[econjack]

Man...my idea of conservatism is a world different than what I read here. I'm an economist and my hero from day one has been Milton Freedman. My kind of conservatism is embodied in his book Free to Choose. If you have not read it, you should. It's not written for economists; it's written for everyone who wants to understand what they see going on around them.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

That’s not conservatism. That is classical liberalism. Free To Choose may not have intended for silliness such as men pretending to be women but it aided and abetted the process.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Man...my idea of conservatism is a world different than what I read here."

Anyone who has been on this site for more than a week can see that conservatives are a contentious lot; sometimes it seems that we are all our own Popes.

But there are general groups with their own points of emphasis:

1. Constitutionalists.
2. Laissez-faire economists, or variations thereof.
3. Evangelical Protestants.
4. Traditionalist/conservative Catholics.
5. 2nd Amendment advocates.
6. Isolationists.
7. Libertarians.
8. Social conservatives (emphasis on abortion and LGBTQ issues).
9. Iconoclastic (non-denominational) Christians.

There is overlap between these categories, some of which just refer to points of emphasis and do not mean exclusion from one or more other groups. And notice that "Republican" is not listed as a category.

[griswold3]

Seeing Milton Freedman on Phil Donahue changed my life.

[Reeses]

Free to Choose pdf and other formats available here:

https://archive.org/details/FriedmanMiltonRoseFreeToChooseAPersonalStatement