The “conservative blog-o-sphere” seems to be part of the problem. A lot of so-called “conservatives” are part of the problem IMO. What is a “conservative” anyway? What is a “liberal”? Well, a liberal is a Leftist, so quit calling Leftists something that has to do with liberty, because they stand opposed to liberty.
What is a “conservative”? Well, that’s a tougher question. There are a lot of “conservatives” who are just what the term implies - lovers and keepers of the status quo - the “establishment” - exactly what the problem is these days. Then you have others, maybe more like myself, who love liberty, hate the status quo, and want to see the status quo and the establishment blown up. That has nothing to do with the meaning of the word “conservative” but has everything to do with the word “freedom.” So I’ve quit calling myself a conservative and I’ve replaced “liberal” with “Leftist”.
So in this case, the so-called “conservative blog-o-sphere” is part of the problem because a lot of so-called “conservatives” are actually establishment hacks who have little interest in liberty and the Constitutional rule of law that demands 80+% of the federal government be dismantled.
In the United States, unlike other countries where "conservative" can mean d*mn near anything, here "conservative" is summarized by two words, "Constitution" and "Bible", not necessarily in that order.
Today many speak of "fiscal conservatives", "social conservatives" and "national defense conservatives" with the idea that it takes at least all three to form a governing majority of voters.
But many of those are only "conservative" relatively speaking compared to the Left's Big Government insanities.
Genuine conservatives who seriously support both the Bible and Constitution are sadly quite few, and far between.
So we can only govern in loose alliances with those other "fiscal", "social" and "national defense" "conservatives".
“The “conservative blog-o-sphere” seems to be part of the problem. A lot of so-called “conservatives” are part of the problem IMO. What is a “conservative” anyway? What is a “liberal”? Well, a liberal is a Leftist, so quit calling Leftists something that has to do with liberty, because they stand opposed to liberty.
What is a “conservative”? Well, that’s a tougher question. There are a lot of “conservatives” who are just what the term implies - lovers and keepers of the status quo - the “establishment” - exactly what the problem is these days. Then you have others, maybe more like myself, who love liberty, hate the status quo, and want to see the status quo and the establishment blown up. That has nothing to do with the meaning of the word “conservative” but has everything to do with the word “freedom.” So I’ve quit calling myself a conservative and I’ve replaced “liberal” with “Leftist”.
So in this case, the so-called “conservative blog-o-sphere” is part of the problem because a lot of so-called “conservatives” are actually establishment hacks who have little interest in liberty and the Constitutional rule of law that demands 80+% of the federal government be dismantled.”
You absolutely nailed it and I agree with you 100%!
I copied and pasted your entire comment because it was worth seeing again in it’s entirety.
“I’ve quit calling myself a conservative...”
A lot of us liberty loving, originalist patriots, are with you on that.
Years ago, I came to the realization that I’m simply an American who believes in the founding ideals of this country, and whose thinking is guided by our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Anything beyond that is just extraneous decoration.
In my view, you’re either with the Framers and the Founding, or you’re not. That’s the simplicity of it - labels be damned.