I have heard sean hannity, rush limbaugh, and other so-called "conservative"(but really neocon) radio hosts talking about how civil liberties are "protecting terrorists." Why is liberty the target of these "conservatives"? (if you asked me, i would call them neocons or liberals).
"Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong." F. A. Hayek
"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric." Thomas Sowell
"Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of Tyrants; it is the Creed slaves." William Pitt
"It is seldom that any Liberty is lost all at once." David Hugh
let me just add that you will see people call me a liberal or commie in this question's answers, but i have to say that that is very ignorant, because conservatism (real, ronald reagan consrevatism, not george bush neoconservatism) was founded on these ideas.
2007-07-19 09:32:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Ritch Williams, yes, if you read my question's details again, you will see it
(Why is liberty the target of these "conservatives"?)
2007-07-19 10:19:13 · update #1
Civil liberties don't protect terrorists, they just protect the rights of everyone.
Terrorists can 'finesse' the resultant system to avoid detection, but they could find loopholes in even the most restrictive systems, too, so there's not much point giving up genuine liberties for the illusion of saftey, is there?
2007-07-19 09:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To neo-cons, civil liberties is an enemy ideology. That's why you hear them on YA denouncing the ACLU, which merely defends constitutional rights. They consider democratic rights to be subversive and unpatriotic. Fascist dictatorship is then what they must be seeking.
2007-07-19 20:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by atheist 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure the place you're getting that. section a million is fairly sparkling - "All persons born or naturalized in the U. S., and concern to the jurisdiction thereof, are voters of the U. S. and of the State wherein they stay." once you're born in the U. S., the 14th says you're an American citizen. BTW i'm not making a judgment call in this, i'm basically examining the language of the replace.
2016-10-22 02:31:33 · answer #3 · answered by harren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no conservatives left on the GOP. Fox sucks up to every Republican in office, is what they do.
2007-07-19 12:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by cynical 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it were up to Bush, he would be dictator instead of a president!
2007-07-19 09:36:11 · answer #5 · answered by tangerine 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Certain civil liberties are errantly protecting terrorist.
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2007-07-19 09:36:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Is there a question in there somewhere or are you just ranting senselessly?
2007-07-19 09:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by The emperor has no clothes 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋