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Why I Became a Conservative

LowDown

LowDown

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Sometimes people ask me how I, as a member of the very liberal newspaper industry, came to be a conservative. The answer is that Ive been around liberals enough to know that we dont want them running, well, anything.

...Thankfully, while these guilt trips used to work on me, no longer. Their white guilt is their problem, not mine. They can grovel in their self-hatred and parade their bleeding hearts all day in a futile effort at redemption. But when I left New England, I left that crap behind.

Why am I a conservative? Because I know liberals. There is no grace there. No love there. Only hatred and judgment and pettiness.
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Becoming conservative is a process of maturation, of acquiring experience, of gaining wisdom, and these days especially, of rejecting the self loathing and abnegation required of members of the left.

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I don't understand how the Left sustains their anger, frankly. The constant cynicism is destroying their very souls.
 
Acadia said:
I don't understand how the Left sustains their anger, frankly. The constant cynicism is destroying their very souls.
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I guess you were standing at the mirror when you posted this hate speech.

So ironic. You make a post dropping of hate and complain about those you disagree with as being hateful.

God bless you.
 
LowDown said:
Becoming conservative is a process of maturation, of acquiring experience, of gaining wisdom, and these days especially, of rejecting the self loathing and abnegation required of members of the left.

ON THE PORCH: An on-line reunion | Free | mymcr.net
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Did you have a momentary lapse of reason? Which of those qualities describes Trump? Maturity; his infantile tweets and kindergarten-level insults sort of refute that. Experience? None, politically, and a serial failure in business. Wisdom? Trump can't even spell it, let alone understand what wisdom is.
 
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noonereal said:
I guess you were standing at the mirror when you posted this hate speech.

So ironic. You make a post dropping of hate and complain about those you disagree with as being hateful.

God bless you.
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Bless your heart! You just proved my point!
Conserve your energy! 5 more years to go!

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Luther said:
So tell me?

How is it being a conservative in liberal dim controlled Houston?
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Thankfully, in Texas virtue signaling is not an acceptable alternative to fixing pot holes and good law enforcement.
 
LowDown said:
Thankfully, in Texas virtue signaling is not an acceptable alternative to fixing pot holes and good law enforcement.
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I said specifically Houston?

How is it being libertarian in Houston?
 
People change sides. It happens. I should know, I'm an ex-conservative. :)
 
snakestretcher said:
Did you have a momentary lapse of reason? Which of those qualities describes Trump? Maturity; his infantile tweets and kindergarten-level insults sort of refute that. Experience? None, politically, and a serial failure in business. Wisdom? Trump can't even spell it, let alone understand what wisdom is.
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I don’t think I mentioned Trump.

I don’t like his rhetoric, but I like his policy, which any lack of experience does not impair.

One learns not to took for father figures in the wrong places. Surely looking for paragons of virtue among politicians is a fool’s errand.
 
LowDown said:
Becoming conservative is a process of maturation, of acquiring experience, of gaining wisdom, and these days especially, of rejecting the self loathing and abnegation required of members of the left.

ON THE PORCH: An on-line reunion | Free | mymcr.net
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Incredible and a perfect example of how a conservative thinks and analyzes things.

Let's start with the definition of what being a Liberal is:

Definition of liberal :

a : one who is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways

Open minded means that he/she is willing to consider new ideas. After all, things change every day as we progress in technology and knowledge and being able to be open minded about it makes sense, doesn't it?

Compared to Conservative that wants to keep everything as it has always been. No I phones, no computers, wife's place is in the kitchen and taking care of the kids, no progress..............just the same, over and over again.

Secondly, the article states "he knows Liberals and doesn't want them running things". My question is "why not" How does being a Liberal mean they cannot run things? Is being a Liberal mean they are stupid and being Conservative intelligent? Is being Liberal mean they are incompetent and being Conservative competent?

Isn't each person supposed to be judged by who they are, their education, their ability, their knowledge, and experience? Or just whether they are of Conservative or Liberal? or party association?

Words are cheap and everyone has a ton of them. Nonetheless, those who say them (or write them in the case of this OP) are uninformed and unthinking individuals that if put in a position to "run things", they probably would run them into the ground within a few days.

Tags are for losers. When a person is judged by the color of his skin, the party he belongs to, his religion, and whether he has Conservative leanings or Liberal leanings and not by his ability and competence we end up with leaders like Trump that don't know anything, solve nothing, and who plunges us back to the time we were neanderthals

Congratulations on your OP. You just proved that we are heading back instead of heading forward. You are a true Conservative that is still living in the past and that has no ability to do anything new........

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LowDown said:
I don’t think I mentioned Trump.

I don’t like his rhetoric, but I like his policy, which any lack of experience does not impair.

One learns not to took for father figures in the wrong places. Surely looking for paragons of virtue among politicians is a fool’s errand.
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Oh, this. Definitely this. I don't need to look to anyone to validate my existence. The Left is constantly chasing their fathers and mothers.
 
LowDown said:
I don’t think I mentioned Trump.

I don’t like his rhetoric, but I like his policy, which any lack of experience does not impair.

One learns not to took for father figures in the wrong places. Surely looking for paragons of virtue among politicians is a fool’s errand.
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Lack of experience does not impair policy?

You need to explain that because what I have been taught is that lack of experience and competency means nothing is done well and that also includes policy, doesn't it?
 
Luckyone said:
Incredible and a perfect example of how a conservative thinks and analyzes things.

Let's start with the definition of what being a Liberal is:

Definition of liberal :

a : one who is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways

Open minded means that he/she is willing to consider new ideas. After all, things change every day as we progress in technology and knowledge and being able to be open minded about it makes sense, doesn't it?

Compared to Conservative that wants to keep everything as it has always been. No I phones, no computers, wife's place is in the kitchen and taking care of the kids, no progress..............just the same, over and over again.

Secondly, the article states "he knows Liberals and doesn't want them running things". My question is "why not" How does being a Liberal mean they cannot run things? Is being a Liberal mean they are stupid and being Conservative intelligent? Is being Liberal mean they are incompetent and being Conservative competent?

Isn't each person supposed to be judged by who they are, their education, their ability, their knowledge, and experience? Or just whether they are of Conservative or Liberal? or party association?

Words are cheap and everyone has a ton of them. Nonetheless, those who say them (or write them in the case of this OP) are uninformed and unthinking individuals that if put in a position to "run things", they probably would run them into the ground within a few days.

Tags are for losers. When a person is judged by the color of his skin, the party he belongs to, his religion, and whether he has Conservative leanings or Liberal leanings and not by his ability and competence we end up with leaders like Trump that don't know anything, solve nothing, and who plunges us back to the time we were neanderthals

Congratulations on your OP. You just proved that we are heading back instead of heading forward. You are a true Conservative that is still living in the past and that has no ability to do anything new........

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There are no "liberals" anymore. I remember when liberals existed, but the ones who call themselves "liberals" are all leftists now, with a thirst for power and control.
 
Whole thing being conservative is also about context but I can't find that important nuance in OP. By that I mean you can be conservative in many ways depending what's in focus. There is some reason to be conservative in some areas, when evidence is overwhelming strong (like earth is round - so we can keep that in any situation and be counted as conservative when it comes to our thinking about shape of earth). But if you think that conservativeness is always good no matter what's the context - you're just fool. You need to proof how your way to think is reasonable related to subject X (X can be whatever).

Being conservative is bad when it's slowing you down, making your thinking "too solid" - so you're going to lose some self-criticism too (or all of it). When conservativeness is covering all aspects of your life, you live in delusional bubble, where everything is good inside and everything bad is out there where people think differently.
 
LowDown said:
Becoming conservative is a process of maturation, of acquiring experience, of gaining wisdom, and these days especially, of rejecting the self loathing and abnegation required of members of the left.

ON THE PORCH: An on-line reunion | Free | mymcr.net
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Odd how Trump espouses none of those views. He's not mature, he has no experience in politics and it's clear the only business experience he has is extortion, bribes, and ripping people off, he does not gain wisdom from those who don't agree with him and he is so thin-skinned and insecure he has to wear tons of makeup and yell at the TV everyday!

Or is that why from the age of 13-19 I was a hardcore conservative who hated Obama? Did I have experience and maturity then? Is that why all the conservatives I know post dumb memes and conspiracy theories and haven't changed their minds in over 30 years despite getting screwed by the system and collecting social security welfare in the process?
 
Most conservatives that I've met, have formed their opinions about Liberals or Progressives from untrustworthy sources. They think we're in lock-step with some weird agenda. Look..there's plenty of so-called ideas that have come from Libs that I think is wrong/nuts. Example: Pythons are destroying the Everglades (here in Florida) People have bought the damn things..then let them free after the "Fun" is gone from owning one.
NOW the animal rights people want to make sure that they are captured and taken to good homes. WTF!..there's 10's of thousands of the #@$# snakes in a huge area. Shoot the Sons-a-B.... and be done with it. Plus other means to keep them from coming back. Get-rid-of-them. Period.
My point is: There's lots of weird ideas on both sides of the aisle. This poster thinks the right-wingers have more nuts than the Liberals do but I still try to find common ground with both sides. Yeah..sometimes it's almost impossible.
 
snakestretcher said:
Absolutely, 100%. Look at who is in the White House. Greedy, ignorant and instilling fear into his supporters.
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Pist..... Snakestrech


trump isn't a conservative
 
Phys251 said:
People change sides. It happens. I should know, I'm an ex-conservative. :)
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I know people who have held the same beliefs for 30, 40, 50 years. They are almost always conservatives. I know some hippies who have preached peace and love for that long, but I mean. That's good...
 
HIP56948 said:
Most conservatives that I've met, have formed their opinions about Liberals or Progressives from untrustworthy sources. They think we're in lock-step with some weird agenda. Look..there's plenty of so-called ideas that have come from Libs that I think is wrong/nuts. Example: Pythons are destroying the Everglades (here in Florida) People have bought the damn things..then let them free after the "Fun" is gone from owning one.
NOW the animal rights people want to make sure that they are captured and taken to good homes. WTF!..there's 10's of thousands of the #@$# snakes in a huge area. Shoot the Sons-a-B.... and be done with it. Plus other means to keep them from coming back. Get-rid-of-them. Period.
My point is: There's lots of weird ideas on both sides of the aisle. This poster thinks the right-wingers have more nuts than the Liberals do but I still try to find common ground with both sides. Yeah..sometimes it's almost impossible.
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untrustworthy sources
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Or just common sense?
 
snakestretcher said:
Did you have a momentary lapse of reason? Which of those qualities describes Trump? Maturity; his infantile tweets and kindergarten-level insults sort of refute that. Experience? None, politically, and a serial failure in business. Wisdom? Trump can't even spell it, let alone understand what wisdom is.
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What is the obsession some of you have with making everything about Trump?

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