OrlandoGator
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Sat Aug-27-05 07:46 AM
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I've figured it out, neoconservative is the OPPOSITE of conservative. |
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Edited on Sat Aug-27-05 07:46 AM by OrlandoGator
- They don't want to conserve natural resources. - They don't want to conserve taxpayers' money. - They don't want to conserve human life (unless you are a fetus or in a vegetative state). - They don't want to conserve free speech and dissent. - They don't want to conserve our democracy and legitimacy of elections. - They don't want to conserve the world's goodwill toward the U.S. - They don't want to conserve American jobs. - They don't want to conserve scientific progress. - They don't want to conserve basic fairness. - They don't want to conserve clean air and water. - They don't want to conserve benefits for our veterans and our elderly.
I can't think of ANYTHING even remotely conservative about neocons.
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Sat Aug-27-05 07:49 AM
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1. "Neo" and "new" can often be translated as "not" |
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in economics, anyway, where "neoclassical" and "new classical" economics largely reject the ideas of classical economics.
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Sat Aug-27-05 08:17 AM
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2. It sure as hell ain't liberalism . . . |
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Sat Aug-27-05 12:28 PM
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3. neoconservativism is neonazism n/t |
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Sat Aug-27-05 12:59 PM
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Sat Aug-27-05 01:00 PM
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5. They are socially conservative |
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in fact, they take it to an extreme and insane degree.
Ironic that one of their groups is called "Move America Forward".
Forward? I thought they were trying to take us backward in time?
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OrlandoGator
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Sat Aug-27-05 01:49 PM
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6. I disagree...I think "social conservatism" means to conserve values. |
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And claiming to conserve basic values rings rather hollow when it is advocated by mass murderers.
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Sat Aug-27-05 02:00 PM
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7. Values like child labor, spousal abuse, turning back womens rights |
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and segregation.
That's how they are socially conservative.
They think that liberal progress has hurt society.
Their either are lost in a fantasy world of the past, or they are liars just using the image of "values" to sell their bigotry.
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Sat Aug-27-05 04:48 PM
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8. It's not really "liberal progress"...just progress. |
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Neoconservatives are opposed to progress in general.
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Sat Aug-27-05 04:54 PM
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9. neo-conservatism = fascism |
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The marriage of corporations to the State.
fascism/corpratocracy/plutocracy/neoconservatism. Coming to a corner of the globe near you.
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Sat Aug-27-05 04:56 PM
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10. they want to conserve one thing: |
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Sat Aug-27-05 05:59 PM
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11. Pretty soon, they'll be fighting to conserve their own asses. |
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