mastered cheap appeals to emotion and bumper sticker slogans.

Appeals to common sense require explanation and, most importantly, a listening audience willing to allow it.

Why would a progressive allow themselves to be overwhelmed by logic when they can toss out a cheap throw away line, plug their ears and holler 'lalala'?

Brings back bad memory.  My daughter, when I calmly tired to talk to her about something, she was 48 years old and not a child, she would not listen to logic and actually did that!  Put her fingers in her ears and yelled..lalalalala.  No way to communicate.

AND...what is BIDEN doing, having his hands on that cops knee?  I just noticed that. He does have a hands problem.  lol

[skeeter]

Brings back bad memory.  My daughter, when I calmly tired to talk to her about something, she was 48 years old and not a child, she would not listen to logic and actually did that!  Put her fingers in her ears and yelled..lalalalala.  No way to communicate.

AND...what is BIDEN doing, having his hands on that cops knee?  I just noticed that. He does have a hands problem.  lol

A classic photo... sums ol' Lunchbox Joe up in a nutshell.

[truth_seeker]

Someone on here has to be in ALANON....or know about alcoholics.  I went to all kind of programs to learn about human behaviors, when I started dating an alcoholic.  I wanted  to know about this issue and why, and what to do about it.  NOTHING.  Then I went to AA...to listen to them talk, with permission by ALANON.  Most said they were bi-polar,  and some knew, something was 'wrong' with themselves but didn't know what to do.  They just felt 'better' when drunk.

What did YOU learn? Were you doing a study? Did you remain with the alcoholic date?

@LegalAmerican 

[Absalom]

One brainless post followed by another.
Conservatives, birthed by Ancient Greece, are self-aware
individualists who understand that, as history affirms their
principles, they have no need to run of at the mouth on tee-vee.
Principled Conservatism has nothing to do w/Politics. NOTHING!!!
Liberals, birthed by the Enlightenment, are group thinkers who
need the approval of the masses to achieve their objectives.
Liberalism has everything to do w/politics. EVERYTHING!
 

[LegalAmerican]

What did YOU learn? Were you doing a study? Did you remain with the alcoholic date?

@LegalAmerican

I learned a lot. I went to every ANONYMOUS program, there was. ALANON, A.A., E.O, CODEPENDENT, G.A., N.A., ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLIC PARENTS.  I wanted to learn for myself, as this was all foreign to me. No one is my family was an addict, gambler, drinker, over-eater,  LGBT.  Multi-personality disorder.   Still dysfunctional, but looked good to the outside world.  I went to these programs a few years.

No,I did not remain with the alcoholic. All are liars and create fiction a lot. Make up their own story.  Great at manipulation and conning people. All cheated on their wives.  There was a joke in the 12 step program, about the 13th step!  That was the males who put the make on someone in recovery, to 'date' them.  At one AA meeting, a man with his wife, (lovely person) came on to me, right in front of her and complimented me outrageously!  RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

Anyone with an alcoholic, is in for a roller coaster life. Male or female. They have zero empathy.  They are fun. Talk about doing crazy things in public or private.  Most men like this 'crazy'.  After a while, it goes to forgery on checks, taking money out of banks, (but name not on account),  doing all sorts if illegal behaviors. And of course, begging their girlfriend, for money. To pay their rent, fine, whatever. There are safeguards now, put into place, but not, BACK THEN.  This is why so much banking has changed. All kind of fraud, scams, by NON-RIGHTS. 

I LEARNED A LOT. SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS. LIFE WAS NOT BORING.  When it got really sad, I used to say to myself, "Well, when I look back later in life, it was NOT BORING." 

I dated two gay men, although, each had children.  I was very naive.  I though gay men wouldn't have children.  WRONG. lol  I thought these men respected me and that was why they,  didn't push for sex in the relationship.  HETERO'S would be all over me!  I couldn't breathe. Blouse torn. Pushed up against wall.  ALL ON FIRST DATE.  I guess, this should do it. 
I was built like M.M. I am old now.

[LegalAmerican]

One brainless post followed by another.
Conservatives, birthed by Ancient Greece, are self-aware
individualists who understand that, as history affirms their
principles, they have no need to run of at the mouth on tee-vee.
Principled Conservatism has nothing to do w/Politics. NOTHING!!!
Liberals, birthed by the Enlightenment, are group thinkers who
need the approval of the masses to achieve their objectives.
Liberalism has everything to do w/politics. EVERYTHING!

WORD SALAD AND NASTY.  YOU ARE WRONG. ON EVERYTHING.  If I saw you in person, how you were dressed and saw you smoke, how you acted, I could tell, what your primary home-life was like.  You sound gay. Nothing nasty, just going by your post. Gays tend to be very smart but vicious.  Liberalism is a mental disorder.  DR. ROSSITER.  You are never happy.