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Myself, I'm libertarian, but I grew up in a very conservative household, surrounded by conservatives at church, and I was a conservative until my early twenties
by learc83 15y ago
Myself, I'm libertarian, but I grew up in a very conservative household, surrounded by conservatives at church, and I was a conservative until my early twenties.
I have never met a conservative who believed that the poor "deserve their lot." And I can't think of one single conservative I know who wouldn't love to see the elimination of poverty. They just disagree with the liberal method.
If this were really the case why would conservatives donate money to charity? Why would conservative churches run food kitchens?
- pyre 15y agoHow many of those conservative churches accept government money to run their soup kitchens?
- brycecolquitt 15y agoJust as anecdotally, I have met plenty of them.
- jberryman 15y agoI should have clarified that when I said "mainstream conservative position" i meant that it's espoused by mainstream political figures (some current republican pres. Candidate for instance), rather than that it is the dominant conservative opinion.