Makes for a liberal.

One thing I've noticed about conservatives, in my own experience only, is an lack of understanding of other cultures.

That's evident in a number of ways, such as "they hate freedom", or "they hate us because we're affluent".

Another is the view that the world would be MUCH better off if it were only like the US, cars, McDonalds and all that. Before anyone talks about medical care in the US, 43 MILLION Americans don't have insurance.

There seems to be very little awareness of the richness of other ways of life.

Understanding others leads to a way of regarding the world which is most closely defined as "liberal".

Arf