“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

The inference by the person who posted this (Fodaoson) and the only reason this is here is meant to be backhanded slam at Conservatives. It’s the way of the liberals. Since they don’t have any original ideas, they insult and attempt to intimidate. Man – That won’t/don’t fly with me – you infantile little boy.
To infer that Conservatives DO NOT care about those things is not true nor based on any factual evidence. All citizens of the United States care about "the welfare of the people". Need proof? Our armed forces included both Conservatives and liberals (Republicans and Democrats) serving side-by-side in WWI and WWII; don't forget they did the same thing in Korea, Vietnam and now against our eternal enemy - terrorism, mainly Islamic terrorist, but also d******c t*******t. So, to infer that a Conservative does not care about the people of this country is contemptible and loathsome.
Now this is factual – NONE, I repeat, NONE of the laws passed for civil rights and civil liberties going back to the Thirteenth Amendment (abolishment of s***ery, https://tinyurl.com/u36o627), the Fourteenth Amendment (granted citizenship to everyone, https://tinyurl.com/sywl2vr) and Fifteenth Amendment (banning race-based v****g qualifications) passed during Lincoln’s Presidency would have passed in the House of Representatives or the Senate without support from Conservative Republicans. By the way, all 86 Republicans v**ed for the 13th Amendment while 56 of the 72 Democrats v**ed AGAINST IT. OOPS! You can look up the v****g by political party for the other two yourself if you’re interested (although I doubt it as when faced with facts, liberals run for the cover their usual MO of insult and intimidation instead). And since JFK days, in 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the V****g Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to v**e. The bill made it illegal to impose restrictions on federal, state and local e******ns that were designed to deny the v**e to b****s. 112 of 138 Conservative Republicans v**ed in favor of LBJ’s (a liberals) signature legislation.
I am tired of hearing that we Conservatives do not care about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties. And, to say or infer that only Liberals look ahead and not behind welcoming new ideas and that Conservatives do not is absurd, it is d******e and unproductive.
Do you think we Conservatives do not read and understand U.S. history and learn from the mistakes of the past (like s***ery) and understand that new ideas and changes must be made in order to always care about the welfare of the people? Only a liberal would conceive of that idea and that they – and only they - have the lock on and progressive and productive ideas.
Now to address rigid reactions, which you again infer without saying it (you coward) that Conservatives are too rigid which causes stalemates and suspicions – thank you for pointing out to all of us our ability to think about and place limits on policies both at home and abroad. Thinking outside the box is an ability we Conservatives welcome because without it, some of the programs and policies implemented for civil rights and civil liberties would go out of control and lose their effectiveness for everyone that needs them not just those abusing them.
Now, be a good little liberal and try to think of something insulting that is original.