(February 17, 2012 at 7:59 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: People like Ron Paul remind me of Muslims in that the Constitution to them is not a living document, but a static one, like some Koran to be followed rigorously and never changed...
Exactly and they want their values to also be black and white without a hint of gray.
Odd isn't it how the original words "liberal" and "conservative" came to be chosen to represent these two .. tendencie?
To my mind the word "liberal" is unabashedly positive in its original sense. Who wouldn't want to be open to hearing all the ideas and in favor of tolerance? But then excessive tolerance becomes permissiveness in some people's minds. And openness to hearing all the ideas butts up against the value of loyalty on the other side.
"Convservative" in the sense of prudence and preserving are positive but in excess become censorship and inflexibility. To my liberal mind set conservatives exalt in the status quo whiich favors them so well and have too little concern for real opportunity of upward mobility. They would rather argue that fate proves merit rather than allow for genuine advancement based on merit.
In the past the liberal democrats were the party beset by crazy extremists. Now the tables have been reversed. It seems the republicans actually require a huge field of candidates for the primaries just so that there may be one or two not yet debunked in the press by the time of the election.
