# Liberal Mind vs. Conservative Mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 11, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974 "2013-10-11T13:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974/72 "2013-10-14T07:52:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And I, in turn, disagree with you. I don’t think conservatives or liberals are knowingly doing things they believe are wrong just for the sake of being evil. No; conservatives throughout history have done wrong things because _they_ are evil people. I see no reason to care that they think that they are doing the right thing; that’s no consolation to the people being oppressed, exploited or slaughtered. Did it do any good for the blacks who were lynched during Jim Crow that their murderers thought they were in the right? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974)._