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In reply to the discussion: Sarah Palin Open to Creating New 'Freedom Party' if GOP Continues to 'Neglect Conservatives' [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)She is a right wing moron.
A conservative is one who believe in some sort of hierarchy is necessary for the functioning of an orderly society; however, a conservative also recognizes that this social hierarchy is a man-made construct and that this construct may become dysfunctional over a period of time.
Please note that this writer is not a conservative, but a democrat. I do not believe that a social hierarchy is necessary for the good health of society. On the contrary, a rigid social hierarchy is, in fact, unhealthy.
A tenant of right wing ideology is, contrary to conservative doctrine, that social hierarchy is sanctioned by a super-human force and should never be questioned. This force may be divine or natural, but usually framed in a way to make it irrational. Claims that this race is better than that one, men are simply better than women, that heterosexuals are better homosexuals or that there is only one true religion and all others are false are never supported by any scientific facts or sound logic. Consequently, an irrational social hierarchy must be defended with violence and oppression as members of the underclass will rebel against the system and even more intelligent members of the privileged class are likely to question anything irrational. The Aryan ideal of Nazi Germany was based on irrational "theories" that were based on faulty science at best and at worse were nothing more than racist assertions made up out of thin air. Less murderous racist states, such as the Apartheid regime in South Africa, are still based on a social order that the official social mythology holds cannot be challenged when in fact challenging it is as easy as saying "I don't think so."
When pressed, a right winger may come up with something that is pseudo-logical argument, often loaded with panglossian reasoning. For example, please click here and check out this guy's nonsense.