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Originally Posted by Not Bob
Do you really think so? Is Ty’s arrogance and the condescension of the coastal liberals on social issues really enough to drive you and people like you to vote for Trump as a way of retaliating against the arrogance, smarminess, and condescension of liberals? Why not support a Ted Kennedy to Trump’s Jimmy Carter instead?
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Just to underscore the point, if a conservative makes a sweeping and possibly tone-deaf characterization about liberals, I don't think anyone would jump to call it "arrogance". The propensity of conservatives (there, SEC Chick, now I'll think of you as a conservative again) to feel aggrieved and victimized by having to live in a country with liberals is truly remarkable. "Arrogant"? All I did is try out an too long for Twitter on an internet chat board for lawyers. I'm just describing what I see on Twitter and Facebook.
The idea that this "arrogance" drives anyone to vote for Republicans totally confuses cause and effect. Someone *is* a conservative because they react to liberals in this way. The reaction to libs and the desire to trigger libs is the essence of conservatism. My two cents: As awful as Trump is, Never Trumpers continue to see themselves as a conservative because her reaction to liberals is so strong, and that reaction puts her in a camp with Trump and other conservatives.
