The Simple Difference Between Liberal & Conservative

Here was the story on HuffPost/AOL:

"TRENTON, N.J. -- The New Jersey Senate has given final approval to a bill raising pension and health benefits costs to the state's more than 500,000 government workers."

The headline read, "NJ Anti-Union Law Approved".

So, what did they leave out? Honesty, for one. While making it a point that this will "cost government (i.e. public union) workers money by having them actually pay up for some small part of their benefits (like everyone else already does), they also made it a point to NOT mention that this will save New Jersey taxpayers billions of dollars. They also neglected to mention that it will make balancing the NJ budget possible. In fact, they failed to mention ANY of the good things, and concentrated only on playing up the negative.

That's what the liberal media does. Thankfully, more and more people are beginning to see through media bias and they are losing readers fast. Only the hardcore fanatical nuts on the far left read their tripe anymore. The only reason I read it is a) so I can point things out, and b) I need  good laugh every now and again.

Here's an idea - whenever you read or hear a story in the media, particularly if it has political impact, ask yourself what they are NOT telling you. Ask what the POSITIVES are. Don't settle for just reading about the downside, geared to make people angry. Anger is the #1 tool of the far left. They use it to fire up violent protesters, and to intimidate others with whom they disagree. You will never see conservatives storm the capital of Wisconsin, nor throw pies, books or other objects at liberal speakers. Nor will you see non-union workers beating up union workers.

I think it can be summed up in two words - REASON and EMOTION. Liberals tend to operate on an emotional level, while conservatives operate from reasoned analysis.

And therein lies the cause of all the friction. I understand that. What I have difficulty understanding is why the left feels a need to use trickery, deceit and anger in order to avoid actual debate.