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What amazes me is that some non-conservatives think that conservatives are the only ones out to limit our freedoms. Amazing how brainwashed non-conservative Americans are.


Did you just dust off the ol' "I know you are, but what am I?" bit in defense of conservatism?


No, I brushed off the ol' "Don't paint an entire group of people with one brush unless you actually know what you're talking about, and even then, you're probably wrong" bit. I can't stand people on either side who believe that their side is the side of RIGHT and everyone else are just greedy scumbags (or brainwashed idiots).

I am not a conservative, but I know enough to know that there are devils on both sides of the aisle.


You can't stand people who believe their political views/beliefs are the RIGHT ones? How should people feel about their political beliefs--what would be an appropriate attitude to take, if not to think theirs are RIGHT?


This is a blatant and deliberate mischaracterization of what EpicEng said. Of course everyone believes that their beliefs are correct (I can't even believe I had to type that).

It's the belief that anyone with a different ideology or party registration is stupid/greedy/brainwashed/naive/etc he was referring to.


Believing your beliefs are the only correct way to believe is fine, but gets rather interesting when accusing the "other party" as brainwashed.


Fair enough!


bmelton kinda nailed it, but no, of course it's fine/normal to believe your beliefs are right (note the lower case 'right'). It's when one becomes so dogmatic as to believe that the other side is made up of brainwashed morons that a problem arises.


Conservatives brainwashed liberals into brainwashing conservatives into liberals. It's a giant ironic conspiracy cooked up by Anh Rand and the U.S. Government. I read it in an article on Wikipedia.


I'm not on the other side either (Democrat). I'm more of a centrist.


I am as well. Doesn't change anything about your statement.




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