... free from bigotry. ...Not defintions, those, but spin. Conservatives are open to new ideas for progress -- conserving good old ideas does not preclude new ones. Conservatives are not intolerant of ideas, nor any more so of behaviours than liberals, although the set of tolerated behaviours vary. For example, in the same context of that very (but wrong) definition, "liberals" in universities are intolerant of other ideas.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others;
... free from bigotry. ... Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; Not defintions, those, but spin.
I got it from a dictionary (shrug).
Conservatives are open to new ideas for progress -- conserving good old ideas does not preclude new ones.
Conservatives are hardly progressive.. what great progressive ideas has the conservative movement come up with in the last 12 or so years? Conservatism is regressive.
Conservatives are not intolerant of ideas, nor any more so of behaviours than liberals, although the set of tolerated behaviours vary. For example, in the same context of that very (but wrong) definition, "liberals" in universities are intolerant of other ideas.
For example? Liberal is as liberal does.. if being liberal in one's attitudes means to be tolerant of other ideas than a liberal is someone who is tolerant of other ideas.