“The reason low-information voters don’t understand the conservative philosophy is Republicans have not broken it down into simple terms.”
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There is probably a lot to what you say, I have the impression that a lot of people who are convinced that they do not agree with conservatism simply do not realize that they need to start from basic principles. Once you have forgotten that you came to drain the swamp you can get all wrapped up in ideas about how to save the alligators. Most people will agree with strict conservatism if you can get them to begin from the basics. That is why most hardcore liberals go nuts if you try to force them to deal with basic premises, they know that what they are supporting really makes no sense but they refuse to be pinned down on it. Liberals often like to use the term “basic human right” and will claim that something like medical care is a basic human right. I like to ask them if they would agree that a basic human right is a right they would still have if they were the only person left on the planet. If they agree with that they have just shot down their whole agenda because to them medical care does NOT mean bandaging your own sore toe as you would do if you were alone it means the right to have someone else bandage your sore toe for you.
Liberals are strange creatures, most would say that if they need something they do NOT have the right to try to force their own brother or sister to pay for it if they don’t wish to do so yet they will claim to have the right to have the government force a stranger to pay for it simply because the stranger has the money and he should “pay his fair share”. Of course they don’t ever allow themselves to realize that they have taken such an absurd position, that is why they will resort to any and every kind of disgustingly twisted “logic” to try to justify their absurdity.
It really is a mental disorder.
This discussion has now morphed into why do liberals think the way they do, one of my favorite subjects.
A mental disorder? A high percentage of homosexuals are mentally off. Atheists, Communists, drug dealers - - wow, this could be a long list.
Then there are the people who don't see anything hypocritical about doing the exact thing they tell other people not to, like carry a gun for self defense, or send their kids to upscale private schools.
Let's say they are like the math-challenged people who buy lottery tickets. Liberals are logic-challenged, and tend to go into fields where opinion and emotion hold sway, like sociology and humanities. There is certainly a lot of confused thinking out there masquerading as expertise.