Conservatives or people with limited government philosophical beliefs have a much harder task explaining their reasoning in a soundbite world. If you vote against any social service, you are a monster; you want children to starve extra. A lot of individuals benefit from things I do not support, but my opposition to those policies does not in any way have anything to do with my will toward the people who benefit or suffer. Being liberal is much easier; you get to act on the ends and justify the means; whatever you conclude to be good is right; the outcome is what matters, not the process. In some cases, the outcome doesn't even matter; only the noble intent matters. Like me, people who believe in limited government act upon moral, philosophical reasoning, our perceived "right and wrong." That means we find ourselves opposing things we might benefit from out of consistency for our principles, not mal intent for others. We may disagree, but I don't believe most ...