Comparing liberals with conservatives

Submitted by Frank Vosler (United States), Sep 13, 2006 at 14:07

I agree that the liberals and conservatives have very different value systems. Liberals are materialists and don't see transcendent values in America that are worth dying for. Those who used to say, "Better red than dead" will now say, "Better muslim than dead."

Conservatives, on the other hand are willing to lay down their lives for freedom of religion, liberty and justice; and we see these values in great jeopardy in the Western World.

You say that there would have to be an awful catastrophy to awaken the soul of the liberal. YES. And that's because, for them, death is the greatest evil. Enough death may awaken them.

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