Originally Posted by
Oneuli
Conservatives value some freedoms for some people.... but it's always interesting how few conservative speak out against mass incarceration, or infringements on reproductive rights, or against privatization of public lands (which, of course, deprives the vast majority of people the freedom to access those lands), etc.
That strikes me as an inviting a True Scotsman fallacy -- as in, I could point out all sorts of problems that are worse in rural America, like much worse every health, life expectancy, and education levels, but that would just cause you to conclude those are not problems "that need fixing" -- consistent with your initial statement. Meanwhile, problems from the cities, even if most people never encounter them (I've lived in a city uninterrupted for three years and have never seen human excrement on the streets) would be defined as a problem that needs fixing.
We seem to survive pretty well on our own. We grow the food for your cities, you'd never survive without us.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
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