[jeffersondem]

“Of course, Jeffersondem, if you are not a strict constructionist who values Original Intent, if you believe the US Constitution is a “living document” which can mean whatever-the-h*ll you want it to mean... then you are not a real conservative and may belong with other Democrats on more “progressive” sites. “

Your statement here reminds me of a supposed ingroup member attempting to establish an "outgroup" stereotype.

[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "Your statement here reminds me of a supposed ingroup member attempting to establish an "outgroup" stereotype. "

Pro-Confederates always like to pretend they are the true conservatives, and everybody else here are just a bunch of commie progressives.
But the truth, as DiogenesLamp reveals, is Lost Causer mythology rooted in Marxist dialectics and liberal reinterpretations of Founders' Original Intent.

The real fact is that our Founders no more favored secession "at pleasure" than they did abortion on demand, but people with ideological blinders somehow find both in the Constitution!
Right or wrong, neither is Founders' Original Intent, and that's what you need to call yourself, legitimately, a conservative.