The difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals are angry at real injustices

[DTomlinson]

while conservatives are angry at fake ones (Exhibit A: “Democrats stole the election from our God-Emperor Trump! ).

Pretty basic distinction.

[Skittles]

1. yes

and what we want, it actually benefits THEM

[DTomlinson]

3. They see everything as zero-sum.

If Black people and other POC benefit from anything,
whites have to lose out.

If poor and working class people benefit from anything, rich people and upper middle class people have to lose out.

If immigrants benefit from anything, native-born citizens have to lose out.

If women benefit from anything, men have to lose out.

If gay and lesbian folks benefit from anything, straight folks have to lose out.

If trans people benefit from anything, cis people have to lose out.

And on and fucking on.

Conservatives can’t possibly imagine a world in which everyone benefits. It’s always either/or, Us or Them, good God-fearing conservatives vs evil liberals and lefties. Obviously, that’s an incredibly toxic mentality.

[Ohiogal]

6. +++

[Skittles]

7. and there you have it

they are too fucking selfish (and racist and sexist and homophobic) to see that rising tide lifts all boats

[Mariana]

2. Angry is just their default state.

They're addicted to rage. When Trump won in 2016, they got even angrier than they had been before.

[DTomlinson]

4. Because there was so much justified opposition to him.

That’s what they - and he, of course - can’t stand.

He got fewer votes than Hillary and Joe. He won because of very narrow margins in key swing states with the help of Russian interference, the Comey Letter, third party votes, and Republican voter suppression. The legitimacy of Trump’s Presidency was obviously tainted and suspect.

And worst of all, from their point of view..

Americans (and the world) as a whole still love two-term President Barack Obama far more than they’ll ever love the one-term, forever impeached criminal fraud. That drives them absolutely mad.

[SheltieLover]

5. Correct!

[lastlib]

8. One of my all-time favorite lines--

(I think it was from economist/diplomat/all-round smart guy John Kenneth Galbraith):

"Liberals sometimes do the wrong thing for the right reason. Conservatives do the wrong thing for no reason at all."