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Per Ambrose Bierce in" The Devil's Dictionary" he has a perfect definition of Conservative/Liberal below. Agree/dis/why?

CONSERVATIVE

"A statesman who is enamored of existing evils as distinguished from the liberal who wishes to replace them with others"

"Nuff said?

Posted - August 26, 2017
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    "A statesman who is enamored of existing evils as distinguished from the liberal who wishes to replace them with other evils."

    That may indeed be a fairly accurate statement many times.
      August 26, 2017 8:43 AM MDT
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  • If you're saying that the liberal wants to replace one set of evils with another set of evils, then yes, I wholeheartedly agree.
      August 26, 2017 10:59 AM MDT
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