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Question for Conservatives: How do I simultaneously hold two contradictory beliefs?

Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:10 pm
Posted by TigerWhatIR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2013
911 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:10 pm
For instance:

- MOLON LABE / Don’t Tread On Me
- Support the Thin Blue Line that treads on us and enforces gun control laws

And

- White Nationalism is evil and racist
- Jewish Nationalism (Zionism) must be supported; it’s racist to oppose it.

And

- Not all cops are bad, it’s just a few bad apples. They don’t make the laws, they just enforce them.
- All Muslims are bad and potential terrorists even though a tiny percent actually commit serious crimes

And

- Socialism/Socialized services are bad; Free Market is better
- We need services like roads, defense, arbitration, policing to be socialized services handled in government monopolies

And

- Government is corrupt, incompetent, untrustworthy
- Certain things are too complex and important to be trusted to the free market and must be handled by government

And

- We can’t give the free market a try because it might result in an oppressive monopoly
- Government is an essential, oppressive monopoly power

And

- Guns don’t kill people. People do.
- We need to keep heroin banned because it kills people and causes crime.

And

- Celebrate Independence Day and our Founders who were cop killers, law breakers, looters, rioters, etc.
- True Patriots obey the law and respect law enforcement officers

And

- Muslims are irrational, evil terrorists for threatening violence against those who disrespect the Koran or Muhammad
- Stomp on the American Flag and I’ll stomp on your face!

And

- We should never back down to the demands of terrorists
- The best way to not get killed by cops (redcoats) is to obey their commands

Edited to clarify:
These aren’t all my personal beliefs. I understand not all other conservatives believe all these things. But if the shoe fits, keep melting.
This post was edited on 1/16/20 at 4:07 pm
Posted by Manzielathon
Death Valley
Member since Sep 2013
8951 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:11 pm to
Upvoted because you’re right. Hypocrisy shouldn’t be tolerated on either side of the political aisle.

And the Don’t Tread on Me + Thin Blue Line thing has always pissed me off.
Posted by tketaco
Sunnyside, Houston
Member since Jan 2010
19429 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:12 pm to
Weird thread.
Posted by geaux88
Northshore, LA
Member since Oct 2003
16355 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:13 pm to
Oh, look everybody, it's Abbie fricking Hoffman reincarnate spewing shite out of his ashen pie hole again.

Real Americans at you. Seriously. Seek help.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32640 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:13 pm to
a lot of false premises but also some good examples of hypocrisy

Like Doc Holiday said, it knows no bounds
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
48758 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:13 pm to
OP trying too hard
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7855 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:13 pm to
This is a shitty post, and mostly nonsensical. It has about 15% accuracy.

Too busy to respond though. You suck, though.
Posted by Zahrim
McCamey Texas
Member since Mar 2009
7667 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:13 pm to
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:15 pm to
Some of the apparent inconsistencies/contradictions are worthy of discussion, but I become more convinced every day that a cop fricked this guy’s wife and left him to raise the kid.
This post was edited on 1/16/20 at 1:17 pm
Posted by BoarEd
The Hills
Member since Oct 2015
38862 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:16 pm to
This thread is fricking stupid. You paint with a very broad brush. I can consider myself a conservative without holding all of those views you just used to label me with.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34935 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:16 pm to
Just posing so I can come back after I finish my errands. Gonna have fun skull fricking you.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79609 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:17 pm to
Because very few things in this life are all or nothing.

People with an IQ higher than a grapefruit generally understand that and balance their beliefs.
Posted by CubsFanBudMan
Member since Jul 2008
5060 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:18 pm to
Kind of like a party of feminist and gays having unquestionable support and protection of a religion that doesn't allow women to drive and kills gays.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

Guns don’t kill people. People do.
- We need to keep heroin banned because it kills people and causes crime.
Drugs should be legal. Darwin and all. 18+ y/o do what you want.
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18644 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:20 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 1:50 am
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146498 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:20 pm to
ETA: TL;DR and don't want to.
This post was edited on 1/16/20 at 1:34 pm
Posted by Bayoubred
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2011
3349 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:21 pm to
You are a special kind of ignorant. You have taken ambiguity to a hypocritical level. Worst post of the year.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18706 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:22 pm to
Dear Facebook...
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18644 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:23 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 1:50 am
Posted by TigerWhatIR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2013
911 posts
Posted on 1/16/20 at 1:24 pm to
This is a companion thread to the one started today about “Question for Progs: How do I simultaneously hold two contradictory beliefs”

BTW I’m a conservative.

Yes, I know not all conservatives hold all these beliefs.

Conservative snowflakes in this thread right now: “Well, Actchualley...”
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