The Real Difference between Liberals and Conservatives
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According to a song by Gilbert and Sullivan, "Every boy and every gal, That’s born into the world alive, Is either a little Liberal, Or else a little Conservative". The division between liberal and conservative intrudes into many aspects of our lives, triggering arguments between relatives and coworkers, flooding the airwaves and cable news with dueling tirades and polemics, and creating political paralysis when politicians place party loyalty above the interests of the country as a whole. We have probably all had the experience of being infuriated by the idiotic statements of people with different political views and have been bewildered that otherwise sane, rational individuals could hold such obviously false and silly views.
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