(So give us a link)The bolded part. I just posted on another thread that is one of the main problems with being a conservative.
This is the intrinsic difference between liberalism and conservatism from the first political factions (proto-parties) of the first century Roman Republic. I believe that most people with a conservative bent willingly accept well thought out change, after the precept of "first do no harm" is applied to proposals for it. But liberalism is in a constant frenetic state of desire for change regardless of the harm that comes with any good that results, because if they can further their power base, the unstated implication is that if given a free hand "they will fix it" later, but only if they be kept in power.
Conservative philosophy leans towards holistic health for the body politic, and liberal ideology leans toward radical surgery as a quick fix: change at any cost. Witness today a radical new paradigm for energy development that abandons many proven sources and applications, they being substituted with unproven schemes, even while millions go unemployed as victims of a process of radical change.
I vehemently disagree with you on that. It wasn't conservatives who got women the vote, vaccines up and running, ended slavery, or allowed non land owners to vote. The people who tried to stop all of the those things going ahead were overwhelmingly conservatives. And today it is gay rights and abortion where the conservatives want to keep things as they are. ie: conserve them.
If you would like to list some of these "well thought out" policies where conservatives have changed things, please list them.
I won't argue about the source of some of the change, but what I said is that conservatives accept sound change and resist radical poorly conceived change. Did the Republicans fight against woman suffrage? Did the Republicans fight against the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Did the Republicans fight against freedom for the black man in America? The Fifteenth Amendment was pushed by the Republican Party, and was opposed by the Ds.
Edit: I don't locate a tally of votes for the house, but for the 19th amendment in the Senate the votes were AY: Rs 36, Ds 20; NAY: Rs 8 Ds 17 sending it to the states.
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