Posted on 07/11/2005 11:33:12 AM PDT by Lorianne
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You know, at least seven of the above ten principles speak to why libertarians are not conservatives.
I've heard of the late Russell Kirk being one of the fathers of the conservative movement but you don't hear his name bandied about much anymore. I agree with him that conservatives are (or should be) more in tune with "permament things" rather than chaos but that is exactly what we have these days. I prefer the term "moral agnosticism" to describe this state of affairs. I define this as a marked inability and also a lack of desire to come to ultimate moral conclusions about things, abortion being the most obvious example. There are also the "philosophical constructs" constantly being used by the Left, such as the fetus may be human but isn't a person or that the late Terri Schiavo was not even human but merely a vegetable who could be dehydrated to death. Philosophical constructs one and all, as they have no basis in biological reality whatsover.
1. Opposes admission of Red China to the U.N.
2. Opposes giving away the Panama Canal
3. Opposes forced busing
4. Opposes fluoridation of drinking water
5. Supports the death penalty
6. Opposes unilateral disarmament, and
7. Supports a return to the gold standard.
It was never bandied about much to begin with.
Goth teens spend an awful lot of time sitting around defining themselves too.
Excellent and well reasoned points. I find myself in agreement with almost all of them.
No, that's a reactionary. A conservative does all those things and understands why.
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A conservative says you have a Right to Life. A Libertarian agrees and takes it to the level that you are within your Rights to do things that will destroy your life. We won't stop you, but we will laugh, point, and use you as an example of what not to do. A conservative would just get a cop to shoot you or throw you in jail to "save your life".
Which on makes more sense to you?
Fluoride makes the top 7 in your definition of conservative? Wow...(WTF?)
Prohibition Works!
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I would suggest reading this fine speech:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/goldwaterspeech.htm
Check this out. Perhaps worthy of a WA state ping?
Kirk has been talked about here many times over the years. His denouncment of Ideology was the first article I posted many years ago.
Kirk was the champion of tradional small "c" conservatism and while not making his name battling libertarianism, he was opposed to ideological libertaians like the Objectivists.
If we had to name two people that gave a rebirth and a firm defination to conservatism in the early 50s for Goldwater, Buckley and Reagan to spring from, it would be Russell Kirk and Richard Weaver.
I must be ignorant. What's the deal with fluoridation of drinking water?
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Which 7 would those be?
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