>>14237101>You have to be quite coldhearted to be a committed conservative imo because you have to be able to see suffering and say that nothing should be done about it.That's a negative way of putting it. A conservative would say that you need to be tough in the short term to prevent long term tragedy. For example, conservative arguments against welfare are based on the idea that while it helps individuals right now, it creates more helpless individuals and single mother families in the future, and only good family structure can actually cultivate strong people. Agree or disagree with conservatism, you're only giving the liberal interpretation of what they believe.
Yes, soft heartedness is associated with liberalism, because waiting is too cruel and soft hearted people can't be "cruel to be kind". This is why women are more likely to be liberals and there has been a steadily growing sex gap between Republicans and Democrats. It's the mother instinct vs the father instinct.
