[Manic_Episode]

"OK. Then what the heck is the need for anyone to call himself a "social conservative", a "cultural conservative", a "values voter", a "fiscal conservative", a "Paleoconservative", a "libertarian conservative", or anything else at all other than simply "conservative" (my choice) if, as you say, there's only ONE TRUE conservative with ONE unified set of beliefs? I'm asking how the "social conservative" would distinguish himself from me, the plain 'ol run-of-the-mill unmodified and unreconstructed "conservative"? Have at it, I keep asking this simple question and all that comes back is cheap and juvenile innuendo and an immense resistance to answering the darned question. I guess I'm a "liberal" for asking "social conservatives" what that "social" modifier is supposed to convey to the rest of us. It must be a real brain strainer."

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A rose by any other name still smells like crap.

Have a nice day.

[angkor]

A rose by any other name still smells like crap.

Is that one of your "no deviations, period" conservative principles?

Or are you just referring to "social conservative" or one of the other modifiers?

In any case, thanks for participating in this episode of "Social Conservatism: A Philosophy Without An Idea."