For example, the Charlottesville incident, he completely disavowed white supremacy and nazis, and was talking about the people in favor of not taking down the statue when he said good people on both sides. Also, I always thought that trump made fun of that disabled reporter. Theres multiple clips of how trump makes fun of everyone like that, by flailing his arms. With that being said, what are some other things ive been lied too from the media about trump. Im a centrist and haven’t decided who to vote for so this would he interesting to hear from one side. Thanks.

It has come out that another Republican politician, (Pennsylvania state senator) is being indicted for child porn. This happens ALL THE TIME, and it's almost always Republicans. How do you rationalize it? How do you go to the voting booth and say "I'm going to vote for the guys that keep raping children"?

(You guys are too nice. Thank you so much for all of the upvotes you guys are awesome!!!)

This is a bit of a rant. But I really dislike my generation. We are so entitled. We expect everything to be given to us for free. We blame everything on the system instead of looking at our own choices. I’ll hear my peers cheering on a cop being beat and say stealing as fine because it’s from corporations. It drives me crazy and I feel like I can never say what I want to say or be myself... which is someone who has empathy for all people and believes in equal opportunity but not equality because we need incentives to work harder and smarter to make the things that have made all of our lives easier. You should be better off if you’ve come up with a product many people want to buy.

I feel like an outcast a lot of the time because of my beliefs in the American Dream and I often find it easier to hang out with 70 year olds who have been through some serious stuff than with people my own age lol. Any other conservative millennials out there??

As a European liberal, can we stop calling American leftists 'liberals'? They are not. Liberalism at its core is about capitalism, property rights, limited government and internationalism. While some Democrats like Joe Manchin could be considered moderately liberal, the progressive wing like AOC, Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar are socialists. They are not liberals.

Abstract Most Whites, particularly socio-political liberals, now endorse racial equality. Archival and experimental research reveals a subtle but reliable ironic consequence: White liberals self-present less competence to minorities than to other Whites—that is, they patronize minorities stereotyped as lower status and less competent

https://psyarxiv.com/pv2ab/

It seems like all the popular upvoted threads are radically liberal. Posting genuine news stories about conservatism or the horrors or communism or liberal hoaxes gets you downvoted to hell. Why? I know for a fact that 90% of america isnt so liberal. Is it because there are many non american users? Is it the fact that young people are liberal and tend to use reddit the most?

I’m about as left as they come. Real left not the Joe Biden left. I love my country and the founding principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In many ways I’m a libertarian. I believe anyone should be able to do as they wish so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else’s life, liberty or property directly. But unlike libertarians, I recognize that I live in a society greater than myself and therefore must contribute to making the base line greater for all through my efforts. America is my home and as such Americans are my neighbors, and being a good American is doing for your neighbor to benefit the greater good, not just for yourself. I feel like this is where the disconnect is. I don’t understand the conservative approach to this line of thinking. How can you claim a group, America, but tout individualism over all? How can you be the greatest protectors of liberty, but attack anyone who strays from traditional values that don’t hurt anyone else’s certain inalienable rights? How does empathy not play a role in decision making? I honestly want to understand because I’m missing something.

I've heard this talking point a lot and I'm curious how widespread the belief is among the right. As someone on the far left I haven't really seen any non-revolutionaries express that they wish America would fall. Much less that they are genuinely working towards it's demise.

So do you think those on the left are actively trying to destroy this country?

EDIT: Woa wasn't expecting this thread to blow up so much! Thanks for all the comments everyone! I'll read through them and reply to what I can.

EDIT 2: A lot of the comments were similar so I'll just do an edit instead of replying to them all. Most agree that the left isn't actively trying to destroy America. But that our policies are misguided and will lead to the downfall of the country if continued.

I know I'm breaking the rules here a bit (I'm left-leaning), but I've only just started following this subreddit, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributes here and makes this place work

Reading your comments has definitely had an impact on how I interact with other liberals when discussing conservative values and issues. I'm really glad that I'm no longer able to even pretend the things we differ on are simple or shallow. But I also appreciate learning that we don't disagree on everything. I forget that sometimes.

If it's ok with the mods, I was hoping to invite lurkers (particularly liberals) to also comment on this thread if they want, or to call out any specific things they've learned from y'all.

PS, thank you mods! This place wouldn't be worth hanging around, without your keeping things on-track :) so any kind words here should be taken as in your debt

I swear these people must be stalk people’s’ instagrams and Twitters to see what they like/retweet etc. I never even talk politics with these people, but I see them post stuff like “if you support trump literally unfollow me.” I honestly don’t even care enough to unfollow them but I started losing followers and all and it’s THEM. How petty do you have to be to stalk people’s social medias to see if they’re conservative or liberal? Like wtf!?

This isn't just about confederate statues, the statue of george washington, the founding father of this nation was torn down and an American flag wrapped around it and was set on fire.

Statue of Francis Scott key, the writer of the star spangled banner was taken down, statue of Junipero Serra, the first missionary to make it to California, taken down. Building named after Woodrow Wilson is being renamed. Absolutely disgusting. The mob is evil. Does anyone else just feel so disgusted by all of this?

Two cops were shot unwarranted in Los Angeles. Video posted by the LAPD shows a man approaching a patrol vehicle without warning or provacation and firing several shots through the passenger window, injuring both cops. Both cops had graduated from police academy 14 months ago.

A few protesters gathered outside of the hospitals blocking the entrance & exit of the hospital emergency room yelling “We hope they die”.

This is just inhuman.

Thank you for the award

Source: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html

Sharing this here because I'm sick of the left constantly assuming themselves to be in possession of the moral high ground. Conservatives are more charitable despite being poorer - conservatism is undoubtedly something to be proud of.

So once you're done wiping all the spit off your face, tell me how you feel.

Let me start by saying that I'm a conservative. I saw this quote posted elsewhere on Reddit today:

This is without a shadow of a doubt a fascist regime in the making being supported by the GOP. This is how that happens. This is what that looks like. ... So, sincerely, can we please stop pretending that this is anything other than the attempted destruction of the US by one entire wing of our political system?

Reading this really made me think -- this guy is just as scared of the country being destroyed as I think we conservatives are. We both see the opposing party as the ones responsible for heading down a direction we don't like. I mean, I feel like I could have written the same thing about liberals and Marxism and/or socialism.

It makes me wonder, how did we end up here?

Note that I'm not looking for someone to bash the Redditor or his views - I'm looking for rational discussion of how liberals and conservatives can be having very similar fears regarding the other party, yet both parties insist that they are right and the other is wrong.

Any thoughts on the matter?

Finally educating myself and listening to the other side. I also want to know other things taken out of context. After watching a video from PragerU clearing up context on his "Very fine people" quote during the Ferguson issue, I feel completely misinformed and lied to because the quote was taken out of context. Starting to try to find neutral news sources for my information. Long time Bernie supporter until I looked up the facts on his policies. Considering voting Trump after doing my research.

After this election one thing is clear, the two party system will cause our downfall. Its seem each parties main platform is "we are not the other guys". Would conservatives support a change to ranked choice voting in order to get the possibility of a third party getting elected?

Am I just delusional? I mean polls are saying one thing, and then a cousin of mine sends me a picture of 58,000 people at a trump rally and a Michigan rally of over 23,000. Is it safe to assume these polls might be wrong? Lmk

It would be nice to have it all compiled in one place.

If you’re voting for Pres Trump 2020, give the 3 top reasons why?

As the title states. Do you think Biden is going to get the kids glove treatment by the media like Obama was? Now that Trump is gone the news media isn't going to be 24/7 obsessed with him anymore so I expect ratings to plummet across the board.

Obama actually had journalist locked up, phones tapped, and went after leakers.