What do you consider yourself...liberal, conservative, libertarian, progressive or moderate?
Yeah I don't know. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.
What's the real difference between liberals/conservatives?
Wow . . . so many responses with so little substance. So I've got another one, based off of the vast majority of what's been said so far . . . Both liberals and conservatives say that the other is evil and corrupt and make baseless accusations against them. They're both so convinced that their opponent is so wrong about everything that they never stop to notice their own errors or shortcomings. They will both cover up the failings of there own actions and programs in order to plausibly deny it when the opposing side points those failings out. They're both so caught up in the "my team good, their team bad" mentality that they've lost all connection with reality. Good grief, people. Just look at the stuff you're all saying. You all have exactly the same hearts. The positions on the issues are different, but that's all.
Liberal conservative views and conservative liberal views?
Abortion is a bad example. Roe v. Wade was monumental because it struck down control of abortion law at the state level and made it a federal issue, thus increasing the power of the federal government. Most conservatives would be happy with the power to decide abortion law returning to the states (ie less FEDERAL government). I think gay marriage is a better example. Republican idiocy reached new heights when they started talking about making an AMENDMENT to the Constitution banning gay marriage...wth? True Republicans would leave that issue alone and let the individual states decide. Democrats, opposing any restrictions on gay marriage are actually siding with the less federal government.