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opiate69

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1. One of the main factors, imo
Sun Mar 9, 2014, 03:57 PM
Mar 2014

Is the fact that the conservative shit faces have pretty much successfully turned "liberal" into an epithet. That, and the fact that the have painted a caricature of the typical "librul" being either a smelly, dreadlocked college student who puts spikes in trees to save the spotted owl or an effeminate, tastefully bearded, Volvo-driving former hippie suburbanite.

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One of the main factors, imo opiate69 Mar 2014 #1
So it's an image problem? ElboRuum Mar 2014 #3
Well, another thing I've noticed is, opiate69 Mar 2014 #5
To the first point... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #7
Yeah, I've noticed that DU doesn't always gel real well with the actual, objective outside Universe. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #9
Many on DU are into self-hussling, like monkeys at the San Antonio Zoo... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #36
The difference between white men and white women isn't that significant Major Nikon Mar 2014 #2
Possibly... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #4
I understand that part Major Nikon Mar 2014 #14
Honestly, in my experience political divisions break more on geographic and religious lines Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #6
Well... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #10
I hear you. And it's a question which has been broached, in various forms, in here before I think. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #12
80% is far too high hfojvt Mar 2014 #45
I prefer dissident. westerebus Mar 2014 #8
OK... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #11
I will have to get back to you. westerebus Mar 2014 #13
Good morning. westerebus Mar 2014 #27
The current system DOES need change. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #28
Liberal is what sense? In what context? westerebus Mar 2014 #31
Actually, none of those things... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #32
The identification "liberal" does not exist in a vacuum. westerebus Mar 2014 #33
And yet, more speeches. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #34
I have answered your question. You refuse to accept my answer. westerebus Mar 2014 #39
No you have not. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #40
Most of the "reasons" are actually self-justification. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #15
Conservatism endears itself to the idiocy of male machismo. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #16
+1 YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #17
Interesting, but not at all what I'm talking about. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #18
I'm not hijacking the thread. I'm giving you an answer. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #19
Your answer fails to answer the question... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #20
I suppose talking about the 80% of men who voted for Romney was accidental? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #21
Not accidental. Illustrative. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #22
To accept an ideology but refuse the name implies some sort of associational shame... Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #23
I don't know if it is 'shame' per se. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #24
I'm a Freudian at heart so you have my bias. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #25
I think because a "liberal man" has feminine connotations the_working_poor Mar 2014 #35
I've never thought of it that way. Liberal men are sexy. Fridays Child Mar 2014 #38
That probably is at least a part of it... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #41
I grew up in an earlier time when most people in the South were Democrats Major Nikon Mar 2014 #26
2 reasons for lack of I.D. with liberals... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #37
Good points. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #42
Unfortunately, I think "emotional remoteness, physical violence and anti-intellectualism" is nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #43
I think article speaks to the issue. MicaelS Mar 2014 #29
Interesting points. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #30
Well CFLDem Mar 2014 #44
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