This one needs to be cooked. He's over here telling me how to use FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3270970/posts
Posted on 03/23/2015 6:44:37 AM PDT by Kaled
Because I'm a Conservative, I believe in a strong separation of church and state. As Eliade wrote in The Sacred and the Profane, "the sacred always manifests itself as a reality of a wholly different order from 'natural' realities." We do a disservice to the truly sacred when we force it into Caesar's world. What is sacred to me is between myself and my Maker--and forcing that into the public square diminishes both of Us.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about the environment. Whether prompted by the Bible or by our own sense of morality (itself a part of the sacred), we are stewards of this earth, and we owe it to ourselves and our children—and to the plants and animals who cannot protect themselves from us—to provide not just good stewardship, but as perfect a stewardship as we can conceive.
Because I'm a Conservative, I support gay marriage. I believe that a family with two loving parents is a benefit to children—and to parents. Kids get to see loving interactions (important to their development and world view) and parents can both join with—and rescue, when needed—each other, having a close friend with whom to share the thoughts, feelings, joys, and stresses of life, amplified even more with children.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about personal responsibility. Too often, though, the term has been re-interpreted to mean "taking care of #1" when personal responsibility should also include ownership and accountability for what goes on around me. That means I have a responsibility to understand the plights of others, to recognize when and how I might contribute to such ills, and to do what I can to correct them, to create a fair and level playing field where everyone has the same chances given the same efforts.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about reasonable gun control. For me, a key component of traditional conservatism is feeling safe and secure, knowing that risk is minimal, and understanding what to expect of my neighbors. Randomly politicized gun-waving does nothing to further this cause, instead making us feel less safe, less secure. There is nothing "conservative" about walking into a store armed with semi-automatic weapons; it is egocentric, narcissistic, and dangerous.
Because I'm a Conservative I care about knowledge. Through the ages much has been learned, discovered, explored, and revealed. Not all of it has been good for us, but much of it has. And learning begets learning, all of which raises us up. To be conservative is not about the worn-out equation of ignorance and bliss, but about recognizing that our greatest assets include both our souls and our minds, and encouraging the growth of both equally. They are, after all, both a part of us, and handcuffing the one in favor of the other only insults each.
Conservatism, I strongly believe, is not a bad word or a bad ideal. It is, however, a term misunderstood. Those who label themselves conservative today seem most often not to be conservative at all. They have, in reality, a highly radicalized agenda, one set on taking us backwards. It is that direction which seems to imply conservatism, but it shouldn't. Radicality lacks a vector, and should be known only through the severity of its proposed changes. To roll us back to a time when religion alone led us, to a time when white skin alone defined the rules, to a time when only the few owned nearly everything, is radical and not, axiomatically, conservative.
For those of you who embrace the roots of conservatism, I urge you to continue to do so. For those who seek to call out conservatives, I ask that you recognize the difference between those of us who are, and those who have stolen the terminology from us and bastardized it for their own specious use. And for those of you who claim the role of conservative but so clearly are not… well… I ask nothing of you, for you have already shown us who and what you are.
Bovine excrement.
The generator is warming up.
every single paragraph declares and encapsulates a leftist precept while calling it “conservative.” this itself—redefining a word from its basic meaning to its opposite—is a primary leftist propaganda technique.
Since when are personal responsibility and knowledge “leftist”?
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Bump!
You’re not a conservative, you’re a poseur!
Because I’m a conservative, I understand conservatism (and that this article is, therefore, horse manure.)
IBTZ. Not interesting insights at all... interesting liberal feel good poop.
Well, let's start with this one...
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about personal responsibility. Too often, though, the term has been re-interpreted to mean "taking care of #1" when personal responsibility should also include ownership and accountability for what goes on around me. That means I have a responsibility to understand the plights of others, to recognize when and how I might contribute to such ills, and to do what I can to correct them, to create a fair and level playing field where everyone has the same chances given the same efforts.
That is inherently wrong. Time and again, it has been proven that when the government takes from the producers to give to the less fortunate, the less fortunate get very little, and most that is taken goes to the government. In other words, they steal in the name of the poor, but do not make the poor better, but rather themselves more powerful, as the poor continues in poverty.
What the poor need is not a stingy hand-out from a leviathan, bloated government, but rather a job.
Jobs come from the private sector. Tax the private sector less, regulate them less, restrict them less, and business will flourish. The poor will have a way out of poverty, and government receipts actually go up.
Liberals are like Mommies. They feel sorry for you, kiss your boo-boos, and give you money for candy. Their concern is the here and now, and want you to feel good. Conservatives are like Dads. They tell you when you do something stupid, pat you on the back when you do good, and encourage your self reliance. They care about your ultimate future, and want you to be good.
Ack! Last sentence didn’t post...
And it is proven that conservatives give freely and willingly, without compulsion from government or groups, and are far more charitable than liberals. So to say that conservatives don’t care—or not care enough as this fellow implies, is a lie.
Personal responsibility ends at one’s own actions. It does not “include ownership and accountability for what goes on around me. That means I have a responsibility to understand the plights of others, to recognize when and how I might contribute to such ills, and to do what I can to correct them, to create a fair and level playing field where everyone has the same chances given the same efforts.”
The last clause in this portion of the diatribe is pure collectivism. How that can be conflated with conservatism is bizarre, illogical and frankly bullsquat. You will never create a level playing field because people are not “level” or equal. Some people are just unable to accomplish as much as others even with superior effort. There are many self-defeating people and you cannot change that.
You are responsible only for how your actions directly affect another. Period.
This article should be titled “Because I lie about being a Conservative”.
ok FRiend. i’ll answer assuming the question is honest.
“Too often, though, the term has been re-interpreted to mean “taking care of #1” when personal responsibility should also include ownership and accountability for what goes on around me.”
point by point analysis:
“taking ownership of what goes on around me” is anti-conservative because a conservative doesn’t believe in enforcing the slavery of his personal beliefs on others.
“accountablility for what goes on around me” is anti-conservative because a conservative believes that God is accoutable for the natural world, and each individual is accountable for his own actions. you are accountable for the actions of yourself and those whom God put’s you in charge of. period.
this, contrary to the article’s strawman, you are responsible under God, “for taking care of #1.” God says do you not realize that your body is the “temple of the Holy Spirit.” isn’t your soul and spirit a gift from God. isn’t your wife “one flesh” with you. and your children gifts from God as well. oh yes friend, your responsibilty and accountability for these things is your responsibilty to be a good steward and servant of God. failure results in very serious consequences. thus failure should not be an option.
well, i’ll analyze the false meme of “knowledge” if you still want more after this. suffice it to say, a conservative values truth, selfless love, virtue, honor and beauty. not the knowledge of men.
Zot this troll.
Correct reply to attempted doublespeak!
It is saddening how so many otherwise intelligent people are misled by mommy-emotion.
Proggys play on emotion exceedingly well,and we now have a couple generations raised and educated to use emotion rather than logic in their decision making.
“There is nothing “conservative” about walking into a store armed with semi-automatic weapons; it is egocentric, narcissistic, and dangerous.”
I got to agree with you on this one. Those semi auto guys are pretty intolerable, especially the Glock crowd. We wheel guns boys got to stick together.
You'll be gone soon, though.
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