Ok here's something I really don't get about ultra conservatives.
For the sake of arguing my point, let's say this man is right and 'liberals' (these days, anyone who isn't a far right leaning republican) are, OMGdestroyingsociety by demanding that the poor should be treated better, the middle class deserves to actually get paid for a job well done, and that all people are equal and deserve respect and basic human rights.
So, like I said, let's say he's right. For the sake of argument, let's say 'liberal politics and morals' (as in anyone who is not an ultra religious conservative republican) is destroying the fabric of society. Let's just say that's actually happening.
Why is it they think anyone who thinks differently from them is involved in a MASSIVE CONSPIRACY to INTENTIONALLY destroy society? They literally talk as if more than half of the U.S. population is intentionally out to destroy the nation, manhood, marriage, and western civilization, when all they really want is to be left alone to live, be paid a livable wage, and for all people to have the opportunity for a decent affordable education and to be given basic human rights and equality that everyone else enjoys.
What, exactly is society destroying and evil and scary about that?
I really could understand if there was a disagreement with methods. I could understand if procedure was an issue, or maybe some political sticking points. But to scream that people are actively trying to destroy society is just ... it's so stupid, especially since conservatives and liberals should have similar goals even if their methods differ, which over all that goal should be to make the world a better place for everyone.
Why are these people so ... afraid? Do they really think the sun won't rise in the morning if LGBT people have equal rights to housing and employment and medical care as everyone else? Really?!
I do think we as a society actually need both conservative and liberal view points to survive and function properly as I truly feel too much one direction or the other isn't necessarily a good thing. But ... for so many conservatives in the united states to be actively afraid of the other view points, actively promote despair over the possibility of equal rights and promote fear of 'the other' in this way instead of working to find an acceptable middle ground ... It's just so stupid. It also makes those farther to the right in my mind, appear to be mentally unstable.
To these people, even President Reagan would be a raging liberal these days.
I just don't get it. I really don't.
What the hell are they afraid of?
