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In reply to the discussion: I don't like conservatives. [View all]Bogart
(178 posts)67. The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, defines liberal as:
allowing many different types of beliefs or behavior: (a liberal society/person)
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, begins defining liberalism as: a political philosophy first formulated during the Enlightenment in response to the growth of modern nation-states, which centralize governmental functions and claim sole authority to exercise coercive power within their boundaries. One of its central theses has long been that a governments claim to this authority is justified only if the government can show those who live under it that it secures their liberty. A central thesis of contemporary liberalism is that government must be neutral in debates about the good human life...
And of course, the US was founded on the expanded principle of liberalism as espoused by John Locke, which holds that individual rights are natural, inherent, or inalienable, and exist independently of government.
Now, queries:
1) Do you believe that People have the right to do as they wish as long as they respect the same and equal rights of all other People as a matter of principle?
2) Do you believe that People should be forced to purchase anything, no matter how beneficial such a purchase may be to a person's life?
3) Do you believe that the 2nd Amendment is an Individual right, or a state right?
4) Do you believe that the "common good," or what's good for the majority, supersedes the rights of the minority, or the Individual?
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, begins defining liberalism as: a political philosophy first formulated during the Enlightenment in response to the growth of modern nation-states, which centralize governmental functions and claim sole authority to exercise coercive power within their boundaries. One of its central theses has long been that a governments claim to this authority is justified only if the government can show those who live under it that it secures their liberty. A central thesis of contemporary liberalism is that government must be neutral in debates about the good human life...
And of course, the US was founded on the expanded principle of liberalism as espoused by John Locke, which holds that individual rights are natural, inherent, or inalienable, and exist independently of government.
Now, queries:
1) Do you believe that People have the right to do as they wish as long as they respect the same and equal rights of all other People as a matter of principle?
2) Do you believe that People should be forced to purchase anything, no matter how beneficial such a purchase may be to a person's life?
3) Do you believe that the 2nd Amendment is an Individual right, or a state right?
4) Do you believe that the "common good," or what's good for the majority, supersedes the rights of the minority, or the Individual?
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I bought that book but just the chapters chilled my blood. I gave it away to a young person to read.
freshwest
Dec 2011
#19
Conservatism's most recent champion actually stated that "Money trumps peace."
Octafish
Dec 2011
#63
How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men and Helped Make the U.S. Into a Selfish, Greedy Nation
Octafish
Dec 2011
#70
We have two parties. They have their own, let them stay there and reform it. I think we
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#93
Personally, I try not to denigrate anyone; however, I don't have a whole lot of patience
Bogart
Dec 2011
#68
It has nothing to do with where I am going. Per your request, I "expanded on that."
Bogart
Dec 2011
#96
Just to be clear, I'm a Kennedy Democrat. Eleanor Roosevelt thought him too conservative.
Octafish
Dec 2011
#88
I don't either. Here's the thing about the rest - You can force politicians to think and act one way
bigtree
Dec 2011
#34
I do my best to try not to find out if someone is a republican so I won't take an attitude
ThomThom
Dec 2011
#39
Between inability to see shades of gray and inability to see and accept facts, I dislike them too.
Thor_MN
Dec 2011
#44
I don't like corporate fascists. Here in Wisconsin we have Weimar Republicans, we are at war.
bobthedrummer
Dec 2011
#52
What you said. And many thanks to you Wisconsinites for getting this push back started against these
lib_wit_it
Dec 2011
#54
Well, a lot of people claim that what you say is true, but I'm not so sure. If someone supports a
lib_wit_it
Dec 2011
#60
My family and self were viewed as less than human for decades. We became a longitudinal "research"
bobthedrummer
Dec 2011
#94
Putting money above people is a natural consequence of our capitalist system
ChillbertKChesterton
Dec 2011
#73