The word "conservative" has been completely co-opted on this forum by a group of people for whom I wouldn't walk across the room to shake their hands. Really rancid, useless folk.
Yup, "conservative" has been co-opted by a bunch of statists that want to eliminate the definition of "individual" when referring to rights protected by the constitution and substitute "we" and "ours".
They don't understand that the constitution doesn't protect any "we" or "our." It protects indivdiuals. Their way is the way of Stalin and Hitler...blind addiction to the "we" and "our" to the exclusion of the individual.
But what the hell do I know, I've just got a BA in History, a JD and have worked in public service long enough to see what happens when ideolouges acheive power in government.....that oesn't qualify me to offer up any opinions so I'll slink back to lurking. (Although this thread has been quite illuminating)