Quantum Windbag
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I never see liberals talking about a limited government in the way that conservatives do, and it is not really a part of modern liberalism. It is the pride-piece of conservatives to bash liberals for wanting a big, over-extended government, because they, by contrast, would like a small government. Limited government, I can get down with, but not "small government" because it is a meaningless term without a definition! Therefore it is a dangerous piece of rhetoric, and has been used to sell the conservative ideology to people who are gullible enough to accept it without asking what it means.
Once more for the completely clueless idiots like NewPolitics.
Democrats are not liberals, they are progressives. Liberals care about limiting the power of government, and hate the PATRIOT Act, the TSA, and the entire war on terror. Democrats voted for and support the intrusion on privacy in favor of security.
Republicans are not conservatives, they are regressive. Conservatives want government to spend within its means, Republicans have no problem with borrowing money and putting off dealing with the consequences until sometime after they are dead.
I already admitted that I conflated "limited" and "small" government, so stop name-calling like a little child.
The reason I made this thread still stands as valid. I observe the rhetoric coming from conservatives, and am asking for a definition on a central piece of their ideology, or so it seems. We always hear that we need to "shrink" the government, so, to what size??? I am no longer talking about "limited" government, but the size of government. I want to know how big should the government be, according to conservatives.
Yet you still think that Democrat=Liberal and Republican=Conservative, which just proves how stupid you are.