I'm your opinion, based on modern times, what is the technical differences between a republican and a leftist? Is it based on policy or tribalism?

[occupied]

Early on in life I was kind of a liberal in my thinking. My Mom was a huge JFK supporter, and my teachings in life were largely from a liberal point of view...Nothing wrong with that if we are talking traditional libs...As I grew up, had a family of my own, and realized that no one "owed me anything", and the election of Reagan, as I started to pull myself up by my own bootstraps so to speak, I realized that Conservatism was really the party of freedom, and liberalism were largely people who never grew up...

In today's world it's even worse, liberals have allowed themselves to be swayed by kind of a fascistic socialistic view of how things should be, and it will destroy this great country if you ask me.

I grew up in rural Alabama and eventually came to see conservatism for poor people was an ideological trap. My relatives are still there toiling away, barely getting by and blaming everyone except their politicians and their bosses for why their lives suck.

 

[j-mac]

I grew up in rural Alabama and eventually came to see conservatism for poor people was an ideological trap. My relatives are still there toiling away, barely getting by and blaming everyone except their politicians and their bosses for why their lives suck.

Blaming others for their problems is, in my experience, generally a liberal charicteristic...Conservatism is generally a self reliant ideology. Personal responsibility is a big part of that.

 

[BrokeLoser]

I grew up in rural Alabama and eventually came to see conservatism for poor people was an ideological trap. My relatives are still there toiling away, barely getting by and blaming everyone except their politicians and their bosses for why their lives suck.

I know lots of poor people in rural areas…they tend to choose quality of life over GDP. They would rather fish the river bank instead of sit in 2 hours of traffic with illegals on the 405.
Yesterday you hated greedy rich capitalists and sought to fight for the poor…today you hate the poor and champion inequalities?

 

[2aguy]

Do the majority of people vote based on party or character? What specific policies turned you on to one, and what policies turned you off from another?

Conservatives vote for policies....for the good ones, against to stop the bad ones...

Trump wasn't the candidate because people wanted him....first, they wanted to stop the democrats, and second, after he began enacting conservative policies, they voted for him because he was enacting conservative policies.

I originally supported Ted Cruz, he lost....I reluctantly voted for Trump because the democrat party is evil.......they are totalitarian and hate this country.

After he won the office, appointed conservative judges, cut taxes, told NATO to actually pay their dues, stood up to Russia and China, he had the economy booming, he had employment rates for women, blacks and hispanics going sky high..........I began to support him happily.

The democrat are still evil and anti-American, their polices are destructive.....

In the 8 months biden and his controllers from the democrat have been in charge, they have trashed the country.......and made our enemies stronger and more aggressive.....

 

[kyzr]

Proposed Democrat Policies include:
Open Borders and lax immigration policies
Defund the police, hire more social workers
Russia First Energy policies, approved Nord Stream 2
Lax Military posture, abandon AFG to Taliban
The Green New Deal, wasting $trillions
"Wokeness"
Fake history like the 1619 Project, hoping for "reparations"
Support of criminals, no bail, no prosecutions, etc.
Reprogramed US education system: Critical Race Theory vs Color Blind Family Values
Oppose school vouchers
China First trade policies
Outsourcing jobs by taxing corporations so much they relocate
HR-1 grab for one-party rule
Make DC & PR new states taking over the US senate forever
Replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote
Totally turning the US into a socialist/failed state.
Packing the US Supreme Court with Leftists

Republican policies include:
JOBS

• Create New Jobs
• Create New Small Businesses
• Cut Taxes to Boost Take-Home Pay and Keep Jobs in America
• Enact Fair Trade Deals that Protect American Jobs
• 'Made in America' Tax Credits
• Expand Opportunity Zones
• Continue Deregulatory Agenda for Energy Independence

END OUR RELIANCE ON CHINA

• Bring Back 1 Million Manufacturing Jobs from China
• Tax Credits for Companies that Bring Back Jobs from China
• Allow 100% Expensing Deductions for Essential Industries like Pharmaceuticals and Robotics who Bring *Back their Manufacturing to the United States
• No Federal Contracts for Companies who Outsource to China
• Hold China Fully Accountable for Allowing the Virus to Spread around the World

HEALTHCARE

• Cut Prescription Drug Prices
• Put Patients and Doctors Back in Charge of our Healthcare System
• Lower Healthcare Insurance Premiums
• End Surprise Billing
• Cover All Pre-Existing Conditions
• Protect Social Security and Medicare
• Protect Our Veterans and Provide World-Class Healthcare and Services

EDUCATION

• Provide School Choice to Every Child in America

DRAIN THE SWAMP

• Pass Congressional Term Limits
• End Bureaucratic Government Bullying of U.S. Citizens and Small Businesses
• Expose Washington’s Money Trail and Delegate Powers Back to People and States
• Drain the Globalist Swamp by Taking on International Organizations That Hurt American Citizens

DEFEND OUR POLICE

• Fully Fund and Hire More Police and Law Enforcement Officers
• Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers
• Prosecute Drive-By Shootings as Acts of Domestic Terrorism
• Bring Violent Extremist Groups Like ANTIFA to Justice
• End Cashless Bail and Keep Dangerous Criminals Locked Up until Trial

END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND PROTECT AMERICAN WORKERS

• Block Illegal Immigrants from Becoming Eligible for Taxpayer-Funded Welfare, Healthcare, and Free College Tuition
• Mandatory Deportation for Non-Citizen Gang Members
• Dismantle Human Trafficking Networks
• End Sanctuary Cities to Restore our Neighborhoods and Protect our Families
• Prohibit American Companies from Replacing United States Citizens with Lower-Cost Foreign Workers
• Require New Immigrants to Be Able to Support Themselves Financially

INNOVATE FOR THE FUTURE

• Launch Space Force, Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon and Send the First Manned Mission to Mars
• Build the World’s Greatest Infrastructure SystemWin the Race to 5G and Establish a National High-Speed Wireless Internet Network
• Continue to Lead the World in Access to the Cleanest Drinking Water and Cleanest Air
• Partner with Other Nations to Clean Up our Planet’s Oceans

AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY

• Stop Endless Wars and Bring Our Troops Home
• Get Allies to Pay their Fair Share
• Maintain and Expand America’s Unrivaled Military Strength
• Wipe Out Global Terrorists Who Threaten to Harm Americans
• Build a Great Cybersecurity Defense System and Missile Defense System

DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES

• Continue nominating constitutionalist Supreme Court and lower court judges
• Protect unborn life through every means available
• Defend the freedoms of religious believers and organizations
• Support the exercise of Second Amendment rights

 

[occupied]

Blaming others for their problems is, in my experience, generally a liberal charicteristic...Conservatism is generally a self reliant ideology. Personal responsibility is a big part of that.

A poor conservative is expected to bear their poverty in silence.

 

[progressive hunter]

A poor conservative is expected to bear their poverty in silence.

of course,, it is their fault after all,,

 

[j-mac]

A poor conservative is expected to bear their poverty in silence.

Um no....but they do bear the personal responsibility to find the programs, do the things, or look for other jobs that will improve their situations...This is the land of opprotunity, no one is "stuck" in any particuar employer....

 

[Crepitus]

Yeah…look at all these intellectuals.
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Conservitard fail. Appearance has nothing to do with intelligence.

 

[BrokeLoser]

A poor conservative is expected to bear their poverty in silence.

A poor conservative knows they CHOSE to be poor. A poor Lib believes ‘the system’ forced them to make the poor life choices that led to their plight.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

About 25 more IQ points for the "leftist" on average.

Why do you ask?

Now that you mention it, I DO have to admit that your IQ is 25 points higher........




than a hamster's.

 

[occupied]

Um no....but they do bear the personal responsibility to find the programs, do the things, or look for other jobs that will improve their situations...This is the land of opprotunity, no one is "stuck" in any particuar employer....

In Alabama at least one has to move out to find prosperity. I suspect it is a a similar situation in the other conservative utopias.

 

[dblack]

Most Democrats seem to think the government exists to bully people who disagree with them. Whereas, most Republicans think government exists to bully people who disagree with them.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

By and large, the left of today occupies the same political territory as the most fiercely dogmatic bible-thumping religious fundamentalists on the right.

They don't know WHY they hold the views they do. They insist their views are the only ones that should be allowed. They accept without questioning and they are arbitrary, illogical, and superstitious.

The only thing they DO know is what they are expected to say and they spend an inordinant amount of time saying it so that their fellow fundamentalists will reward them with praise for their utter lack of individuality.

 

[kyzr]

In Alabama at least one has to move out to find prosperity. I suspect it is a a similar situation in the other conservative utopias.

Like CA with their homeless? Look at the urban plantation shooting galleries, like Chicago.
People are leaving your "blue run states and cities" for the safer red ones.
Look at who is gaining congressional districts.

 

[Flash]

Both are parties of big government.

The differences are really minimal.

Whenever the Democrats do damage to the US they are usually helped by Republicans to some degree or another. For instance, when that filthy ass Obamacare bill was passed along party lines on floor votes it was pushed through the cloture process in the Senate with the help of three Republican dingbats.

Every damn Democrat sponsered tax increase we have got was with the support of at least some Republicans. Republicans have even come up with a few of their own.

Republicans are always better than Democrats but at the end of the day that doesn't mean much when the Democrats set such a low bar. 1000 times zero still pretty much equals zero, doesn't it?

 

[Crepitus]

Now that you mention it, I DO have to admit that your IQ is 25 points higher........




than a hamster's.

So in your opinion the average republican is as intelligent as a hamster?

 

[dblack]

Republicans are always better than Democrats but at the end of the day that doesn't mean much when the Democrats set such a low bar.

I was with you - even considering a "like" - up until this. This is why we lose.

 

[progressive hunter]

I was with you - even considering a "like" - up until this. This is why we lose.

republicans loose because they dont keep their word and support the dem agenda,,

 

[Flash]

I was with you - even considering a "like" - up until this. This is why we lose.

Democrats do set a low bar and the Republicans are only a tad above it.

Both parties pretty much suck.