WashPo: Why are liberals so condescending?

[TeyshaBlue]

FWIW, neither ideology has a lock on condenscension.

[rjv]

what a patronizing thread...

[TeyshaBlue]

what a patronizing thread...

[RandomGuy]

[B]American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration

Not exactly sure which smiley I need.

I respectfully disagree, and would posit the exact opposite.

Both ends have their dogmatic nuts, but the continued success of people like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, et al. kind of put the lie to that statement, don't you think?

[boutons_deux]

"conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration"

which conservative/Repug/neo-c*nt positions have NOT been proven, going back to St Ronnie, to be "illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration"

[101A]

"conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration"

which conservative/Repug/neo-c*nt positions have NOT been proven, going back to St Ronnie, to be "illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration"

Balanced Budgets are good for the economy - A conservative position; not practiced by Republican presidents; but a conservative position nonetheless, that proved accurate.

[boutons_deux]

"Balanced Budgets are good for the economy"

Depends on the ecomony, stone-cold vs over-heated.

The question remains: what have the Repugs/conservatives DONE to help America since 1980?