Liberal vs. conserative vs. moderate desis

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Re: Liberal vs. conserative vs. moderate desis

@Theorist

1. Because I created this thread. Religious discussions here lead to nasty arguments especially given the topic here, it could get real nasty.

2. YES, we are discussing political/cultural views, hence the term DESI, and you are welcome to post those here.

3. I don’t care about religion but understanding religion helps me understand my community, my people. This is the only reason I care about it.

4. This isn’t meant to be a serious discussion, which is why I asked to keep religious out of it.

5. Definitions-
   Liberal- **a. ** Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
   **b. ** Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded

    Conservative- 
   

** a. ** Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.

** b. ** Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.

    Moderate - 
                 **a.** not extreme or excessive; within due or reasonable limits moderate demands
                 **b.** (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who holds moderate views, esp in politics

1: You don’t have to worry about the thread getting nasty, that’s for me to worry about. So let’s discuss this from any angle that we want to.

2: I don’t discuss politics much so how have you reached the conclusion that I’m conservative in my political views? Culture means nothing to me if it’s not in line with Islam. My views, like most Pakistani desis, about everything from clothing to using the toilet are governed by religion so it is obvious that whatever conclusion you have reached about me is because of my religious views so again how do we keep religion out of this one?

5: The definitions would’ve been different if I had asked another guppy whose thought process is different to yours. So the categories themselves hold no weight as there is no one definition for them. Like Enigmatic said, it is subjective.

And I wonder how I managed to survive in a conservative catholic country, making a tonne of friends of all religions, races, cultures, colours, shapes and sizes along the way, without being tolerant of their ideas and behaviour. Going by your definition, I’m quite a liberal! Hey there should be a 4th category - the liberaservatives!