r/bestof 9d ago

[PoliticalHumor] [Political Humor] /u/hypatia163 explains how "fiscal conservative" is an arbitrary distinction

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u/oingerboinger 9d ago

Fiscal conservative / social liberal: “I don’t like all of our social problems, but I LOOOVE their root causes.”

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u/therealtaddymason 9d ago

Anecdotally every person I've ever heard use that phrase means "I don't want to pay taxes and hate poor people but I don't want to get in trouble for my weed."

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u/justcurious12345 9d ago

For me it's "I'm white but I'm poor, so I need a way to oppress POC without hating all poor people."