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survivor999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:36 PM
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To me, "conservativism" simply means "license to be selfish jerks"
Am I wrong?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:39 PM
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1. That about sums it up. nt
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Glib Acumen Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:40 PM
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2. Conservatism's meaning has changed.
A long time ago, conservative was a good thing : cautious, thrifty, polite. But today, conservatism has a connotation of mass murderer, racist, big spender, nationalist, empire builder, selfish jerks.
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survivor999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:42 PM
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3. True. Because subhumans such as Limbaugh
call themselves conservatives. I could definitely go with Howard Dean's conservativism (he calls himself a conservative).
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randy5235 Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:46 PM
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Hmmm Perhaps we are better than "them"?
"They" have tried (and succeeded to some degree) to Turn Liberal into a dirty word. We could do the same thing with Conservative. I believe however it would be better to differentiate between "Neo-Cons" and true Conservatives. I may not agree with their policy but they want the same as we do. a better country.


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Glib Acumen Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:48 PM
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7. Limbaugh started this mess
Rush was the thought leader for the current style of re:pudlickins.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:45 PM
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4. Yep, "selfish jerks" who act like sophomores in high school
They are and will always be people I don't find appealing.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:46 PM
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5. Pretty much the same as Libertarian
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survivor999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-08-06 10:47 PM
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6. I agree.
Though I know only a couple of them. Dead on.
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