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Originally Posted by DMTower
I think also that living around lots of other people simply develops a more "liberal" live and let live attitude in people. It's not like there is some infestation of liberals overrunning the city, it's that people in Salt Lake are becoming less conservative as they are exposed to other ways of life. CCC isn't going to stop this trend... if anything it will be good for those conservative people that move in because the urban lifestyle might open their minds a bit.
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Well, one can still live a "conservative" lifestyle and uphold their "conservative" values and still be accepting of other people and lifestyles. I wouldn't call this "liberal", but "open-minded". "Liberals", too, need to be open-minded and accepting of people with more "conservative" lifestyles. I tend to hear "liberal" associated with "open-minded", though that is not necessarily true. One can be just as easily "conservative" and "open-minded" as "liberal" and "open-minded".
We mustn't let the severly right-swung RNC exemplify "conservatism". Just because the DNC has come much more to the center of American Politics and is more popular, doesn't mean we can credit "liberalism" as being "open-minded". The two major political parties in the U.S. only represent a small point on the Liberal-Conservative political scale. These terms are much broader, and most people aren't just one or the other, but a mixture of both. Just because some LDS people are judgemental and intollorant of other lifestyles doesn't mean all are. Just because some "liberals" think they know everything, doesn't mean that all do. By asserting that as a person becomes more "liberal", s/he becomes more "open-minded" is not accurate. One who becomes more accepting of other views becomes more "open-minded" regardless of political affiliation or lifestyle preference.
This kinda reminds me of a couple political experiences I had not too long ago (I know we're talking lifestyle here, but I can't resist)
*Story time*
In regard to politics, I have run into intolorant people in both parties. Once I was talking with an older man identified as "Republican". He told me that he knew I was "Republican". When I said that I wasn't, he explained, "Well, you must be. You are patriotic, right?" I responded, "Yes...". He then informed me, "Then you must be Republican!"
Once I was talking politics to a young man self-identified as a "Democrat". He told me that, "You are a Democrat, you just don't think you are." I explained that I certainly wasn't. He then asked, "You believe in the right to protest, don't you?" Wondering what he would say if I said "no", I did so. He muttered, "Then you must be a Republican."
In both situations, both men were equally closed-minded. According to these two, I am a Republican because I am "patriotic" and "don't believe in the right to protest". I do happen to believe in this right, but I thought it would be funny if I played along with his perception of things
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For example, I don't at all agree with Urbanboy that cars are out to destroy human kind, but I can see where he's coming from. I recognize that his concerns regarding cars are valid concerns, but I am not concerned with some of them. 
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