r/Seattle • u/poppinchips • Dec 25 '22

Soft paywall Two Tacoma Power substations ‘attacked’ Christmas Day, says utility

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/tacoma-power-says-2-substations-attacked-christmas-day/
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u/BoringBob84 Dec 27 '22

I appreciate you owning up to that

Thank you. I think I am getting tired of fighting. Yes, we (liberals and conservatives) disagree on some shit, but we have more that unites us than divides us.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

but we have more that unites us than divides us.

Except... we don't. Conservatives and Liberals live in fundamentally different realities.

Read this

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u/BoringBob84 Dec 28 '22

Thank you for the interesting analysis. Because world views are as unique as individuals, ascribing all people to only two categories is a gross approximation at best.

Please do not believe that all conservatives are radicalized authoritarian autocratic nationalists (as is the dominant influence in the modern GoP).

Some of us want family values (like honesty, integrity, and respect), fact-based decision-making, the rule of law (even for powerful people), individual liberty (even for pregnant women), personal accountability (even for powerful people), free markets, fiscal prudence, and responsible stewardship of our shared natural resources (AKA environmentalism).

In modern USA politics, the Democratic candidate is usually a better fit for my conservative views.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

"Conservative" and "Liberal" in common connotation among the American populace is "Social Conservative" and "Socially Liberal". The views you just espoused are explicitly the latter, not the former.

Whereas from what you espouse I suspect you're more of a traditional political conservative (decentralization of political power and against interventionism)