although i am a proud progressive liberal i cannot speak for all liberals. yes, it is true that liberals are sometimes hypocrites, for example, in their failure to recognize the rights of certain groups including ultra-orthodox jewish communities. some liberals attach to every stance the progressive liberal thought preaches even if there are ulterior reasons for the position. for example, on israel. a true liberal should not be able for one second to support the misogynist, racist, evil and cruel position of the arab world yet we find so many liberals willing to support hamas which hangs gay people and oppose israel which provides freedoms for the same people. nu, such is the way of the world.
the original question is misguided, though. although i believe our penal system is both overtaxed and unfair to blacks and other minorities i believe a distinction needs to drawn between what is the right thing to do and what the law should be. i would not want my children to take drugs, enter a gay relationship or get an abortion but i believe everyone should have the right to do any of those things. that is not being hypocritical. not everything that is a moral vice should be illegal. i also would not want my kids to smoke cigarettes, play in atlantic city or even watch television. those things, of course, are all legal. i also would not want my kids to eat triefus or be mechalel shabbis. those things are not only legal there is no moral vice attached to them.
as an othodox jew, my belief system is formed by the torah but a as a citizen of this great nation i do not want my belief system to form the position of government.
and honestly, are there more conservatives in the bible belt that live on credit and welfare or upper west side liberals? lets be realistic.