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Originally posted by OPhiARen3
Okay, let's take this bit by bit:
1) What "minority status" do conservatives have, exactly? In case you missed the memo, the climate in this country (the U.S.) is becoming increasingly conservative in recent years. I know that in very few settings have I, as a liberal individual, ever been the majority - and yes, that does include on my college campus. (Where are the liberal colleges that everyone keeps talking about, and why didn't I go to one? Some of these people here are insane ...)
There are "conservative" colleges - like Hillsdale and Bob Jones - but liberals rule most places. It's not the conservative Yale law profs arguing at the Supreme Court this week trying to uphold a ban on military recruiting. There were several stories before the 2004 election comparing the party registration of college profs - and almost none are registered Republicans.
2) Both conservatives and liberals resort to yelling "You're an idiot!" - it has more to do with analytical and debating skills than political persuasion. I can think of a certain conservative on this board who, when apparently unable to logically answer my questions, called me a rabid dog instead.
Sure, weak debaters on both sides resort to yelling, and one post comparing you to a dog proves nothing.
3) Dealing with those of opposing views can be difficult for everyone, regardless of whether your own views are conservative or liberal. To me, it seems evident that conservatives have a harder time than liberals with this, simply by looking at the typical conservative and liberal positions on several "hot-button issues" of the moment, such as gay marriage. The conservatives, by definition, seem to have difficulty allowing others to make their own choices.
Please spell out some of these "hard times." One of the principles of conservatism is a belief in the rule of law - not in the discredited "do your own thing."
4) Who dismisses who as "morally challenged", exactly? I certainly hear this more from the conservative toward the liberals.
Many libs led the hippee era of free love, communes, etc., and still live, teach, vote, and preach that philosophy. Of course, conservatives work against the morally challenged.
5) Both people in cities and people in rural areas could stand for quite a bit of educating regarding the way one another think and live. As for representations in the media, conservatives themselves have told me that they love Fox News for it's "non-liberal viewpoint".
No one had stepped forward with a single instance of Fox News being biased or distorting news (and natl. talk show host Neal Boortz has offered $10,000 for an example). The Fox talk show hosts have view points - that's their job. They are not newsmen.
Even if one accepts that Fox has a conservative viewpoint, that's one cable network against CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, AP, ABC, CBS, NBC, MTV, VH1, Wash. Post, NY Times, LA Times, and a hundred more regional newspapers.
Name one conservative regularly appearing on CNN? Even Sean Hannity has the lib Colmes as a co-host.
Where do you find stuff like
this? It's ridiculous ...
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The most damning part of my original post is:
"They (conservatives) learn early on the limited persuasiveness of shouting at someone with whom they disagree, "You're an idiot."
You have given us four examples to such shouting in your four paragraphs:
1 - Some of these people here are insane
2 - Where do you find stuff like this?
3 - It's ridiculous ...
4 - The conservatives, by definition, seem to have difficulty
Let's debate - not shout "You're an idiot."