What’s worse: being a phony, or falling for one?
It's been my keen observation that one of the reasons conservatives generally have it tougher in American politics than liberals—in terms of media portrayal and public "persona"—is that conservatives have more of a tendency to be straight up. They are sooner to tell you, unabashedly, how they stand. Often, I sense that they sometimes even delight in stating a position they know someone else is likely to disagree with. On the other hand, I've observed liberals to have a greater propensity to tell you whatever it is they believe you want to hear if they sense you’re liberal, or if not, they stick to banal “crowd pleasers.” Next time you're at a social gathering talking with strangers, give off various telltales in matters of politics. If you investigate, you will find that the ones who parrot what they think you want to hear are generally liberals while the ones who tell you what they think in spite of the telltale are generally conservatives. So, assuming you have some stake in a given matter, would you prefer to deal with someone with whom you have some disagreements, but who's straight up with you? Or, would you prefer someone whose statements amount...
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