tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post6597349765359948495..comments2024-02-23T09:57:39.102+01:00Comments on Leftbanker: Buzz Words that Send Conservatives into Fits of Apoplexyleftbankerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-17158785743350604802011-07-27T13:24:46.105+02:002011-07-27T13:24:46.105+02:00I don't think Americans' dislike for Europ...I don't think Americans' dislike for Europe and Europeans goes back that far, not even close. And of course I'm not saying that ALL American conservatives are assholes but they do tend to stick to extremes and aren't comfortable with compromise.leftbankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-24700629312509541652011-07-26T23:34:52.383+02:002011-07-26T23:34:52.383+02:00Well, I don't know, I think the distaste for E...Well, I don't know, I think the distaste for Europe (when Americans even bother thinking of Europe other than a vacation destination)comes from a larger social consciousness borne of our immigrant ancestors that came here to get away from the norms and restrictions that did not allow them anything other than the life they were born into. Socially you were born into money or you were not, and if you had money you were educated, if not you developed a trade or just worked, and that was your lot in life. If you started a business, it took several generations to see success due to taxes and government restrictions (Italy is still exactly the same today, if not worse. Spain is slightly better and France, being the wealthiest of the three is probably the best along these lines). <br /><br />Also, just to play devils advocate, my father is a pretty conservative Republican, though not in a bible belt kind of way, as he is an atheist and supports abortion, though the word taxes does make his blood boil and he owns guns of course. But I gotta stick up for my pops because during the Vietnam war he was in med school, so he certainly didn't have to go, but he volunteered for two tours of duty in the Army, with the Green Berets no less.<br /><br />So, anyway, I am not sure if I have a point other than probably the educated conservatives are not so rabid and idiotic. I am by no means a conservative but I am sure as hell not a liberal either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com