text: i was wondering if conservatives could actually conduct an educated conversation with a liberal without the? petty name calling? i have some conservative friends and we get along just fine.because believe it or not,there are some things we agree on. personally i think people have more in common than they may think.  it's stupid to attach yourself to a label because of a few hot topic issues.  i think most of america is moderate.  the idiots on the far ends of both sides get the most attention.  i think that neither the very conservative republicans, or the very liberal democrats represent a majority of america.  i could give a crap about gay marriage and abortion, but people on both sides of the issue put that ahead of health care and education and so on.  the things that truly matter take a back seat to issues that only affect a minority of americans.