The comment is not directed at you, but at people who invent labels for people that they do not like or understand--I still am not sure about the necessity of inventing the word Neocon--either you are conservative or not. I do agree, with others, that it seems to be a code word for Jews (because most Jews used to be Liberal, and are becoming more conservative.) That offends me (not your comments.)
Inventing a new word, just to protect your sensitivity is pointless. Why? Because the new name in addition to creating a lot of confusion it will be susceptible to the same attack.
We better stick to the already established words and protect their proper meaning. "Neocon", "nonconservative" will have to stay.
OK, I was wondering, thanks.
I believe it possible, from reading an essay once by Midge Dektor, that the neocons may have invented the term for themselves, or at least adopted it.
I do think that the word "conservative" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I suppose the this week's debacle at the polls is a good enough illustration of that.