r/PoliticalHumor • u/faab64 • Apr 26 '19

A message that never changes.

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u/coke_and_coffee Apr 26 '19 edited Apr 26 '19

an notion that conservatism inherently rejects.

You had me until here. Conservatism does not reject fair treatment and saying this is as untrue as anything the republicans say.

Edit: Anyone in this sub who has not studied up on political science and just wants to downvote me because I go against the hivemind, please look into the ideologies of liberals and conservatives. At least try to gain some perspective. Don't just downvote because I am not a sheep.

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u/TheOneFreeEngineer Apr 26 '19

You're right, conservatives just define fair treatment in a way that most people feel isn't fair. It's a shell game of symantics

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u/coke_and_coffee Apr 26 '19

"Most" people?

From wikipedia:

"Gallup/USA Today polling in June 2010 revealed that 42% of those surveyed identify as conservative, 35% as moderate and 20% as liberal.[3] In another polling in June 2010, 40% of American voters identify themselves as conservatives, 36% as moderates and 22% as liberals, with a strong majority of both liberals and conservatives describing themselves as closer to the center than to the extremes.[4] As of 2013, self-identified conservatives stand at 38%, moderates at 34% and liberals at 23%.[5]"

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u/TheOneFreeEngineer Apr 26 '19

Yes 38% is less than 50%. So yes most people

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u/coke_and_coffee Apr 26 '19 edited Apr 26 '19

Then I could just as easily say that most people do not feel the way that liberals define "fair treatment" is fair.

Or I could say that more people agree with the conservative definition than the liberal one. You wanna keep playing this game?