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I view your views as anti-everything except personal freedoms that were lost many years ago. (ie: drugs for the most part) I donot see how reverting to anarchy is at all a conservative value.

LOL!! You don't know me and just assume apparently that I'm some sort of 'drugs for all' libertarian. Yes I am anti-WOD at the national level, but not at the state level.

And Democrats were not 'led' by Robert Byrd to anything to adopt anything. Some of our most ardent 'Republicans' in the South were former Democrats. Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond come to mind. And if you apparently find constitutionalist views to not be 'conservative' enough, I suggest you pick up and move. This nation of sovereign states was established on said document and every right or power not guaranteed to the federal government(now national) belongs to the states and in some instances the people.

To be liberal is to be for provacative changes in the way we govern ourselves. That is the definition. A true conservative will protect the status quo and resist change. This you are not, and therefore are not truly conservative

This is a joke right? To want to return to the values and style of government before 1860 is liberal? And to maintain status quo within the socialist empire is conservative? You like Social Security? High taxes? National government control at the local level? Public education? You must because to keep those would be maintaining the 'status quo'. And BTW, every one of those a true conservative would have a problem with

3 entries found for conservatism.

con·ser·va·tism Pronunciation Key (kn-sûrv-tzm)
n.
The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order.
A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.
Conservatism The principles and policies of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or of the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
Caution or moderation, as in behavior or outlook.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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conservatism

\Con*serv"a*tism\, n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

conservatism

n : a political orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University