How can you tell if you are liberal, conservative, democrat, etc. by what you believe and practice in daily life?
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Phillis - Zacks little sister
ANSWERS: 12
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I don't think anybody is completely one or the other all the time. Let's take crime as an example. My views are pretty conservative when it comes to baby raping child killers. Kill 'em. Kill 'em all dead as hell! When it comes to clogging up the criminal justice system, courts and prisons with pot smokers... not so much. I believe it's probably best to try to strike "a happy medium" when it comes to most things in life. Nothing is really as simple as black and white. It's ALL shades of grey.
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I don't think you can tell. I agree with some of what each of them stand for, and strongly disagree with them all on other issues. I think there's good and bad in each of them.
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I don't really claim to be anything as I agree with all on some issues and disagree with all on other issues .... etc ... I guess that makes me a "MEDIUM" ....
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I registered Democratic in Massachusetts, but that is only because this is a closed primary state that's heavily Democratic. If I registered Republican, my vote in primaries would mostly be meaningless. My candidate wouldn't win the general election anyway. If I had to declare a preference, it would be progressive. I'm generally fiscally conservative, but not in favor of a do nothing approach to the economic collapse we're in. We tried that in 1929 and already know that it fails. But there are people who would vote for a baboon from their party before they would cast a vote for an absolute saint from the other. Those are the true Republicans and Democrats.
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I, and I think most everyone else, is some of both. Few are 100% one or the other. I thought it was funny, mostly because there was a seed of truth in it but I have always heard that if you are not a liberal when you are young, you don't have a heart. If you are not conservative when you are old, you don't have a brain. While this isn't complete accurate, there is some truth in it. Still, there are some good liberal ideas and some good conservative ones. Problem is, most folks are so intrenched in defending their position that they fail to objectively look at other points of view. Just my opinion.
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Seems to me it depends on the type of rating system a person picks to decide if someone is liberal(democrat) or conservative(republican). For example if someone used peoples marriage history as an example i.e. if someone was married twice & divorce once they would be considered liberal i.e running away rather than successfully solving problems in their 1st marriage. But if someone was married once & still is to the same person.Then that person would be considered more conservative i.e more successful &/or willing to try and resolve problems rather than run a way and start again hope that helps answer your question gave u 2 pts i.e. 19 to 21 for interesting question
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I don't think you can. There are wonderful, very moral people of all sorts of lifestyles and interests on all sides and up the middle of political persuasions.
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Conservatives believe that the government should protect the citizens of the country from outside threats and criminals, liberals believe that the government should take an active role in everyone's lives, that's the basic difference.
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Let someone else do it for you. They will anyway. I have been labeled one or the other depending on th eissue or the severe test I may have failed with my opinion. Labels mean nothing. Go with what you feel is right but don't pigeonhole yourself. Sometimes you get trapped with company you might not want to keep.
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Take the "World's Smallest Political Quiz." It's short (6 questions), and surprisingly accurate: http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html
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Accept as it is Live and let live
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There is no one defintion that clearly categorises folks. Even by the standards each party espouses. Republicans claim that they want a balanced budget. Yet they only pay lip service to such when they're in power. Democrats claim that they wish to embrace differences, yet they will not do so with Republican attitudes. Both claim that they're working for the betterment of America. My opinion? I feel that many Republicans wish to live in the Utopia called: The Good Old Days. And Democrats wish to live in the Utopia called: Tomorrow. Neither will get their wish.
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