LuvRPgrl
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- Aug 11, 2005
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Just a guy said:Thanks, then I know.
"Liberal" doesn't sound left. More like "liberty".
Conservative sounds old! Like "Conserved".
In our era of mass communication, words take on new meanings very quickly. One has to stick to the current definitions or they wont be able to decipher things properly. Example, gay = homosexual, which they are anything but gay, by the old definition of gay.
YES LEFT = liberal, usually are democrat
RIGHT = conservative, usually republican.
However, roles have also changed. On many issues, conservatives, which used to mean keeping the status quo, now want changes, such as the roe v wade ruling, and the judicial activism the supreme court has been showing the last 50 years or so, the conservatives want that CHANGED TO THE OLD WAYS the court would operate, so in a sense, they want change, but they dont want change, cuz they want to "change the change" back to the original status quo, away from the current status quo.
I hope that confused you, cuz I think it confused me! But it actually makes sense.
You will find most people fit into one or the other camp, but almost, if not always have disagreements on some issues. For example, I am very conservative, but I believe in open borders and legalizing drugs and prostitution, contrary to most of my conservative/repub brothers and sisters.
Those who straddle the middle are usually people who havent thought through enough issues to come down solidly on one side or the other, cuz if you are half and half on most issues, then you will have some major conflict going on with having any one main philosophy driving your belliefs.
Liberals for the most part want control, cater to special interests, are city folk, want bigger govt.
conservatives are more freedom loving, "dont tread on me", want the govt to be smaller and leave them alone, represent the mainstream american, are not city folk for the most part.
Interesting note, Illinois and Indiana. If you drove through both states, which I did, you wouldnt know the dfference or when you crossed the state line. Indiana however, sends repubs to congress, while Illinois sends democtrats. Can anyone tell me why? When I drove through, all I saw was small towns in between vast farm after farm after farm.
The political spectrum seems to be a circle. If you go far enough left, and far enough right, you will meet up.