I’d like to think that the republican party is the true big umbrella party...where there’s room for all.
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I’d like to think so too. I’m a Christian and a conservative. People tend to judge too much by labels though. I would think that the libertarians tend to underestimate how much of the philosophy of liberty ties ultimately to a Christian culture and a culture respectful of tradition (where that tradition stems from English freedoms), and I think that “values voters” sometimes loses sight of the forest of things that we agree with libertarians regarding because of the “trees” on which we disagee.
The problem I’ve had lately is that the elites (who consider themselves men of the world and pragmatists — and are actually often just corrupt, cowardly, or misled) have captured the party again, while idealogical Christians, Conservatives and Libertarians have been pushed to the side.
See...what I hate about the left is their intolerance of any stream of thought that leaves the reservation, whether it’s pro-life, pro-religion or pro-capitalist. I am not conservative at all on social issues, but I happen to respect other peoples beliefs, and like the fact that we can still agree on principled issues.