Is Violence a Conservative Value?

[Zerbie]

Originally Posted by BruceChris

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In the past I used to ask some of my liberal, glbt-ally friends, if they had to live with the inescapable consequences of their decision for the rest of their lives, would they rather henceforth be a faggot or a biggot? They would inevitably reply that of course they would rather be a bigot, with the unspoken understanding that somehow the consequences would be much easier to escape, or much less dehumanizing than if they took the other chioce. Peace and Love, Chris

Omigod. They said that? Wow. I'm actually surprised.
And feeling philosophically alone.

[Beth K. Eyres]

Just want to say thanks for all the comments on this thread. I printed it all out so I could read it again more slowly. And these words do a terrible job at expressing my gratitude, so

[revtj]

I caught John Dean on C-Span this weekend and I remembered Emproph had mentioned his book, Conservatives Without Conscience so I watched it. Wow! He evaluates personality types according to authoritarianism. Very interesting.