[Zippo44]

"All I can say is that many of these "paleos" tend to oppose Israel, favor the Arabs, think the Confederacy was a pretty good idea, correspondingly think Abraham Lincoln was a tyrant, and generally oppose a strong US because a strong military requires a strong central government."

So how about someone like myself who supports Israel, favors the Arabs when they act like civilized human beings and favors shooting them when they don't, think the Confederacy was a good idea with the exception of chattel slavery, Lincoln was inarguably a tyrant, and support and advocate an imposition of a worldwide Pax Americana in as kind a fashion as possible and as brutal a fashion as neccesary. Am I tarred with the paleo brush for agreeing with them on a few issues? Or may I continue to identify myself simply as a twenty first century Jeffersonian with delusions of fascism?

[jmc813]

So how about someone like myself who supports Israel, favors the Arabs when they act like civilized human beings and favors shooting them when they don't, think the Confederacy was a good idea with the exception of chattel slavery, Lincoln was inarguably a tyrant, and support and advocate an imposition of a worldwide Pax Americana in as kind a fashion as possible and as brutal a fashion as neccesary. Am I tarred with the paleo brush for agreeing with them on a few issues? Or may I continue to identify myself simply as a twenty first century Jeffersonian with delusions of fascism?

Paleo's would probably call you a neo, and neo's would probably call you a paleo, and neither group would welcome you as one of them. That's why the whole neo/paleo debate is retarded.

[My2Cents]

Your positions are a perfect example of how complex this whole consideration is, and how difficult it is (impossible, really) to stereotype or categorize or label anybody with any degree of accuracy. (Note that I said that "many of these paleos..." subscribe to certain positions, not the whole lot of them.) I agree with 50% of what you've stated. Where does that place me?

[Poohbah]

think the Confederacy was a good idea with the exception of chattel slavery

In other words, without the raison d'etre of the whole exercise?