It seems foolish to believe that the totality of an individual's political beliefs can be catagorized under a single word.
2006-12-07 00:28:39 · 12 answers · asked by Timothy B 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They are over-used terms to label people. We do have a tendency to like to group/label people from the time we are born until the time we die. In every aspect of our lives....
No, I don't believe that you can label a person's politics with a single word...although I am a democrat, I am also a bit conservative...which is why I never vote a straight party ticket. And why I hate "Liberal" bashing...as well as "Conservative" bashing.
2006-12-07 00:38:12 · answer #1 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes they do. Liberals apply "liberal" use of the governments power.
conservatives obviously use the goverements power "conservatively."
seems to me this only refers to the governments oversight of Big Business. in that area, bush is conservative, but in other areas he is liberal (ex. the Iraq war is liberal use of military power).
People where typically referred to as "liberal" are actually conservative because the don't believe that government's power should be used to prohibit social behavior.
They are liberal because they believe the government should regulate business more.
2006-12-07 08:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is a way to keep people divided, i think it is an orchestrated rhetorical methodology divised by the upper class and corporate america. or maybe not
it could be a way to separate religious brain washed people and the compassionate intelligent people. I see the divide there.......
actually they call me a "flaming liberal"....it is a little more descriptive
2006-12-07 08:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both have meaning,but both sides use the terms to identify the entire group as the same.Obviously a dumb way to look at someone's individual beliefs..No one is happy unless they're right.....
2006-12-07 08:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by festeringhump 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course words have specific meanings, otherwise we couldn't communicate. Can a person be categorized under one word description? Depends on the person.
2006-12-07 08:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To certain, simple-minded cretin known as
doc·tri·naire /ËdÉktrÉËnÉÉr
–noun
1.a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
–adjective
2.dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher.
3.merely theoretical; impractical.
4.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a doctrinaire.
2006-12-07 08:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by S D Modiano 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They want the interest of the country under various names .
2006-12-07 08:31:38 · answer #7 · answered by muller K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Us versus Them". It has no real meaning, no, but it sells books and buys votes, and that's about all that matters. And funnily enough, too many are so easy to jump on the bandwagon.
2006-12-07 08:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When Johnson ran against Goldwater in 1964, they sure did.
Now the conservatives can't keep the books, and liberals vote to go to war.
What a deal!
2006-12-07 08:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No they have no real meaning anymore. They are used as hateful insults to hurl at someone who doesnt agree with you.
2006-12-07 08:30:38 · answer #10 · answered by Perplexed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋