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In my experience, liberals tend to take a more (and sometimes overly) nuanced view of complex issues, while conservatives take a more (and sometimes overly) black-and-white view of those issues. The effect of that is that liberals look to conservatives like wishy-washy wafflers with no backbone or moral fiber, and conservatives look to liberals like shallow, dogmatic talking-point-regurgitators who follow blindly and don't think.
I saw a poll that demonstrated (I'm paraphrasing) that liberals are interested in hearing all sides of an issue, and conservatives are interested in hearing the side of an issue that they already agree with. Hence the radical shift to the right in the media over the last few years.
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