Reply #33: There's another difference I've noticed

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between liberals and conservatives, but it's not scientific, just based on my own experiences. Conservatives tend to have a mean streak in them. How else could they be against social programs which help the needy? That's the reason they deeply love tax cuts, if it means more money for them, then screw the children, the disabled, the elderly, the veterans. Liberals, on the other hand, feel that society is improved when all have the opportunity to be assured of a safe, warm place to live, food, medical care, and a chance to live a life of dignity.

To me, it seems that the more needy people a country has, the more unstable and unsafe that country will be. Liberals feel the same compassion for those in other countries, too. For example, we care about the death of innocent Iraqis, about the wounded, and the ones living in poverty and fear. Conversations I've overhead between conservatives make it clear that they don't give a rat's ass how many foreigners are killed, or made miserable by our actions, because we're AMERICANS, and should be able to do as we damn well please.

That's why this travesty of a budget Bush submitted is so repugnant, it calls for keeping the wealthy's tax cuts permanent, and calls for deep cuts in programs to help the poor, or middle class. That's cruel, and the more conservative the person, the crueler they can be, at least in my humble opinion. Conservatives are also boring, because they can't discuss anything really worthwhile, they either want to brag about themselves, or complain about how gays are ruining the country, or about how victimized they are by not being able to impose their religious views on others. All in all, conservatives are just a nasty bunch of people, which a vicious mean streak, and Bush is a good example of what they tend to be like.