Are you proud to call yourself a Neocon and why?

Question

I was not making any judgements by asking my question Screwed" I asked the same question of Liberals. I want to know where peoples' heads are at and am trying to understand why people think the way they do. Your response was not warranted.

Thanks for your very thoughtful response "Howtotellthetruth." I think other people should learn how to follow your example rather than try to hurl insults for no reason.

OK, I apologize, the word is "Neoconservative." But I do think there is a difference between a neoconservative and a conservative. We did not refer to conservatives back in Barry Goldwater's day as neoconservatives so something has changed. so now my question becomes are you proud to call yourself a Neoconservative and why?

for those of you who asked what a neocon or neoconservative is, here is part of a definition I found in Wikipedia which makes sense to me: "Neoconservatism is a political current and ideology, mainly in the United States, which emerged in the 1960s, coalesced in the 1970s, and has had a significant presence in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. It is today most closely identified with a set of foreign policy positions and goals: a hawkish stance during the Cold War and, more recently, in various conflicts in the Middle East. At times there have been distinct neoconservative positions in domestic policies; in particular, the first generation of neoconservatives were generally less opposed to "big government" and to social spending than other U.S. conservatives of the time, though they also called for significant restructuring of the goals and methods of many social programs.

Answer 1

I think Neocon means Neo Conservative. I'm not sure if I consider myself a conservative, but it wouldn't take long after hearing my views that you would label me as conservative. Am I proud of that? I'm not ashamed of it. I'm not puffed up with pride like Rush Limbaugh or anything like that. I'm not a cheerleader for the Republicans, I support our president, because he has to make tough decisions, and whether you like it or not he is the leader of the free world, and has to make decisions in a very troubling time. Imagine what he has to go through each day. No wonder he doesn't notice or pay attention to populariy polls.
We need to pray for and support our president. It's fine to express your disagreements, but the name calling should stop. I'm not saying Republicans haven't done thier share of name calling, they bashed Clinton too. That was wrong. But the stakes are even higher today. There's nothing to be proud of. Do what is right, and speak the truth.

Answer 2

There are hardly any conservative people who do call themselves "neocons." Not that I've seen or heard. The word seems to have been invented by people on the left to describe someone who they think is "right-wing" in ways that "right-wing" was not 30 years ago. I'd like to see people start using the term "neolib."

Answer 3

Ok, so what's a Neo Conservative? Doesn't the prefix "neo" mean NEW? A "new" conservative? What the???

Answer 4

What the hell is a Neocon? Some word that you just looked up for Q&A??

Answer 5

being consersative is a way of life just like being liberal

Answer 6

i would be prouder to call myself a turd in urine

Answer 7

are you proud to be an islamofacist appeaser?

Answer 8

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