Data shows that Democrats are the authoritarians

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

"Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy."

Oh. Conservatives want domination by an aristocracy? Is that why conservatives want citizens to enjoy lower taxes and easier access to guns? Because when regular people have guns and more of their own money, that makes it easier for aristocrats to dominate them, right?
How far do you think Yall Queda would get against drones?
https://www.military.com/video/opera.../4646339250001

I mean, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!

"Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general"

Which must explain why everyone is moving out of FL and TX, and re-locating to CA and NY, right?

Again, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!


"Conservatism is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice"

And that explains why conservatives fought to maintain slavery, right? And also explains why conservatives later fought to hold onto Jim Crow segregation? And it was the democrats who fought to end slavery and segregation! Aha!

You missed that week in history, though a catholic school education probably didn't tell you about the change in the Republican party.
The Republican Party in the South consciously chose to exclude blacks early in the 20th century, which helped it to dominate Southern politics decades later.

Southern black voters used to support Republicans
Right after the Civil War, black voters were the Republican Party’s main supporters in the South. When formerly enslaved blacks became eligible to vote and run for office, they voted for the party of Lincoln, and GOP state organizations in the South were biracial. Both blacks and whites held leadership positions in the party.

Beginning in the early 1870s, Southern Democrats — in cooperation with terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan — began to restrict black suffrage. They did so first through direct violence and intimidation and, later, by passing legislation to effectively disenfranchise black citizens. As a result, the GOP lost its core constituency.

Again, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!

I mean, that's just unassailable, fact-based, dripping-with-common-sense stuff there. Wow. We are very impressed.

It's liberals who want limited central government, and conservatives who want an all-powerful dictatorship. Obviously!

Knowledge is best produced in a liberal culture. This is why the most prosperous and innovative regions of the United States are also the most politically liberal, and why the most conservative regions of the country are also the greatest beneficiaries of transfer payments. Liberals create wealth and government redistributes it to conservatives. This is, of course, the opposite of the received conservative opinion in the media, and indeed in most of academia. But it is true.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Knowledge is best produced in a liberal culture. This is why the most prosperous and innovative regions of the United States are also the most politically liberal(and they have the best tent cities), and why the most conservative regions of the country are also the greatest beneficiaries of transfer payments. Liberals create wealth and government redistributes it to conservatives. This is, of course, the opposite of the received conservative opinion in the media, and indeed in most of academia. But it is true.

this is amusing....I think you are confusing liberal with communist

there is nothing "liberal" about today's democrats based on wayne's offered definition

"Liberal

willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas. nope
2.
relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise." definitely nope

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Knowledge is best produced in a liberal culture. This is why the most prosperous and innovative regions of the United States are also the most politically liberal, and why the most conservative regions of the country are also the greatest beneficiaries of transfer payments. Liberals create wealth and government redistributes it to conservatives. This is, of course, the opposite of the received conservative opinion in the media, and indeed in most of academia. But it is true.

knowledge? or indoctrination?

yes liberalism is awesome. again, that’s why everyone is leaving TX and FL and moving to CA and NY and CT. and why the liberal states have such low taxes and such healthy balance sheets.
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

knowledge? or indoctrination?

yes liberalism is awesome. again, that’s why everyone is leaving TX and FL and moving to CA and NY and CT. and why the liberal states have such low taxes and such healthy balance sheets.
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And Texas and Florida are getting bluer each year.