PoliticalChic
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I can take heat, but I'm never sure how to respond when someone accuses me of not knowing what I'm talking about.
Well, then, put your dinero where you put your dinner, and expain the philosophies of liberals and conservatives.
The term "Liberal" and "Conservative" and their modern meanings are very recent, and are not tied to the majority of American history. Washington would have looked at you like you had lobsters crawling out of your ears if you had asked him if he was a conservative or a liberal.
In truth, I don't understand how either side manages to pick and choose their positions. For example... what does abortion have to do with gun rights? What does taxation have to do with the environment?
I know what Conservatives and Liberals believe, but I don't really know why they believe that way.
Why can't someone be pro-life and anti-war? An environmentalist and pro-second amendment.
There's no consistent logic in either philosophy, and both are responsible for destroying America. It's time for both philosophies to step down. You don't own political thought. You can't force people to have beliefs within your artificial spectrum of approved ideas.
Thinking beyond left and right, Republican and Democrat, Liberal and Conservative... it's the only way we will ever find a solution.
I see the basis of the confusion. The themes that you mention are peripheral to the definitons of the two terms.
One is based on belief in the primacy of the Constituion, while the other sees the original Constitution as being old fashioned, and requires a 'living constitution,' which can be changed at the whim of the current government.
That is the major difference.
Beyond that, I would be happy to provide a more lengthy outline...