The Nashua Advocate: Introducing the "X-Con," a Word for 2005 and Beyond

The new editorial from The Nashua Advocate can be found here.

We herald the impending death of modern Conservatism, and posit what will shortly take its place on the political Right: the notion (or so we submit) of the "X-Con."

It's a word we hope will quickly make its way into the political vernacular, as there's really no other way to describe the implosion of the Right--for once and for all--over the Terri Schiavo fiasco.

Or, for that matter, the resultant destruction of the G.O.P. as we once knew it.

The News Editor
The Nashua Advocate

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An excerpt:

To be a "neo-conservative" (or "neo-con") is to consciously reject established principles of conservatism in favor of--or so you might submit were you a self-proclaimed "neo-conservative"--their better: for example, military colonialism; runaway government spending; politics-as-marketing; the abolition of the estate tax; the teaching of creationism in the nation's schools; opposition to affirmative action but support for "legacy" admissions; pork-barrel spending for military and corporate interests; expansion of corporate welfare and government subsidies for failed global conglomerates; support for the erosion of the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, and the separation between Church and State; promotion of monopolies in business, at the expense of the free market; federal control over state prerogatives such as the decriminalization of marijuana, euthanasia, and the death penalty; contempt for the learned experts of academia and their hard-won knowledge and degrees, coupled with great affection for the "mob rule" and "junk expertise" of talk radio hosts and cable-news talking heads.

Neo-conservatives are not "remaking" conservatism, in other words.

They are, quite literally, pooping all over it.

Nor is neo-conservatism generally considered a popular phenomenon in America; few "average" Americans claim to be neo-conservatives, as the designation is largely limited to those in politics, the military, and (in rare instances) the academy.

So how do we term the tens of millions of self-proclaimed "conservatives" who embrace neo-conservatism in their policy positions--as witnessed most recently by the Terri Schiavo affair, which had even former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan calling progressives "lovers of death"--but who demonstrate, nevertheless, an inexplicable empathy for so-called "true conservatism" in their construction of a political self-image?

(MORE AT THE NASHUA ADVOCATE).

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or home-grown fascists, its all the same

they want society to move backwards to before the 1960's, don't they? some other blogger wrote about how the public associates beng conservative with good things, like being careful and planning ahead. Well they do none of these things, and neo-cons is not fitting eiter, as no-one outside the beltway or without the proper education understands the implications of that. X-cons might be good too, but on the political spectrum chart, these guys would fit in the far far right, which is the same thing as being reactionary. As far as normal public usage goes Reactionaries doen't have the same emotional charge though, I agree. You can try to get a new word into the popular lexicon, but I think its easier to use a prexisting word. Is there one to describe these people though?

But first we'd have to firmly establish 'Progressive' in the vernacular...

They are indeed the True Believers because the larger the hypocrisy, the more they believe it. George W. is their new Spiritual Leader and they "believe" him and the rest of the gobbeldy-gook that the neo-fascists feed them with a religious fervor.

I usually just call 'em Nazis, but that label has already been taken.

.......http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3352503

Thank you for all you do.

:thumbsup:

...as well as your continued support of TNA.

We will do our best to continue to make you proud!

-- TNE

I'm just down the road.

This network is not restricted to America.

Whatever we call these creatures (GOP Ghoulie Men?), we need to find a way to build a bridge to peoople of good faith so that we can bankrupt and bust up this network.

You did make a smile with that one, SmileMaker (or rather a belly laugh).

To convicted Felons everywhere. Other than that it works on many levels.

-Hoot

:kick:

...the key word in each case is cons.

:spank:

Communists and Neo-Cons want the government and the market to be one and the same. But:

- Communists want the government to rule the market.

- NeoCons want the market to rule the government.

They also have a similar philosophy, but different views, about religion.

- Communist governments have, in the past, embraced atheism.

- NeoCons believe the government should also dictate religion, only to control the people mind you, and that the religion must be pro-rich and pro-war.

Communists and NeoCons are both the same and yet different.