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Conservatives have a better name than liberals
Really, they do, literally.
See, the term "conservative" implies restraint and caution, especially when contrasted with "liberal", which then seems to imply "unchecked" and "overdoing".
The problem is, political "conservatives" in the United States right now are all about being so damn convinced they know better than everyone else; they're so filled with hubris, while they're committing the same fault that they accuse liberals of perpetrating.
What happened to the conservative value of humility?
Seriously, these people make me ashamed to call myself a conservative.
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You're a conservative?
^I think he means he's a conservative according to the actual definition of the word conservative, not the political split that has nothing to do with the words but is labeled with them because reasons.
Also liberal has two definitions etc.
Neither of which are particularly appropriate depending on what kind of Bill-O's the Dems ate any given morning.
@Crimson: In the sense of favoring caution, circumspection, and humility; recognizing my own fallibility; recognizing my responsibility for my actions; and favoring efficiency, resource conservation, and minimizing waste; yes.
The word "liberal" is used in a wrong sense in the US. In the rest of the world, liberalism is an ideology supporting a small government, personal freedoms, a free market economy ranging anywhere from centrist to far-right, and (usually, but not necessarily, in case of conservative liberalism) social progress and equality, which is similar to a somewhat saner and less dogmatic version of US libertarianism. US "liberals" range from centrists to social democrats, I think.
^ Technically, many Democrats are social liberals, meaning that the emphasis on economics is greatly reduced, but otherwise the use of the word is somewhat inaccurate. That being said, to call the American right "conservative" in the Edmund Burke sense is far further off the mark.
I thought this thread was going to be about Conservatives that have better names than Liberals.
No name will ever beat Lawrence Eagleburger.
No name at all.
I dunno, the name "Wolf Blitzer" is pretty cool.
Eagleburger man. You couldn't get a more American name if you tried.
Eagleburger, fuck yeah!
>Washington
>Not Applepie
Washington Eagleburger Applepie Bison?
John-Washington "Mom" Eagleburger Applepie.
Checkmate.
Fun fact: Lawrence Eagleburger had three sons, all of whom are named Lawrence Eagleburger.
They probably had nicknames to discern them.
But yeah, dude was an egomaniac.
Nah, they probably all have different middle names. Lawrence Rare Eagleburger, Lawrence Mediumrare Eagleburger, and Lawrence Weldon Eagleburger.
They do, but (un)fortunately, they're Scott, Andrew, and Jason.
Best name in my book still goes to Schuyler Colfax.
There are two strands of conservatism. With a stretch, Us type can be signed under Latin (reactionary) strand, but the stretch will be kinda negligibly smaller than in the case of British (evolutionary) strand.
I'd forgotten about Latin Conservatism. God, do I despise that philosophy with a fiery passion.
Can't say I'm fond of it, either.
...Wait what? Latin and Evolutionary?
It's based upon whether any given conservative would vote for Julius Caesar or Charles Darwin in the event of a throwdown.
...Huh
I wrote the part for Latin on TVT's Political Ideologies entry on Useful Notes. Hah hah, I brag. But anyway, Latin conservatism pretty much swaps "if it ain't broke..." for "if it was meant to be broken, God would break it".
It's basically the bone of the political arm of modern fundamentalist Christianity, at least in the US.