What makes you a Republican or Democrat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dem. Because of Abortion and Gay rights.

And because I believe there should be a baseline standard of living for all Americans, yes, funded by taxes, which I also pay.

Actually, self-important posters like this one are one of the biggest reasons I'm a Republican. Hey, PP, we're being run by a Dem Congress and administration; happy with the baseline or should we be moving toward commune-style living?

I guess I just don't get Republican-speak. Could you please explain why:

(1) stating your beliefs in a minimum standard of living for all makes you "self-important" instead of just having a different opinion from yours, and

(2) the next step from Obama is communism.

Well, I guess I do know the whole "communism" shtick is scare-talk, along the lines of calling living wills "death panels". Even though anybody who has studied political science realizes that a tax-funded minimum standard of living has nothing, repeat nothing, to do with communism, and those who say it does are either preying on the ignorant, or ignorant themselves.

[Anonymous]

I heard that nervous people tend to be more conservative. My son startles easy, I guess he will be to the right.

[Anonymous]

This may seem like an oversimplification but it seems that some Democrats want to just give away fish, some Democrats want to teach others to fish and most Republicans just don't think that certain people deserve any fish in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Hmm as a conservative I would say that I fish for my family and will choose if I am going to give my extra fish and do not want to be forced to give most of my fish to the government in order for the government to decide who gets the fish. In term I promise that I will not ask the government for any fish as I know it is my responsibility to clean my poles and get out there early.

It's interesting that democrats seem to be very intolerant if you don't agree with their ideas and they tend to be very free with other peoples money.

[Anonymous]

So if someone is too old to fish, too sick to fish or lost all his fishing gear in some horrible accident or life trauma...tough shit... they should just stand by watch you hoard all the fish to youself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm as a conservative I would say that I fish for my family and will choose if I am going to give my extra fish and do not want to be forced to give most of my fish to the government in order for the government to decide who gets the fish. In term I promise that I will not ask the government for any fish as I know it is my responsibility to clean my poles and get out there early.

It's interesting that democrats seem to be very intolerant if you don't agree with their ideas and they tend to be very free with other peoples money.

And if you became incapacitated to work, lost all your family, lost your jobs and had to settle for minimum wage or encountered some natural disaster tragedy and found yourself out on the street without support of anykind...then what? Do you no longer deserve any fish?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm as a conservative I would say that I fish for my family and will choose if I am going to give my extra fish and do not want to be forced to give most of my fish to the government in order for the government to decide who gets the fish. In term I promise that I will not ask the government for any fish as I know it is my responsibility to clean my poles and get out there early.

It's interesting that democrats seem to be very intolerant if you don't agree with their ideas and they tend to be very free with other peoples money.

Thank you for helping me prove my point if you are the average Republican-which it seems you are since you seem to realize the importance of appearing to temporize your selfishness with qualifications. If you don't agree with not being able to choose who you give your fish to I understand but who decides who is fish-worthy? You? Let's say you get out there with your poles, early or not and a hurricane comes along and you not only catch nothing today but are wiped out for tomorrow-you were there early with all the necessary equipment yet by your own argument, the government should ignore you. Wait, insurance will take care of it. Yep-if you have insurance. In the end, you're just another selfish bastard who uses the excuse of wanting to choose who you give to as an excuse to give nothing to nobody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm as a conservative I would say that I fish for my family and will choose if I am going to give my extra fish and do not want to be forced to give most of my fish to the government in order for the government to decide who gets the fish. In term I promise that I will not ask the government for any fish as I know it is my responsibility to clean my poles and get out there early.

It's interesting that democrats seem to be very intolerant if you don't agree with their ideas and they tend to be very free with other peoples money.

Thank you for helping me prove my point if you are the average Republican-which it seems you are since you seem to realize the importance of appearing to temporize your selfishness with qualifications. If you don't agree with not being able to choose who you give your fish to I understand but who decides who is fish-worthy? You? Let's say you get out there with your poles, early or not and a hurricane comes along and you not only catch nothing today but are wiped out for tomorrow-you were there early with all the necessary equipment yet by your own argument, the government should ignore you. Wait, insurance will take care of it. Yep-if you have insurance. In the end, you're just another selfish bastard who uses the excuse of wanting to choose who you give to as an excuse to give nothing to nobody.

Quite a rhetorical leap, no? You did make the pp's point though, "It's interesting that democrats seem to be very intolerant if you don't agree with their ideas"

[Anonymous]

Here you go.....some psychological reasons why people tend to be conservative or liberal.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200612/the-ideological-animal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard that nervous people tend to be more conservative. My son startles easy, I guess he will be to the right.

According to this article I just posted above, one of the most "potent motivators" to being conservative is fear.

[Anonymous]

19:04-what rhetorical leap? The PP wants to choose who to share his fish with-who do you think he might choose? And do you really think self-same fisherman isn't going to complain and want assistance when said fisherman does everything in his mind he thinks is right in order to get more fish and he still doesn't get the amount of fish he desires? In other words, let's say this person can afford health insurance; he is probably against and afraid of the current suggestions for change offered by the Obama administration. However, if, God forbid, he is financially wiped out and can no longer afford that insurance and he subsequently becomes seriously ill, will he still believe that health care is only for those who can afford it?

[Anonymous]

And I think both liberals and conservatives are equally intolerant of each other's ideas-otherwise this discourse would probably not exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And I think both liberals and conservatives are equally intolerant of each other's ideas-otherwise this discourse would probably not exist.

Is it called a discourse (dis course) because it teaches people how to dis each other?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes yes-especially around here