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Invitation: Shake off the chains of party affiliation.
Posted: Mar 3, 2015
I've lived a long time, and in that time I've learned three things:
1. Conservatives are right - about some things.
2. Liberals are right - about some things.
3. There's an awful lot about the world that we just don't know for certain.
I'm going to make a wild guess here, and you tell me if I'm wrong. The guess consists of a premise and an issue.
PREMISE: You are a committed "conservative" or "liberal".
ISSUE: There are times when you really find yourself at a loss to:
1. Defend the (conservative/liberal) position on some matter of policy.
2. Defend the behavior of politicians on the (conservative/liberal) side of the aisle.
3. Show why a (conservative/liberal) approach to a problem would be preferable.
4. Prove that a conservative- or liberal-majority government has been "better" for American society.
5. Explain what natural constraints should exist on the (conservative/liberal) philosophy of government.
Point #5 is critical, because HERE IS THE HISTORICAL TRUTH: Conservatism ought always to be constrained by liberalism, and liberalism ought always to be constrained by conservativism.
EITHER PHILOSOPHY, if allowed to run amok and crowd out its opposite, WILL DESTROY THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. We have plenty of examples in the regional history of the United States that testify to this reality. Look, and you can find examples of conservatism or liberalism run amok, and the outcomes are uniformly disastrous, no matter which one it might be.
Shake it off. Get free. Answer to no political bosses whatsoever. Judge the merits of every single social, moral and political idea FOR YOURSELF. Demand PROOF, and absent such proof remain undecided, if necessary.
Intellectual freedom. No one can get it, and no one can surrender it, except YOU.
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The problem is --- that takes effort -- thinking -- - education--- analysis
[ In Reply To ..]most are not interested in putting forth that much, whether liberal or conservative.
I'm a SOCLIB-FISCON - social liberal, fiscal conservative. - So I don't have a party.
[ In Reply To ..]I wish we did have a party, because I think lots of people would join, and I think it would be able to put forward a great platform.
It's very difficult deciding who to vote for when you don't agree "down the line" with the positions of candidates from EITHER side.
Right there with ya!!! - ZvilleMT
[ In Reply To ..]I'd join that party and I know a lot of others that would as well!
Yeah ZvilleMT - great to see you. I'm there with you too. - Anonymoose - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I'd join that party in a heart beat. I have always been more liberal when it comes to social issues (kind of my rebel self from youth), but definitely fiscal conservative. I'd like both parties done away with and people to get voted in based on what they have done in their career.
Same here. I'm sick of the party system. - Feral MT
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