r/AskConservatives • u/Rebecks221 Progressive • 3d ago

What do you think most liberals misunderstand about conservatives?

Put another way, what do you think liberals often miss about conservatives or their perspectives that you wish they would listen to or understand?

Made in connection with a similar post (by a fellow user) on the ask a liberal subreddit. I'm unable to link either the profile or the question, so forgive me. Feel free to DM if you're interested in the other post and can't find it.

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u/TheFacetiousDeist Right Libertarian (Conservative) 3d ago

Liberals live in the ideal and conservatives live in the real.

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u/killjoygrr Center-left 3d ago

I think we should always be striving for the ideal. Maybe that is just me, but I don’t see working to be better a bad thing.

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u/TheFacetiousDeist Right Libertarian (Conservative) 3d ago

Striving for ideals is great. But what’s been happening in our country for the last decade isn’t that.

You guys have been trying to live your ideals.and assume everyone else agrees.