What is a conservative? (Why Williams may not become a Republican, says the naive idealist)

worldnetdaily ^ | June 14, 2003 | Kyle Williams

[TLBSHOW]

oh yeah this was real cute. And will not be forgotton.

[nunya bidness]

That's lame and very telling.

[TLBSHOW]

ping

[Sir Gawain]

Was that your reply or did someone edit it? Is this my typing?

[TLBSHOW]

It isn't the first thread that this is now happening to either. You are right it is lame and very telling too!

[Eagle Eye]

Absolutely. Those who seek power for the sake of having power should be on a very short leash.

A true conservative is one who observes the governmental philosophy of the founders and the forgotten document called the "Constitution." The philosophy of self, limited government – a constitutional republic – goes hand in hand with morality, based on God's guidelines. That is what a conservative is, at its root.

But when one who meets those charactaristics begings to force those ideal upon others, then they no longer can be Conservatives. I don't know what to call them, but there are plenty here on FR that would be glad to force 'conservatism' and 'morality' on others at by the force of law and point of gun. They would be happy to jail or exterminate opposing or dissenting political views.

There needs to be an identifying name for this group to separate them from Conservatives.

[Uncle Bill]

Thanks. It's shameful, but not surprising.

[nunya bidness]

Someone is just protecting their phony baloney job.

[certify]

Republican Party make more, more,biger GOVERNMENT

[Sir Gawain]

What's the term for attributing quotes to a person that didn't say or write them?

[TLBSHOW]

Government is the problem

Ronald Reagan

[nunya bidness]

Plagerism. But I could have the spelling wrong.

[Fred Mertz]

That's one way to run a conservative off the site, I guess.

Nice article, Kyle. Please ignore the mod behind the curtain and join in the discussion.

What crappy thing to do with the title!

[Consort]

Reverse plagiarism? Putting words in someone's mouth?

[Lancey Howard]

their tactics had to change by going over to the conservative side, and changing the rules and the jargon there

Yes, this has been an ongoing part of their (the Democrats') tactics for years. They'll try anything. In fact, sometimes it seems like every couple of days one of these scumbags throws up a vanity thread here on FR with the phrase "neo-con" in the title. The idea, of course, is to divide and conquer.

I've always considered it laughable and I rarely click on those threads anymore because they are boring. But hey, I guess if they believe they can lure a few naive youngsters like this Kyle Williams into a wholly fabricated, non-issue "debate" then maybe it's worth it.

By the way, I also get a laugh out of those jargon-bending threads with the phrase "neo-confederate" in the title - - now there's a phrase that helps confuse the easily confusable.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Plagarism...;)

[Sir Gawain]

Plagiarism.

[TLBSHOW]

Its now all about principles and lack of them by the Republicans which is a problem for the GOP.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Why is it that whenever someone doesn't get 101% of what they want, they immediately cry that their political leaders have lost sight of conservatism and now it is all about keeping power?

BS if there is a single definition of conservatism, there is no 100 point list where one must be in agreement with all 100 points. No, there are different definitions of conservatism, but they all overlap in enough areas to have mutual principles and goals on most, but not all issues. There is not a single perfect knot, but rather many different kinds of knots, but they all share the same components functions, and similarities in method of production.

90% of the whiners on these threads would be aghast to realize how different their interpretations of conservatism are, but they temprorarily ignore that to focus on their shared trait of dissatisfaction in order to tear apart that boat with the oh so glaring imperfection. Ignore the storm, ignore that it floats, ignore that it is performing most of its intended functions, yes that imperfection cannot be allowed to stand for another second and must be removed. And then we all drown in the sea of liberalism.

Geniuses.

[Lancey Howard]

Re: your post #20

(LOUD APPLAUSE!!!)

I am always delighted beyond words when somebody "gets it".