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After reading on of the other threads, I got to thinking what do liberals really think? So here is the world as I view it and your chance to voice your argument in an effort to change my thinking. Hopefully we can keep the debate civil.(good luck)

Conservatives believe in accepting personal responsibility for ones actions and decisions. They do not believe that taxation for the purpose of income redistribution is in the best interests of either those being taxed or those who benefit from the taxation/ Those being taxed are forced by government to support those who are non producers. Those receiving the benefits will never know the trials, tribulations, and joys of being self supporting through their own labor

Conservatives believe that as a humane society we have a responsibility to help those who cannot through mental or physical limitations help themselves. They also believe that they should give a helping hand to those who need some help due to just plain bad luck or natuaral disasters. But help means help..not a gift nor should it be a permanent entitlement program.

Conservatives believe family, for all its imperfections, is usually the most stable source of support for individuals. It is also due to the strong instinct most people eventually feel to find a life partner and to have children. Conservatives are supportive of family life. In particular, conservatives believe in the ideal of a stable family life, in which the different qualities of men and women are made complementary to each other.


Liberals take a different view of the family. Firstly, liberals find it more difficult to accept stable family commitments, since for liberals the idea of individual autonomy, of being independent and "free to choose" is paramount. Liberals, therefore, have acted to "loosen up" family commitments, by redefining the family so that it describes any arrangement of people living together,

Liberals beleive in a welfare state of entitlements. Individual Rights — Based on Entitlement, subordinated to No-one, obligated to no-one, and everyone is a victim of circumstances.

Relative Truth and Subjective Reality (If it feels good, it must be okay to do it)


In my eyes:
In its truest sense, conservatism focuses on personal and fiscal
responsibility, Strenght of family, Strong but small government.

Liberalism focuses on socialism, unfettered individualism, and Politcal correctiness. It seems to me that at a very fundamental level, liberalism is the destroyer of the common good, because it promises entitlements to individuals and thereby makes those entitlements a burden for all others.