I am a Conservative Liberal. Are You? (gallon, racist, party)

[Little-Acorn]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

I think you can be a fiscally conservative liberal.

That's like noticing that the iceberg put a gash only in the front of the Titanic, not the back; and then announcing the ship was a floating sinker.

Makes zero sense, of course... as I expected from a confused liberal.

NOTE TO LIBERALS:

It can either float, or it can sink. There is no "combination of the two".

[SunValleyRoadKing]

I'm a "why are some people so obsessed with labels" person.

I'm a moderate independent white male middle-aged printer who rides a Harley. So is my wife...except for the male part...and she rides in back. So what?

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by tillman7

Think about it:

I support the Liberal Agenda when it comes to Economic Policy, But I Don't Support Gay Marriage (These damn single women need to strap their gay children to a tree and beat them until they turn straight), and I Don't Support SOME of the Laws that Favor Women (Child Support Payments, Women's gets off for forcing a man to hit her, etc.). I believe ALL Transgendered Individuals should be required to get licenses.

But everyone I know NEEDS money to survive.

Are you a Conservative Liberal?

You're not a conservative liberal. What you are is a fascist. I don't mean that in the derogatory sense of the word, with all the racist and violent connotations, but in a strictly historical sense of the word -- supporting both big government and conservative social policies is fascism. As in Mussolini style fascism rather than Nazi style. Socialist economic policies combined with traditionalist family values and patriotism social policies is exactly what Mussolini advocated.

This is why, by the way, most conservatives argue that fascism is actually left wing rather than right wing. Conservatives abhor the government intervention in the economy that fascism advocates.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by tillman7

Are you a Conservative Liberal?

You can be a conservative democrat or a liberal republican, but calling yourself a conservative liberal is an oxymoron, like living dead.

also, you have some serious demons.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

For most of western history, I would have been considered a species of (small "l") liberal. Then the French Revolution happened. Now I'm a reactionary conservative, but only reluctantly. This essay explains - ...

Classical liberalism is parasitic. Liberals need a conservative host to survive, a standard from which to deviate (because that's what liberals do: deviate). Being a liberal is therefore a luxury for those who live in stable, conservative times. In revolutionary times such as ours, liberalism destroys its host and becomes Liberalism, a self-contained ideology a thousand times more intolerant than the old conservative order it replaced.

Parastism is equal on both sides most of the time. The parasite gets something, and so does the host.
Conservatives would not exist without liberals and vice versa.

I have believed for a long time that people are born one way or the other, with many shades that fall between the extremes of both. It's biological.

We are a pack species and a herd species at the same time, a rarity in nature. Both packs and herds need conservative and the liberal members in equal measure.

Since nature continually changes, and the challenges of species survival continually change, what is conservative and stable at one period will not stay like that forever. Sometimes the periods of stability are long, and sometimes they are short.

In human affairs, who is a revolutionary? Is he a liberal or a conservative? History shows us he can be either. Or, over time, both. Nothing is fixed and immutable.

[Icy Tea]

I'm a radical centrist.

[tillman7]

BTW, I Believe in My Right To Bear Arms. The only issues in which I am a bit conservative are social issues. I do however believe in providing rights to Hispanics who only desire to live the American Dream whether they are in the country legally or illegally.

[swbtoo]

I don't believe the OP knows what he/she is. A little bit of this and a little bit of that is wishy-washy-on-the-fence until the wind blows one way or the other.

There's no anchor, nor compass. Sounds like it's all emotion. Which is sweet, but not very solid or sound.

Come to think, that reminds me of our President.

[Swingblade]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

This is why, by the way, most conservatives argue that fascism is actually left wing rather than right wing. Conservatives abhor the government intervention in the economy that fascism advocates.

I agree with the bolded but the other is pure un adulterated tripe unless you are not talking about the so called conservatives in the {R} party. The {R} party supports tax breaks for certain corporations and has never ever done anything about subsidies. If targeted tax breaks and subsidies are not intervention in the economy then I do not know what is.

[Randomstudent]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

This is why, by the way, most conservatives argue that fascism is actually left wing rather than right wing. Conservatives abhor the government intervention in the economy that fascism advocates.

Fascism is right wing. It is just rightwing authoritarian like Monarchy. Conservatives don't necessarily abhor government intervention in the economy, the people that abhor government intervention in the economic are actually classical liberals and libertarians. Conservatives are about a government that focuses on nationalistic, religious and social traditions which Fascists often try to wrap them selves in like Franco in Spain. It is also why the House of Saud is considered to be a conservative Monarchy.