As far as live and let live ... most conservatives couldn't give a rats ass about who wears what or sticks what in whom. It's when it starts affecting us like mandatory readings from transsexuals and crossdressers for our children or allowing men into the little girls room or having boys/men compete against girls/women.
- or if someone wants to silently kneel during the national anthem
- or if someone chooses to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas"
- or when a same sex couple wants to get married
- or, before that, when two people of the same sex wanted to have intercourse
- or, before that, when two people of different races wanted to get married
- or, before that, when a black person wanted to use the same water fountain as white people
etc.
You absolutely care about what other people wear, or say, or don't say, or who they marry. Conservatism is ENTIRELY about enforcing your moral standards on others.
And that's fine; as a liberal, I want to enforce my moral standards - for example,
no dumping your industrial waste in the closest available river - on others, too! But you don't see me hypocritically whining about how
I only want to be left alone and let other people live their lives with Freedom.At least have the guts to own up to the fact that you want to enforce your morality on everyone else.
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