Originally Posted By: Fleming_Ave
Originally Posted By: SoCalGangs
Originally Posted By: OakAsFan
Liberals have to get pushed to the bring. Liberals are nice people in nature. They want to be liked. Conservatives value the power structure, and base their worth on their place in it. That's why any threat to the power structure is met with hostility.


Wanting to be liked and being nice isn't a virtue. At all.

The saying goes something like "don't be nice, be GOOD"

Doing what's right, usually makes you disliked or hated. Being nice means go along to get along or being nice to evil, turning a blind eye or being too cowardly to stand up for what's good and right.

That's why "virtue signaling " is such a big thing on the Left.

It's all about how you appear to others, in your tribe.
"Look at me, I'm a good person, I want to help the poor and minority's without digging too deep into the disturbing and uncomfortable facts"

I can't speak on the right wing and power structure talk. I'm libertarian and I'd like to smash the entire power structure but the Left AND the Right want to conserve it..



I think some of that "wanting to be nice" is just about being a gentleman or lady. Trying to disagree politely. I disagree with right wingers somewhat on some things, (economic issues), but I disagree with the left strongly on some issues. When I argue with liberal people about, for example, the Keystone XL Pipeline they never call me a motherfucker, call me un-American, or threaten to kick my ass like conservative people do when I disagree with them on minimum wage laws or Wall Street, etc.


Not in my experience.

People on the Left are brutal. I've had honest disagreements and have been called all kinds of names. Rarely has anyone politely disagreed. It's usually a dismissive snarky comment with no argument included or just vicious name calling. The Left is infamous for calling everyone that disagrees with them racist, sexist, greedy, selfish, stupid, nut job, crazy, the list goes on and on.

I don't think it's about being nice to everyone, more so about the apparence of being nice and caring and virtue signaling. Wanting to be liked by those in power and authority.