Why is it that Democrats use the term neocon so freely while referring to Republicans? If you research the subject, you will see where the term originated. The prefix neo- refers to two ways in which neoconservatism was new. First, many of the movement's founders, originally liberals, Democrats or from socialist backgrounds, were new to conservatism.
I got this from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocon) and other recources.
One quote from Wiki: Irving Kristol remarked that a neoconservative is a "liberal mugged by reality," one who became more conservative after seeing the results of liberal policies.
2006-11-09 03:11:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This IS a question. I'm asking why Libs use a term so freely that they seem to have no understanding of but hed
2006-11-09 03:20:08 · update #1
Because it allows somebody to de-humanize people with different political opinions.
2006-11-09 03:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Neo Conservative attempts to classify Republicans excluding those that represent true Republican values vs. those that simply dress themselves in the disguess of a conservative but are truly more conserned with expanding the corporate elitist agenda. I respect true Republicans - Goldwater - Buckley - George Will. They will be the first to tell you that the party has been lost to the Neocon agenda. Perhaps you need to start by defining what a conservative is.
2006-11-09 03:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by Patrick B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, wikipedia is not a definitive reference for any answer. From what you quote the neo-con article was written by neo-cons. Having lived through all these changing times and labels my considered opinion is that neo-cons were labelled because they went beyond Berry Goldwater and into territories of control and propaganda that Goldwater would have, and in some cases did condemn.
2006-11-09 03:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Neo-con is a term picked up by pundits and muckrakers that really has no meaning, but sounds good on TV and stuck. The word I'm sure is an object of derision.
2006-11-09 03:16:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Nazi-Con ideology is just a cover story to hide what these opportunistic frauds really are, we should judge them by the way they act and what motivates them rather than bother with reading their irrelevant babblings.
2006-11-09 04:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Neo-cons were quite proud of the term. It was never considered slander.
Now they seem ashamed, as they should be.
Neo-cons were never conservative and there fascist ideas were anything but new.
(neo-nazi)(con=convict)
2006-11-09 03:22:48 · answer #6 · answered by wlday2002 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Radical islamism coemerged with neoconservatism.
See "The Power of Nightmares", a BBC documentary on The Google video.
2006-11-09 03:16:17 · answer #7 · answered by shrill alarmist, I'm sure 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
they don't even know its a compliment.
2006-11-09 03:16:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋