Progressive views tend to lean towards thing thing that sounds nice - everyone should be equal - everyone should have a good standard of living - every

Progressive views tend to lean towards thing thing that sounds nice - everyone should be equal - everyone should have a good standard of living - everyone should get a good education It's easy to throw out this category of things in a vacuous way wherein everyone on every side of the spectrum agrees with these statements, but the progressive angle is to downplay the difficulties and simply assert things as rights and disparage anyone who claims it is more complicated than this whereas the stock conservative angle is to focus on the logistical issues - how do we afford this? - ensuring "everyone is equal" involves forcefully holding some people back - through what process do you plan to ensure the right? - what happens if this societal goal conflicts with my rights? These things all sound "mean" compared to the things in the first group and are far easier to criticize than the nicer sounding but ultimately incomplete ideas in the first set. Obviously this is a drastic oversimplification and there are all sorts of people on both sides who don't fit this mold but as a rule, more often than not, this pattern plays out.