I mean, if we just take the original political definitions of the words, "conservative" and "liberal", we find that:
"conservatives" tended to favor individual rights, states rights, and limited federal power.
"Liberals" initially meant a person who favored large federal government, and reduced individual rights.
It seems now that "conservative" means "a person who blindly supports the policies of the current republican leadership/administration, no matter how far they stray from what you KNOW to be your core beliefs. "
"Liberal" seems to mean, "anyone who disagrees with the current republican administration/leadership on any issue, no matter how benign or important"
I myself am a former member of the Republican Party, and I resigned due to the policies of this Administration reguarding expansions in social welfare programs, unnecessary military expansions, unnecessary wars, and interference in what I had always considered states rights.
Please, spew your ignorance at me.
2007-07-12
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