Originally Posted by
Raybourne
I never really get the impression that conservative is meant as an insult. Anywhere from statistics to finance to day-to-day living being "conservative" about things seems to be the accepted gold standard of behaviour. Being liberal means you're wasteful and glutonous, and don't want to work, just want to seek out satisfaction with no regard for standards or morality. The media seems to be quite biased towards conservative mentality, but of course they don't openly say "liberal", it's all part of the backdrop.