Covid exposes big differences between conservatives and liberals...

Sometimes it takes something truly remarkable to bring out the best or worst in people. What we have found out in this particular pandemic is critical in understanding the differences between conservatives and liberals. The fundamental differences in how the two personality types differ.

Let's review what we have learned:

Federal vs State: The very first thing that happened is that pretty much every liberal in the country looked at the Federal Government for pretty much everything. Given 99% of all medical supplies and medical personnel are localized, there is literally nothing in place to really "federalize" a medical response in fifty states other than to do what we basically did (create a task force and try to run some point). Yet it didn't stop liberals from demanding that it be done anyways and it didn't stop failing Governors to deflect blame to others (Governor Cuomo). To some degree I factor this to be partially a large confusion regarding what a Republic actually is and the other part is the idea that crying about a lack of Federal response made great political fodder with a Republican President. Would have been a much different media experience had we had a Democrat in office.

Mandates vs personal responsibility: I have never seen so many liberals so upset with the actions of other people that realistically should have no personal effect on them. Quite frankly, this seems to be some sort of issue with control (or in this case a lack of control). Liberals apparently cannot stand free will to any degree when free will allows people to do what they don't want them to do. For conservatives, the whole reopening of the economy is about giving people their freewill back. Allowing people to make their own informed decisions about their own safety. It reminds me a little about the push a few years back to ban the sale of SUV and Trucks because those vehicles made driving a smart car less safe. Driving a smaller less safe and less useful car to save gas is a decision. Just as driving a bigger safer more useful vehicle that might use more gas is a decision. Just as staying home vs going to the beach on the fourth of July is a decision. Conservatives understand this and embrace the responsibility. Liberals hate the very concept of choice because it requires them to acknowledge the concept that they are ultimately responsible for themselves, when they would rather be controlling others.

Emotion vs logic: We have to look no further than the concept from liberals that determined it to be perfectly acceptable (if not medically important) to go out into the streets and protest in large crowds, because people were "upset". Meanwhile, as these very protests were rising up throughout the country, the liberal powers to be were still banning people from attending outdoor church services or having small outdoor gatherings, because that was apparently "unsafe". This is one of the many classic emotionally driven arguments made by liberals throughout this whole thing that flies in the face of all logic and understanding of the virus. It basically ruined much of the goodwill that had been created over the situation.

Science vs science: Once again, the power of actual science that requires the attention to data, the realigning of wrong assumptions, and the ability to prove what you allege is ignored by the so called "Party of science". Again and again, liberals have cited "predictions" about the future from sources that are sometimes qualified to have their opinion and sometimes not. But predictions are not science. Never has been and never will be. Does anyone remember when the buzz was that South Dakota was the biggest Covid outbreak not just in the country, but in the entire world? Went on for a good week or so before it was replaced by something else. Oh, and South Dakota still hasn't reached 100 deaths statewide, btw. If you look at these debates closely, you still (even today) see every liberal talk about what is to be coming, just around the corner, any day now, etc, etc... while ignoring the actual data and numbers that sit out there for anyone to look at. It's amazing how often people will try to dispute data from the CDC with an opinion piece written by a political writer from a liberal news source, then demand you are the one who is uninformed. Science? Nope. Raw emotional politicized fear mongering with the net end desired result being about some sort of political end.