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I do, actually, which is why I know EXACTLY what you said. If you had talked about ideology or positions, you would have said ideology and positions. But you didn't. You said liberals. With an "s", meaning it was plural. Furthermore, you stated what you thought liberals believe.And I'm sorry you don't have the intellectual acuity to differentiate between a general statement about liberal ideology and the policy positions that evolve from that ideology and a general statement about liberals, in general.
Your dishonest backtracking is transparent. My intellectual acuity is just fine, though your refusal to admit your own words is rather disconcerting.
I'm sorry if the truth bothers you. I'm sorry if you don't like being exposed for the things you've said. I cannot help the fact you don't like being responsible for your own words. Here, I'll post once again what you said, because you seem to have forgotten:If I was going to pompously stick my nose into a discussion between two other people, I'd certainly want to have some idea what I was talking about - you, it appears, are not so constrained.
This conservative understands that there's a difference between tax cuts, tax rates, and tax credits/deductions. Most conservatives I know believe that taxes should be as low as possible and only fund what government was established to do and what only government can do. Liberals, on the other hand, believe that taxes should be as high as possible so that government can interfere in the daily lives of citizens, can pick winners and losers, can bribe citizens with their own money for their votes, and can fund their pet projects and cronies through kickbacks.
It's very clear you are talking about PEOPLE, not ideology and positions. You first start with a discussion of yourself, which is a person. Then you talk about people you know. Finally, to contrast yourself and the people you know, you talk about what other people believe. Your nonsense about ideology and positions is asinine, as it's VERY clear you made a general statement about a group of people.
I don't know why you won't do the honest thing and just admit you made a generalized statement about people. It's painfully aware to everyone what you said and you can't change what is obvious on the screen. You weren't talking about ideology or positions, you were making a generalized statement about a group of people, which "TheNextEra" rightfully pointed out was stupid. Just own your words, because no matter how much you try to muddy the water, it's plain to see exactly what you said.