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Originally Posted by rubecube
Really off-topic but I often wonder how much crossover there is between the crotchety old men like Clint Eastwood who rail against everyone being too sensitive and the world getting too PC, and those who would completely flip their #### if you made jokes about veterans or took a dump on the flag.
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An absolute ton, I'd bet. It has to do with the moral gauge of conservative people (the way we'd talk about the meaning of "conservative" in the US context ten years ago, not the current fractured mess) being highly tuned towards the moral importance of loyalty and respect for authority, and lower on the care ethic metre that's dominated by liberals.
This is worth a watch on that point - if you just ignore the focus on libertarianism (it was a talk given at Cato) you can see the differences between what self-identified liberals and conservatives value.