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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow do you define a "Conservative"?
We know how they define a "Liberal". They have been very successful at corrupting the word and giving it new meaning.
After what this country has experienced with conservatism and "compassionate conservatism" for the last 30 years, how do they still speak with any credibility?
Why do some folks still buy the crap that this is a "conservative" or a "center-right" country after the fornication they have laid upon the American people?
Is that the best we can do?
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
That works for my definition.
I don't know how the right were so successful at vilifying the word "liberal." It seems like they've been defining the debate for some time. And I also disagree that we're a center-right country. People favor liberal policies when they're not identified as "liberal" (for instance, people support the idea of being able to bargain for better working conditions, as long as you don't mention the word "union."
T S Justly
(884 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)Bat shit crazy
Demented
Fucked up
Anti-American
Nazi
I could think of some more but you get the idea.
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)Can't get the fecal material out of their craniums and replace it with fresh ideas.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)They can't come to a consensus on what it means, therefore they are in constant bicker mode.
Delicious, isn't it?
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)old Wayback Machine to fuedalism.
Conservatives want to maintain the status quo and the existing order.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)Bring on the Inquisition!!!!
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Unwilling to consider possibilities outside of their past experience. Unwilling to explore different ideas and solutions. Rigid.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)mother fucking, no good, scum sucking, selfish, anal retentive, frothy fecal matter?
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)That could be really painful otherwise
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)... "keep it greasy and it'll go up easy."
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I don't think there's a catch-all definition for liberal or conservative, or independent for that matter. The general definition is one who adheres to tradition and resists change. That sure as shit didn't cover the shrub - the Bill of Rights was his real enemy, not "terrists".
dawg
(10,624 posts)It doesn't mean adhering to tradition and resisting change anymore. They are the ones who want to dramatically change our society.
It certainly doesn't mean fiscally responsible. To them, tax cuts are sarcocanct - to hell with the deficit it it means rich people might have to pay more.
Today, "conservative" has come to mean economic royalist in the U.S. The only constant among those who call themselves conservative is the desire to promote policies that favor the rich and powerful, often, but not always, at the expense of everyone else.
Raine
(30,540 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)They only want government to be small when it is regulating big business or providing benefits and protections to the poor and middle-class. When it's projecting military power across the globe, performing illegal surveillance of citizens, or interfering with a woman's reproductive choices, they are fine with big government.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)refuses to pay off when they lose.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)Socially, they are for government involvement to protect what they see as morals and values based on antiquated religious views.
But, some people who are very liberal politically may still be conservative in their approach. These folks might be cautious in every aspect of their life, not comfortable with rocking the boat, so to speak.
Special Prosciuto
(731 posts)sanctimonious superstitious scum-sucking shitheads.