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(Sorry if this is a thread hijack or too much bashing, I am trying not to do either. Feel free to tell me to delete this if it gets too far in that direction.)
MTSUgurl, I'm not trying to attack you or anything, but just because one is a Christian does not make them compassionate . . . in fact, I've seen many cases to the contrary. I don't think this is true in your case because you seem like a sweetheart who is legitimately concerned with others. But to think that Christianity and compassion go hand in hand is not necessarily the case. It is often the case in theory, but far less often the case in practice.
I think the reason that many people see conservatives as lacking compassion and understanding of different viewpoints is that conservatives often seem to take their experiences as the only true ones, and are very dismissive of others' viewpoints. Some are very quick to point out the cases where the welfare system is abused, where women use abortion as birth control, where affirmative action is abused. They are really quick to dismiss any situation where the "systems" are a success (and by all research, the systems are successes more often than they are failures).
I see conservative viewpoints as seeing the world in absolutes, in blacks and whites, where liberals are more prone to seeing things in shades of gray. Obviously, both can go too far in the wrong direction.
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