For those in the Conservative seats, why is being a liberal so bad?

Lucky for you the guy everyone hates got you out of this..
Fingers crossed the whole shitheap falls over now so Australia can get out of it too.
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psikeo · 31-35, M

I'm a New Zealander, so I'm super stoked that the TPPA is dead in the water

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

😎👍

Sicarium · 46-50, M

Nothing is wrong with being liberal. Just like nothing is wrong with being conservative. It's an ideology. One will be better than the other, but history will decide that.

What is wrong is dividing the nation up into identity politics groups, forcing everyone into your narrowly defined categories, and attacking anyone who steps out of their designated group for nothing more than political gain. That is what liberalism has become. What is also wrong is labeling anyone with a divergent thought as being an extremist, bigot, sexist, racist, whatever else -ist is popular that day so you won't have to tolerate any dissent. That is now the tool of liberalism, and it's almost to the point of being an exclusive tool.

I could give you examples for days. For both.

psikeo · 31-35, M

Of that, I have no doubt. I think that the American political machine is broken (I am not American, so I have less knowledge about this than I would like.)

AmbivalentFriability · 26-30

It's been said that liberals are "too emotional" and don't support logical thinking.

psikeo · 31-35, M

that's been said about women too. Doesn't make it so

AmbivalentFriability · 26-30

@psikeo: Agreed. I personally think liberals tend to have people's (in-general, not only those in their own country) best interests at heart moreso than conservatives.

MyNameIsHurl · 41-45, F

They're just gonna call you names.

psikeo · 31-35, M

That's fine. It'll just prove that they don't really have an answer

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