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[–]fotan 25 points26 points ago

The amount of nasty generalizing about conservatives on here puts the racists, sexists, and all the rest of the haters on here to shame.

Just saw one post about "Mitt Romney's sex poetry"...

What in the hell? And it got 500 votes up...what??

It was put in r/funny, wasn't funny, was stupid, and it got votes up because people are political douches.

People will actually vote up something incredibly stupid and pointless if it agrees with their political point of view and that's sad.

[–]Pooters 9 points10 points ago

17 year olds, man. 17 year olds.

[–]24cal 10 points11 points ago

This is so true... I think its because a coservative is assosiated with a Christian bible thumper which is just not the case for a lot of conservatives. People talk about not generalizing and being open minded but then what I described happens.

[–]GuardXIII 2 points3 points ago

I'm to the point that both sides suck equally, and then upvote everyone.

[–]UltraMegaMegaMan 5 points6 points ago

Actually conservatives (real, not fake) are ok in my book. I'm a fiscal conservative. Republicans are the problem, and the chicanery they peddle masquerading as conservatism.

Protip: if you think homos, abortion, and banning all taxes and regulation are what makes a conservative you are doing it wrong.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

Up vote for you! I like how most people on reddit see me as some tv evangelist, kissing snakes, lynching gays, and bombing abortion clinics just because I am mostly conservative. They are becoming the very people that they obviously hate so much by lumping us all in with the crazies. When in all actuality, I just want to see my tax dollars being appropriated to sensible things. Like schools and border protection.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

And here I was, thinking that ultimately increasing the national deficit was a BAD thing.. Heeheehoho, silly me. Spend away liberals, spend away. So blind. Being conservative isn't about loving Jesus and hating gays. It's about being responsible for OUR tax dollars. No?

[–]supersede 6 points7 points ago

it is important to admit though, that we have that problem on both wings of the political system, at least the last couple presidents.

conservatives just aren't conservative anymore. and the blue dog democrats are nowhere to be seen.

fiscal responsibility is fucking absent from politics for some reason.

[–]D4wn0ff473 1 point2 points ago

hmmm for some reason... lets see what that reason could be... Oh yeah corruption, and banks and lobbyists padding everyone in congresses pockets. No no one votes for the people any more they vote for whoever pays them the most. Our political system is bought.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Bought and payed for, my friend. And it's despicable.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

Thank you, and yes. The problem lies on both sides of the issue. I'm a very avid voter, I just don't trust anyone on either side. But if I had to pick, I go conservitave. Mainly because I believe less govt leads to better quality of life. Our federal govt has become too powerful too quickly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I just hate when people criticize conservitave beliefs because it's the 'cool' thing to do. Ex: I just got a reply to that comment by someone calling me a republican liberal basher. I just wanted to tell him to go to walk his bobs to starbucks and work on his novel on his MacBook pro that mommy and daddy bought. But I sent him this link: http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57400369&feed_id=3&videofeed=39 ....and promptly disengaged the conversation...aka 'dropped the mic'. Lol

[–]voyaging 0 points1 point ago

Obama has had lower government spending during his first term than every president since Eisenhower. Yes, that includes Reagan.

[–]CountNoAccount -4 points-3 points ago

What's this? A Republican apologist/Liberal basher who is completely disconnected from reality and who spouts lies about the deficit? I'm shocked.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

It's convenient that your little chart doesn't have a source. Did you make it yourself? I like macaroni charts better.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Like I said. Blind.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57400369&feed_id=3&videofeed=39 Here it is, from a liberal news source. Nice try though. And for future reference, just because someone is conservative, doesn't mean they are a republican. I forgive you though, solely on the premise that you are probably a college student; influenced only by the words spoken by your misinformed, self-righteous peers.

[–]voyaging 0 points1 point ago

CBS is a liberal news source? Is everything except Fox News a liberal news source?

[–]Watchman304 0 points1 point ago

Would you really consider fox a news source?

[–]Kinbensha -1 points0 points ago

When Reddit mocks conservatives, they're almost always specifically mocking religious fundamentalists, aka the current Republican party.

Reddit has a strong respect for fiscally conservative people who aren't science deniers. Sure, we disagree, but I've never seen Reddit mob up on a poster who was a rational conservative. It's just a major problem in the US at the moment that too many conservatives are actually homophobic or refuse to accept evolution. Those people, no matter what we call them, are the problem. It's just unfortunate that "conservatives" happen to be what they call themselves.

[–]shtoobins -1 points0 points ago

Time to start writing up some I.O.U.'s.

[–]PeeWeePangolin -1 points0 points ago

I'm sorry that you feel lumped in with the crazies, but for the sake of clarity, what makes a conservative a conservative? Especially in the U.S.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

You act like up votes are a form of currency. Who gives a fuck?