RE: Are Republicans Conservative?
July 18, 2015 at 2:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 2:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Indeed, but since that traditional orientation is, at least in part, comprised of the arguers own opinions of what our culture was predominantly concerned with at some unspecified point in time......it;s a movable feast. Our traditions have (and continue to) change, at what point along that timeframe is a conservative allowed to draw justification? Given the breadth of the field - conservatives have plenty of options to stay true to the letter of the word, even if both you and I think that staying true to the spirit of the word is fairly well confined within those boundaries you just listed (with the caveat that I began this response with, of course.....that's -our- opinion of the status of tradition in this country over -our- preferred timeframe, leaving out those bits we don't want included going forward). A person could advocate for segregation or even slavery and be "conservative" - so what about those individual rights again? A person could argue that our society is traditionally christian (constitution be damned, 2nd and all) - and still be "conservative".
Many conservatives -do- claim to advocate for those things you mentioned, of course, as do many republicans (whether or not they -actually- advocate for them is another issue entirely, lol).
Many conservatives -do- claim to advocate for those things you mentioned, of course, as do many republicans (whether or not they -actually- advocate for them is another issue entirely, lol).
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