A question for Conservatives - If you could get rid of all the Liberals, would you be willing.........?

Question

...give up the Liberal things such as.....clean air and water standards, worker safety protections, the 40 hour work week, the social security program, the civil rights movement, the equal rights movement, the free speech movement, discrimination protections, the school lunch program, birth control, rural electrification, organized labor, child labor laws, minimum wage, employee health care benefits, public assistance, Americans with Disabilities Act, fair housing legislation, the Freedom of Information Act, the Voting Rights Act, food and drug safety regulations, federally subsidized student loans, collective barganing....and everything else we have done to put power back in the hands of the individual and out of the hands of the ruling and corporate elite?

Would you be willing to? All or nothing, get rid of the Liberals and you have to give up what the Liberals worked for that benefit you also. Would you be willing?

Wow!!! Such hate for liberals!! I would never accept any deal to get rid of the conservatives as differing points of view are crucial to attempting fair practices in government.
This amazes me! o_0

Answer 1

Good question and the ignorance of some of the answers is astounding -- so conservatives abolished slavery, passed worker safety legislature, all those programs passed in the New Deal. promoted Birth control. labor rights? LOL.

EDIT: The republicans were the "Liberal Party" under Lincoln, conservatives opposed all New Deal programs including social security. Any republicans who voted in favor of Civil Rights legislation and voting rights was from the socially liberal wing of the Republican party and voting along with the liberal democrats who sponsored the legislation.

EDIT: The first FDR -- lol you mean Theodore Roosevelt and as indicated by his actions he was not a "conservative" he was a progressive who also fought abuses of big business. He left the Republican Party and ran as a "Progressive" against Taft in 1908.

Only those who are ignorant of history make the mistake of seeing "Conservative" and "Republican" as interchangeable, equivalent terms. Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens and the rest of the "radical Republicans" who pushed for the abolition of slavery and promoted reconstruction, Teddy Roosevelt, Nelson Rockfeller and his supporters, John Linsdsay were Republicans -- they WERE NOT "conservatives".

The Bill of Rights and the idea of representative democracy are the epitome of classic liberal political philosophy. At the time of the revolution, the conservatives in America were called tories or loyalists and they supported the King of England.

Conservatives by definition seek to preserve the status quo, and oppose progress.

Answer 2

No, I ain't getting rid of nobody!! lmao
Liberalism refers to a broad array of related ideas and theories of government which advocate individual liberty.[1] Liberalism has its roots in the Western Age of Enlightenment.

Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. A liberal society is characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy, free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected. [2] In the 21st century, this usually means liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law. [3]

Liberalism rejected many foundational assumptions that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, and established religion. Fundamental human rights that all liberals support include the right to life, liberty, and property.


Conservatism is a relativistic term used to describe political philosophies that favor traditional values, where "tradition" refers to religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs. The term is derived from the Latin, conservāre, to conserve; "to keep, guard, observe". Since different cultures have different established values, conservatives in different cultures have different goals. Some conservatives seek to preserve the status quo, while others seek to return to the values of an earlier time, the status quo ante.

Samuel Francis defined authentic conservatism as “the survival and enhancement of a particular people and its institutionalized cultural expressions.”[1] Roger Scruton calls it “maintenance of the social ecology” and “the politics of delay, the purpose of which is to maintain in being, for as long as possible, the life and health of a social organism.”[2]Scholar R.J. White once put it this way:

"To put conservatism in a bottle with a label is like trying to liquefy the atmosphere … The difficulty arises from the nature of the thing. For conservatism is less a political doctrine than a habit of mind, a mode of feeling, a way of living."[3]

Answer 3

<>Yes. Most of what you list is already in the constitution and/or the bill of rights. And the ones that aren't do not put power in the individual, as you state, it takes power from the individual and gives it to the government. If you want to know what the right thing to do is, look at a liberal and do the exact opposite.

Answer 4

No. And while those things were the fruits of progressives' labor, they have VERY little to do with today's liberals. There is a difference between progressive and liberal.

Answer 5

I appreciate you liberals (now known as commucrats)..I really do. You always point me in the right direction. If you say left I know right is the best direction, if you say no, the yes is correct. You guys and gals have a huge responsibility.

I say commucrats because it is a blending of your two parties and mindsets. 75% communist and 25% "demoncrat".

Answer 6

the first FDR was a republican and was the FIRST president to start conservation in Americas history...not a liberal, social security...yes...civil rights was by a Christian black man and a republican congress brought the issue to congress first...not liberals...free speech was guaranteed...not liberal...to many to refute right...but not all you say was a contribution of liberals...and yes i would be proud to export all liberals for a freer society...
liberals have increase crime, blurred right and wrong, taught American hate, encouraged our enemies, made American vulnerable, etc...

Answer 7

Now that's what I've been talking about for a long time. Tell 'em, Jane!

TO Cricket - Please, DO tell what that difference is, as you see it.

TO Turntable - "The first FDR"? And who, pray tell, is that, exactly?

Answer 8

Yes of course

Answer 9

Don't forget National Parks

Answer 10

Yes. I believe in the idea of rugged individualism.