Hey there Paperdoll. I don’t make the mistake of defining “a conservative”. There is no universally adopted technical definition for “a conservative”, and I’m not about to try and create one.
I’m aware of the handful that’s been presented at the bug-zapper thread and others, but have not uniformally adopted any of those as my own definition.
That’s a great question to ask, and all it takes is a short time browsing the forums here to find that many have their own pre-defined conclusion and usually try debating within the confines of their adopted definition.
Again, excellent question!
Yours is a good answer, too, jed. I think we are on the same page. :)
As a follow-up to that. I’m aware there was a thread that essentially pitted Hunter & Thompson against eachother and the theme to some degree was that may the best win. I believe Jim Robinson remarked to that effect as well. I’d just like to note that as can be seen from above, I see them as equal with Conservatism, but not in electibility. With that said, I thought both candidates are winners with respect to Conservatism, so the both had already won. IMO, we can only find a stalemate with Hunter & Thompson. This is a great thing for Hunter, Thompson, FR and a great thing for Conservatism!