# 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:** 81
**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 15, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974/81 "2013-10-15T01:12:59Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It is not “special treatment” to refrain from making ill-considered, broad brush claims that condemn entire groups of people simply for holding different beliefs and are clearly not accurate except in the unsupported opinion of extreme partisans of opposite beliefs. It’s not clear at all that my accusations are inaccurate; on the contrary, finding counterexamples is far harder (which is why people trying to defend conservatism seldom try to come up with any, but just declare any criticism of conservatism unfair). And it’s _humanly impossible_ to speak of large groups of people without using a “broad brush”; insisting that someone only criticize millions of people on a individual basis is just a means of saying that criticism of that group is forbidden. Nor is condemning people for holding different beliefs either unusual or unethical; every time someone condemns someone for supporting racism, sexism, homophobia, or any number of other evils, that’s _exactly what they are doing._ The only question is if conservatism deserves to be added to that list, and I think it does. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-mind-vs-conservative-mind/670974)._