| Kasz216 said: One thing to consider is that most conservatives don't want people to die in the streets. For example, research tends to show conservatives donate more money and time to charity then liberals. On average, how much you think the government should take care of other people is inversly related to how much you personally do for those people. Considering nobody wants people to die in the street, it's actually pretty logical why people against social welfare would actually be the more emotional of the two. They're more likely to help themselves and see how effective it can be vs government if everyone is willing to pitch in.
Also, keep in mind, Conservatives are the ones against stuff like gay marriage. That's an emotional arguement against for sure. |
I suppose that is true, conservatives tend to give more to charity whilst supporting a position that would cut government spending. That certainly has an element of emotional response to it.
As for conseratives and homosexuality, I think that in the UK that is a slightly different situation. Most conservatives I know here either support gay marriage or don't really have an opinion on it. I think it's generally associated with conservatives because the Republican party has a large number of Christian members and supporters, and the anti gay marriage position comes from the christian definition of marriage which is percieved to be between a man and a woman only.
I guess there's a lot of factors at play to be honest when you think it like that. Many of the emotive responses from US conservatives can come from a certain key area of their life, religion. Outside of that, they could still be quite cold and clinical decision makers.
