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freebrew

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14. Rec'd...

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 01:01 PM

Feb 2015

Good rant. And spot on.

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Note to the lurking Righties:You are NOT a Conservative. Stop calling yourself one. [View all] riqster Feb 2015 OP

Yep. There was a time when 'Conservative' didn't mean insanity. onehandle Feb 2015 #1

Yep. It's why I use scarequotes when referencing Repubs and Neocons. riqster Feb 2015 #5

They are Neo-Confederates, not Conservatives by any stretch of the imagination. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #2

+1 riqster Feb 2015 #8

They only want to 'conserve' their ill gotten gains from Confederate crimes. freshwest Feb 2015 #13

Okay. In that, and that alone, they can be called conservatives. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #17

Just as the Confederacy's main objection to the USA was Equality. It was counter to their view that freshwest Feb 2015 #24

Yep. They would have us all be slaves. riqster Feb 2015 #25

Point. riqster Feb 2015 #19

Quite true! True conservatives are sane. True conservatives you can discuss and work RKP5637 Feb 2015 #3

Ike was a conservative. riqster Feb 2015 #7

So was Republican President Theodore Roosevelt. He's liberal compared to today's Teapublicans. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #12

S'truth. riqster Feb 2015 #15

Reactionary would be a more accurate description. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #40

Hey, using the same derogatory names gets old after a while. riqster Feb 2015 #41

Even Ike's conservative opponent in 1952, Robert Taft, would be too "liberal" for today's GOP... First Speaker Feb 2015 #43

And his son the Governor was convicted of crimes in office. riqster Feb 2015 #44

Excellent post! Thanks for saying it. RoBear Feb 2015 #4

Yep. No such thing as a conservative revolutionary. riqster Feb 2015 #6

K&R Scuba Feb 2015 #9

Boink. riqster Feb 2015 #10

The word conservative still seems to apply... Orsino Feb 2015 #11

Hmmm. Interesting take. riqster Feb 2015 #18

Yeah, you'd think that a conservative should be distinct from a feudalist. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #20

I've been feuding with these "conservatives" for decades now... riqster Feb 2015 #21

Rec'd... freebrew Feb 2015 #14

Thanks. riqster Feb 2015 #16

Well, They Did Get Away With It, Right? ProfessorGAC Feb 2015 #22

All true. riqster Feb 2015 #23

Present day GOPers are downright crazy Iliyah Feb 2015 #26

Would that it were so. riqster Feb 2015 #31

Conservatives conserve wealth for the oligarchs. Liberal want to liberally spread wealth around for valerief Feb 2015 #27

I dunno about that. Neocon motherfuckers start by stealing from us. riqster Feb 2015 #30

More like "Reactionaries"? fredamae Feb 2015 #28

A good word. riqster Feb 2015 #29

Reactionaries, in the historical sense, meant a return to the "Ancien Regime" Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #34

Interesting. riqster Feb 2015 #47

Umm... few notes for the author bobclark86 Feb 2015 #32

Notes back atcha: riqster Feb 2015 #33

Try again (or not, I have a life outside of Internet semantics) bobclark86 Feb 2015 #36

Rearranging the parameters is seen by amateurs as a surefire way to win a debate riqster Feb 2015 #38

"Regressives" would also be a good term for them: Jamaal510 Feb 2015 #35

A good word. Methinks I shall steal it. riqster Feb 2015 #37

A novelist weighs in Jim Lane Feb 2015 #39

Nice. riqster Feb 2015 #42

Lafferty wrote mostly science fiction. Jim Lane Feb 2015 #45

Thanks! riqster Feb 2015 #46