Defining Conservatism? Load of BS

[Son of Detroit]

http://www.defineconservatism.com/

This 13-year old kid wrote a book on what Conservatism really is. He also runs his own political blog and website.

At first, I looked around and thought this kid aint half bad... Could he be the revolutions future?

Then I ran across this gem...



Ron Paul is in Minneapolis...but he is not at the Convention. Instead, the Republican presidential candidate, who got 1/45th of the total number of delegates that John McCain won, according to CNN numbers, set up his own "Convention" in Minneapolis. The real question that now must be asked is, will the Ron Paul "Rally for the Republic," as it is called, have any effect on the Republican National Convention? The answer is, no. Most people had no idea who Ron Paul was during the campaign, and most still don't. Ron Paul's "Convention" will not have influence on the RNC, and it should not. Ron Paul and his campaign are clearly whining; and if they want to be remembered as bad sports, then they are doing a great job creating that legacy.

It's a shame such political awareness and interest at that young of an age is going to waste... :(

Someone needs to teach him the REAL definition of Conservatism.

[Truth Warrior]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Conservatism (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Conservatism)

[ronpaulhawaii]

Having a blog with no comment section is like speaking from a soapbox with earplugs.

[nate895]

If you didn't read the other parts, the 4 points ain't half bad.

[TastyWheat]

If John McCain is a conservative then I am a statist.

[Brassmouth]

What's the fascination with conservatism on this forum? Who'd want to conserve this status quo?

We're libertarians. Conservatism is dead.

[dr. hfn]

i'm a conservative libertarian.

[Kade]

Conservatism:

1. The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.


Sorry, but that ain't me.

[heavenlyboy34]

Conservatism:

1. The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.


Sorry, but that ain't me.

+1

[Kade]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Conservatism (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Conservatism)

Ooops!

you've done slipped up now Butter-Clooney!

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[Truth Warrior]

Ooops!

you've done slipped up now Butter-Clooney!

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************************************************** ******* http://rexcurry.net/fascism=socialism.html (http://rexcurry.net/fascism=socialism.html) != http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Liberalism (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Liberalism) :p :rolleyes:

[TastyWheat]

Conservatism:

1. The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.


Sorry, but that ain't me.
200 years ago that definition would've been much more agreeable.

[escapinggreatly]

Kade, I don't think that's how most people would describe it from a purely political standpoint.
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[Kade]

What you have here, is simply put, the truth versus you people's version of it...

I imagine you also disagree with the proper definition of Liberal?

What did this?

Propaganda. You are all brainwashed, and you don't know it.

[Mini-Me]

There's actually more than one way to define conservatism and the word "conservative":
For instance, it could be defined as the desire to preserve some kind of status quo, but I do not believe this is the definition most self-identifying conservatives here wish to use anymore. Back in the day, conservatives who wished to preserve the status quo wanted to essentially preserve the status quo of classical liberalism (to a large extent) and stood in opposition to the rise of views which we now today call "liberal." Obviously, the status quo today is very different, so people supporting more classically liberal views must either abandon the "conservative" label or adhere to an alternative definition of it. Another way the concept can be defined is a tendency to view the powers of government "conservatively" and with caution, rather than being "liberal" in the powers granted to government.

Just like the "liberal" label, the term "conservative" has been hijacked...but the labels are also ambiguous because they're inherently multiple-meaning words in the first place.