A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged...

[T Roosevelt]

A liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

I'd never heard that one before.

[StopTheMorans]

1. no, a conservative is an insecure person who wants to deny everyone

else the right to the american dream, when they enjoyed an easy route themselves...

[Kire]

8. they can have been mugged, too

it's not a mutually exclusive thing

[Droopy]

2. Well I've been ripped off on several occasions

and I'm still a liberal. But then again, I've also been arrested a few times. So who knows?

[jellybelly]

20. arrested a few times?

LOL! Like it's so normal...LOL!

[asthmaticeog]

3. I've been mugged.

At gunpoint.

Still a liberal.

[deutsey]

12. Same here

[Nay]

19. Been physically attacked, also held at knifepoint, still a liberal.

[tk2kewl]

4. what if youv'e been mugged and arrested?

:shrug:

[punpirate]

5. You're a...

... Libertarian. :P

[asthmaticeog]

6. I guess you join the DLC.

[tk2kewl]

9. Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Liberal Veteran]

7. I've been robbed at gunpoint and I'm still a liberal.

Maybe even moreso now.

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Same here.

Poverty causes crime.

Republicans cause poverty.

[TXlib]

10. The grain of truth in that saying is that

you are exposed to something that affects you very personally that may shake your beliefs.

[AlCzervik]

11. I've been mugged and held up and i'm still liberal

thats an old expression that doesn't ring true.

[Cobalt Violet]

13. I've been robbed at knife point.

And I'm still a liberal.

[hickman1937]

15. Hanging on, tooth and nail to white America

Any excuse will do, especially the ones gotten at church.

[BlueJazz]

16. No..a conservative is a liberal that has had their brain...

..taken out, put in a Waring Blender, put back together by Zell Miller and reprogramed by the "700 Club"

PS: ...and that's the smart ones.. :)

[DBoon]

17. A socialist is a conservative whose job has been outsourced

and has lost all medical benefits as a result

[KurtNYC]

18. And a libertarian is a republican that smokes pot

[jellybelly]

21. But...

I've never been mugged or arrested:cry:
I guess I'll never fit in at DU