RE: What's The Appeal of Conservatism?
October 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2010 at 12:45 pm by Amethyst.)
I am Libertarian and not at all religious. In fact, I'm an ex-Christian for a variety of reasons. I lost my faith about 6 years ago and spent a lot of time on an ex-Christian forum.
The religious wackos who claim to be conservative, and yet want to use their religion to control everybody's lives, make me angry. To me, it's about freedom. I disagree with Republicans on a number of issues, or I would vote Republican. Gay marriage, for example. I am perfectly fine with gay people getting married. I'm also pro-choice to an extent. But I believe saving money is a good thing, and this is one reason why I can't vote Democrat. I also believe in states' rights and that they should get a greater say in things over the Federal govt. The Libertarian party is the only one I agree with 90% of their issues.
Conservatism isn't about "the Old Ways". I sure as heck don't want to go back to the times before I was born. It's about less government control and more freedom. The problem is that the religious nutcases have taken over the main conservative political parties, leaving those of us who are not religious out in the cold. I don't want to go to the Democrat party, but the Republican party is also not for me. There really is no perfect political party for me. For that reason, I'm going to re-register as Independent Nov. 2nd.
It irritates me to no end that there is no atheist conservative pundit out there. I agree with Glenn Beck on a lot of political issues for example, but he drives me nuts when it comes to religious stuff. Same with the others. Why, why why must they make people think you have to be a religious nutcase to want less government control in your life?
*Head desk*
The religious wackos who claim to be conservative, and yet want to use their religion to control everybody's lives, make me angry. To me, it's about freedom. I disagree with Republicans on a number of issues, or I would vote Republican. Gay marriage, for example. I am perfectly fine with gay people getting married. I'm also pro-choice to an extent. But I believe saving money is a good thing, and this is one reason why I can't vote Democrat. I also believe in states' rights and that they should get a greater say in things over the Federal govt. The Libertarian party is the only one I agree with 90% of their issues.
Conservatism isn't about "the Old Ways". I sure as heck don't want to go back to the times before I was born. It's about less government control and more freedom. The problem is that the religious nutcases have taken over the main conservative political parties, leaving those of us who are not religious out in the cold. I don't want to go to the Democrat party, but the Republican party is also not for me. There really is no perfect political party for me. For that reason, I'm going to re-register as Independent Nov. 2nd.
It irritates me to no end that there is no atheist conservative pundit out there. I agree with Glenn Beck on a lot of political issues for example, but he drives me nuts when it comes to religious stuff. Same with the others. Why, why why must they make people think you have to be a religious nutcase to want less government control in your life?
*Head desk*
