[quidnunc]

Quote:

"I have been amazed by the label of conspiracy-mongering around neocons," David Brooks, an editor at the Weekly Standard, tells the Observer. "I get it every day — the 'evil Jewish conspiracy.' The only distinction between 'neoconservative' and 'conservative' this way is circumcision. We actually started to call it the Axis of Circumcision."

Blame the cranks bottom-feeding in the fever swamps of paleo-conservatism.

If not for conspiracy-theory nitwittery they would have no purpose in life.

[abnegation]

neo·con·ser·va·tive
Pronunciation: -k&n-'s&r-v&-tiv
Function: noun
Date: 1952
: a former liberal espousing political conservatism
- neo·con·ser·va·tism /-v&-"ti-z&m/ noun
- neoconservative adjective

[anniegetyourgun]

"The term, however, is disingenuously bandied about at dinner tables and policy meetings in London and Paris and elsewhere, where it is colorfully coded to suggest a Jewish conspiracy working on the White House. "

May this truth be called out for exactly what it is = anti-semitism.

[T'wit]

But "paleocon" should not be a term of opprobrium. To me, it's always been "the" conservative movement -- Buckley's National Review, the Goldwater movement, Reagan (who was conservative long before the neo-cons awoke from 60s liberalism). And those are all good guys. If the "old" version of conservatism is getting a bad name, we have a severe semantic problem.

[denydenydeny]

If people want to label me a "neocon" I'd wear that label proudly. Neocons are people who reacted to 9/11 with horror, and a resolve that it never happen again.

On the other hand, it seemed to me that paleocons were people who reacted to the atrocity with almost a sense of cheerfulness, a "we had it coming" smugness--again, I point to Justin Raimondo's posts here that afternoon.

100% Aryan here, by the way.

[ChadGore]

"Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow conservative"
--Regans Law

[Austin Willard Wright]

I knew that the author was going to accuse anyone who dared used this word of being a Jew hater. He is yet another Al Sharpton of the right getting in the gutter because he sees a racist...err anti-semite....under every bed.

[BunnySlippers]

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[Ohioan]

I am not quite sure why anyone would post an article, such as this, which from its first paragraph is little more than a demonstration of superficiality:

Politics is all about polarities. Republican vs. Democrat, conservative vs. liberal, right vs. left, hard thinking vs. soft thinking. The labels are pervasive, but the ground frequently shifts, requiring a new prefix to freshen up the label.

Politics does sometimes involved polarities, but that is not the typical situation. It is more likely to involve personalities and rival groups of office seekers. There are very few real clashes of basic principle in most contested races. Indeed, at the Federal level, there is an almost frenzied battle for the middle of the road; an almost desperate shunning of real polarity. And this is not something new. We tend to over-estimate the clashes that have occurred historically, because they stand out, and history tends to flatten out perceptions. But just look at the level and nature of debate in most local elections. It is not polarities, it is exposure and personality.

I only bother to comment, because this posting has brought out another pointless battle over newspeak terminology, rather than any serious intellectual issue. It serves to dumb down discussion over the course we should follow, and lends support to those who see a difference of opinion as a reason to smear the motivations of their foes.

William Flax

[Cacique]

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[Joe Hadenuf]

I have always believed that a neocon is someone that puts their little political party before country. At any cost, no matter what *their* politician says, he is right! No matter what issues their party supports or ignores, they are right in doing so! Party before country.

That is my definition of a neocon

[Dr. Frank fan]

This is a very well-written and much-needed article. Not that those who need to read and understand it will do so.

[Jhoffa_]

Oh, geez..

Where's MHking's graphic when you really need it?

[friendly]

"NeoCon" is simply democrat code for the "FJB," routinely screamed by the shrill, chalk-on-the-blackboard Hillary on any and all occasions.

[upchuck]

This has confused me for some time and this article helped a little.

Can someone list 5 or 6 well known neocons. Perhaps some examples will help.

[Porterville]

The term NEO in the liberal lexicon, is first associated with the term NEO NAZI. To use it in the term NEO CONSERVATIVE or NEO CON is to associate conservatives with an opportune labeling. NEO CON get rapped up in the historic arguement of its exact definition while liberals and the liberal media, collect dividends from the legions of mindless idiots. Liberals effectivley use the term as yet another tool of leverage to divide the minority races and the conservative movement.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

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[unspun]

Neocon... wouldn't that be like Scott Peterson?

[WaterDragon]

Very good article. It helps to keep repeating the truth, because, for sure, the big lies will be repeated endlessly. The rock-solid foundations of conservatism....private property ownership protection, lower taxes, family values....these will be demonized, as well as conservatives, in countless ways by the chattering classes.

[nutmeg]

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