Why is it that all of the people here on yahoo that call me a neocon, could not come up with a definition of?

Question

what a neocon is.

Seriously folks, the people that toss that term into every one of those answers, did not even try to express what it means

What a joke.

I am talking about the people that use the term, there are many of them posting here on yahoo. At least have the knowledge to know what it means,

And I do realize that there were 2 answers out of 5 that did answer, but what about all the people who post it without knowing what it means

Answer 1

I know what the term means and where and when it started but believe only a very few really do. I can pretty much guarantee neither one of us is a neo-conservative.

Most often when I see that in an answer I give it an automatic thumbs down as a person who is not worth wasting my time on.

If I see it in a question I pass it by.

The users of that term on Y!A are merely showing their ignorance and basic lack of intelligence.

They heard it from a source that only supports their puny little world view and figure if it is good enough for someone they admire they should use, regardless if they know what it means.

My suggestion to you, ignore them, it really makes them angry to be ignored.

Answer 2

Not sure which question, but I will give my best answer as I understand the movement.

Generally speaking, the neo-cons originally were people who were slightly left of center on economic and social issues but hawks on foreign policy. They thought that after the Vietnam War the Democratic Party had gone soft on Communism and military spending.

Obviously, the movement has evolved since the end of the Cold War and the "students" of the original neo-cons are the ones currently running. Generally, today the neo-con approach is perceived as being a tough Wilsonian approach to foreign policy placing emphasis on promoting democracy with a large degree of unilateralism.

Answer 3

Folks who use it have no idea what it means.
Google the name "Michael Harrington" he was head of the "American Socialist Party" in the 1960's and part of the 70's. He used the term to describe the "Intellectual Liberals" of the time, namely JFK as not being Liberal enough.
JFK supported a lower tax and a large military and aggressive foriegn policy.
So originnaly it was used by Socialists to describe Kennedy like Democrats.

Answer 4

Most of the ones so-referred to as "neokons" are already IN the Army. The best rationale I'm now not is considering I'm already married to the Army, and statistically, marriages in which each companions are army have a greater divorce fee. 'Course, while I was once more youthful I hated the army, and I was once truthfully a hardcore hippie. By the time I began fitting extra conservative, I had met my husband, and we have been already very a lot in love. Why do not YOU move become a member of?

Answer 5

Neoconservatism is a political movement that emerged as a rejection of liberalism and the New Left counter-culture of the 1960s. It coalesced in the 1970s and was influential in the Reagan administration, George H. W. Bush administration, and George W. Bush administration. It has received so much attention because it represented a realignment in American politics and the defection of "an important and highly articulate group of liberals to the other side."

Answer 6

Sorry Dina,
I didn't see your previous question until a couple of hours ago.
Some people do have other commitments and a Life other than being on Yahoo Answers 24/7. :)))

Answer 7

THey callyou that, without knowing what it means, because they are parrots. Anything to insult, so they think. I went through this during the VIetnam War era. All these loud mouths wanted to tear the system down. But they never said what they would replace it with. When it was replaced, it was with Jimmy Carter. Good going.
It is just children making noise. Nothing to be concerned about.

Answer 8

Try Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

2) a conservative who advocates the assertive promotion of democracy and U.S. national interest in international affairs including through military means

The term is important because the Republican party USED to be about smaller government, but these days the majority of the party is interested in what amounts to imperialism and religiously inspired social regulation.

Answer 9

Do not forget to include the religious evangelicals that have aligned themselves to the conservative values. You have to be right of the usual republican message. It is a view that is close to radical. I like the idea of as little governmental control as possible and find both sides wrong for American society. We do not need more government, we need less.

Answer 10

Cosmo a uses it all the time. I don't think he knows what it means either because every time he uses it he calling someone a racist moron.