| Grey Acumen said: I also find it rather unsettling, even if it's in jest, that I've heard far more people on the liberal spectrum that will say things like "If I came across (opposing party member) I'd do (some sort of harm to them)" I've rarely heard this level of personal malevolence on the conservative end. Sure, I've heard bigotry and hatred along the lines of "I hope they (have something bad happen to them)" but rarely has it been of such a personal level. Just anecdotal evidence there, but still troubling nonetheless. |
I understand that this may go unread by you, but I figured I'd throw in my two cents.
As a staunch liberal (and a Canadian one to boot!) I couldn't disagree more, and not simply out of bias. I have respect of the conservative ideology and am always open to reasonable debates on several political issues. However, the key thing about your claim is, as you said, that it is anecdotal. I'm confident for every case you can think of where you this type of attitude is evident on the liberal side, I could recall one of equal malliciousness stemming from a conservative.
Now, I wouldn't make the claim that conservtives seem to be, through jesting or not, more violent or ept to attack personally, because that would be prejudging of a people who happen to share a common ideology. Now I have no idea, if you were seriously trying to imply some correlation there, and I hope that you weren't, but this frame of mind is far from having the equal playing field you seem to wish to portray. Both sides have their jerks, but we both have our values, they may differ, but both are valid in the eye of their followers.
