# 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:** 75
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974/75 "2013-10-14T23:07:18Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Der Trihs, this post is unhelpful in the extreme and both hurts and stifles whatever debate may be possible. I appreciate that your political feelings are strong - many people’s are - but spouting hatred and such with a broad brush accomplishes nothing. Why does conservatism get this special treatment? People condemn other people for everything from racism or communism to liberalism to feminism all the time; it’s only when it comes to _conservatism_ that condemning people for their politics becomes taboo. Bending over backwards to pretend that conservatives are reasonable, well meaning people is a major factor in how bad off America has gotten. Over and over again the Democrats and Obama and liberals & moderates of all sorts insist on pretending that conservatives mean well, and _surely_ they can be talked into a compromise…and again and again the conservatives take everything they’ve been offered, give nothing in return and do everything they can to cause harm. Just _how bad_ does conservatism have to get before it becomes OK to condemn it? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974)._