OK, what do you think about how a Conservative views others vs Progressives? - Granite Grok

OK, what do you think about how a Conservative views others vs Progressives?

NH Advantage - Freedom, low taxes, low crime, low poverty, high quality of life, high average income, and more.Sometimes I just have a lot to add to something that someone has written and the following is something that I do believe to be true from MY Conservative / libertarian leanings stand point.  Pretty much, I do believe this segment from a RedState post by plumely summarizes the outlooks of Conservatives vs Statist Progressive Democrats – and I say that with the added real life actions of what kinds of legislations and regulations are generally passed:

This belief translates into how I view we should be governed, and I think it is in line with what our Founding Fathers had in mind as well.

  • Because people are inherently good they need to be rewarded for their goodness.
  • that reward comes in the form of freedom– all of those rights afforded to us in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  • The Government’s only role should be to protect us from theft and murder. In order to do that, it must be restricted, so that we are free to obtain the means to protect ourselves.

Is this view perfect? No, and I believe others could articulate it better. But it is the best way I know how to make the principles that the Founding Fathers put forth my own. Now with that said, here is what Liberals believe:

  • People are evil and at the very least, idiots.
  • They need to be kept line and herded like sheep to do what is “right”.
  • As a result, they come up with all sorts of compulsory ways to keep people in line, mainly in the form of rules and regulations.

Liberals harbor these beliefs because they feel this way about themselves.

What say you?  Are you a person that wants to decide for yourself or be told how to live?  Are you content to have others make their own decisions or do you think the idea of “nudging” or legislating behavior of others?

Let’s ask “deeper”: Live Free or Die – Death is not the worst of all evils (General Stark).  What are you willing to accept for losses of your freedoms – and what is the hill on which to die?  I was asked this once in a somewhat different context – and answered.

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