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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
I am trying to answer the question: are conservative more likely to support gambling than liberals? To answer this, I have to make generalizations. I also have to define who makes up the group "Conservatives". I have included "Christian Conservatives" as conservatives. I think most Christian Conservatives would oppose gambling more often than not, certainly more than the average person. I also think that Christian Conservatives probably make up over half of those people who identify themselves as Conservative. Since such a large percentage of Conservatives are of the "Christian" variety, and since such a large percentage of these Chistians oppose gambling, I have concluded that conservatives are more likely to oppose gambling as compared to liberals since liberals have no large subset (ie. Union member, academia, civil rights activist) I can think of that would oppose gambling.
[ QUOTE ] For instance you'll find prominent Republicans that generally support Roe v. Wade and Gay Marriage. You'll find prominent Democrats that support the Iraq war. [/ QUOTE ] Yes. But if I was trying to see whether a liberal or a conservative is more likely to support gay marriage or the war...I would say conservative are more likely to oppose gay marriage. I would say liberals oppose the war more than conservatives. At some level of discourse, this seems to me to be obviously true. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
Thanks for your thoughts and the interesting dialogue. I'll take my own advice and quit throwing around the word liberal so often.
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
Illegal gambling.
I liked you better before when you weren't reading the papers. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
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But how does citing one city with three "???" rebut the statement [/ QUOTE ] There are more than three, and as far as gaming goes, it's one of the largest gaming cities in the US. Not the mention, southern Mississippi also has several casinos. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
What the hell are you talking about?
I, in fact, am fairly liberal, but this is my only 2nd post on the politics forum. You don't have to be a liberal to be anti-Bush. My roomate usually votes Republican. He's voting against Bush (Kerry just happens to be the alternative). |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
Those of us who post a lot are probably on either end of the spectrum. We probably wouldn't get as exercised if we were in the middle.
I think there are probably more conservative posters here than liberal ones. Maybe you just notice us more, since you think we're "flaming." I have no scientific evidence, but it seems to me that the poker players I have hung out with in cardrooms over the past 25 years are no more conservative or liberal than the general population. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
It's not that he's too liberal, its that he's just plain soft. Thats the way it is with the whole country now days. America was once a tough, hard-nosed country, but the liberals have certainly put an end to that. The solution to these problems in Fallujah is quite simple: Call up the B-2 bombers and depopulate the city. It may not be "nice" or "right" or "ethical" or whatever but war is a dirty business.
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
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Please list the "mistakes" that he has made. [/ QUOTE ] That a whole other thread. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
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Most of my personal friends [/ QUOTE ] You have friends? This is a shocking claim, but not as mindless as the rest of your post. |
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Re: It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal
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You don't have to be a liberal to be anti-Bush. [/ QUOTE ] True, but if you are not for Bush then Bush supporters label you as a "liberal." The word really has no meaning anymore and most people that use it do so solely for derogatory purposes. |
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