It seems to me these have become just labels to attack those who don't agree with us. Neither group sticks with the classic liberal/conservative ideology, so why bother calling ourselves that?
2006-07-10 08:31:16 · 7 answers · asked by john_stolworthy 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I am socially liberal/fiscally conservative, so I guess that makes me a moderate.
2006-07-10 08:38:57 · update #1
There are few truly conservatives or liberals out there... they are either democrats or republicans who chose to separate from the party identification because they don't want to be thought of as ideologues.
It was trendy to say conservative or liberal because that gave the impression that they are independent of party affiliation and vote issues, not party.
Then the media picked up on it and started identifying TV talking heads as conservative or liberal and as usual the usage became trendy and became bastardized. Now people say liberal when they mean democrat and conservative when they mean republican.
Which is funny because the republicans have moved further left into the middle and the democrats have moved further left towards radicalism. So middle of the road democrats are being labeled as NeoCons. Even Joe Lieberman, who is quite liberal, agrees with Bush on one point and he is a "conservative".
The terms liberal and conservative have become so overused and wrongly used that they fail to mean anything.
2006-07-10 08:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where have you been Bro? I missed your sanity!
Liberals support civil liberties but NOT the second amendment.They support civic participation to benefit all (especially the poor) yet churches make up the largest funders AND supply the most volunteers to such programs. They say they support education yet are lenient on crime (ever try to help a kid study in the projects?). Then they support tax breaks but only if the poor and the rich don't get any (me me me me)
Cons support a small government out of the lives of civilians yet support bans on marriage. They support government control of morality. Bush has spent more on expanding the government.. does he even know what a veto is?
Both parties are a wash in corruption and pandering for votes. Nobody is steering the ship.
2006-07-10 15:47:32 · answer #2 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're general labels. Left and right might be more accurate, as they encompass more things.
For example, I'm fiscally conservative but tend more toward libertarian socially.
And many liberals tend toward collectivism. They think that somehow they can get all the (alleged) benefits of socialism without the (inseperable) problems it brings.
2006-07-10 16:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a social liberal and a fiscal liberal.
I think that a free society should be able to regulate it's own markets democratically.
Rather than have the private sector bureaucratic hierarchies dictate what my interest are economically.
The private sector organizations have governments too, however they get to write their losses off on their taxes and they are not democratic.
2014-09-10 11:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by MTR 2.0 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if they're "really" what they say anymore, but I don't think there has ever been a greater divide, or more name-calling, between factions as there is now.
2006-07-10 15:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BINGO! We have a winner!
And if conservatives are soooooooooo conservative why are they're answers and cabal so damn filthy? Cant answrer that one huh? I didnt think so.
Conservative-prefers society controlled by an aristocracy
Liberal-prefers personal individuality.
Which one do YOU prefer?
2006-07-10 15:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a trick question?
2006-07-10 15:55:05 · answer #7 · answered by therandman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋