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Originally posted by The_Dude
liberals tend to believe that govt should stay out of social issues (like gay rights or abortion), while conservatives believe that govt should intervene in social issues.
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I'd like to contest this, though only in definition. Both "liberals" [Democrats] and "conservatives" [Republicans] are in favor of the government intervening in social issues such as gay rights and abortion. Liberals [Democrats] want to "protect" everyone who isn't a straight white male by means of segregation-through-legislation, just as conservatives [Republicans] would like to do essentially the same thing by legislating away marriage and adoption for gay couples.
Whether you call yourself liberal or conservative, left-wing or right-wing, heads or tails, you are part of the same coin. Both liberals and conservatives are in favor of the status-quo, which will guarantee that heretic third-parties have no chance to make a real difference.