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[oretatsubasade]

If you ever want to depress yourself about the state of political debate in America, read

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[oretatsubasade]

Oh, it's less bad than the conservative community, but only because they've not yet had a call to arms. :P

[reddirtcowboy]

Moderates rock! :) Sadly, Moderates are far too few these days. People who think for themselves, actually weigh the issues and then decide what they feel is best are rare, indeed

[oretatsubasade]

I agree

[sir_brass]

Karen, don't even think for a second that those two groups accurately represent their ideologies (well, except for the liberals . . . they're so humanistic and postmodern as an ideology that it's scary!). We American Conservatives are hardly that bad, no matter how badly the left wants to smear us just b/c we believe that not all things are relative, and actually believe in absolute right & wrong, etc.

I'd fathom to say that most conservatives are like me: conservative moderates. And more than a few (including myself) are the new type of conservative: compassionate conservative, in that we have compassion towards those in need, but we believe in traditional family, moral, and ethical values.

I'd go on, but I should still be in bed at the moment.

~Jamie

[oretatsubasade]

Yes, I did get the sense that those conservatives were of the military enclave in the backwoods variety. I just had visions of them mowing down ranks of liberals with assault weapons. >_<

Personally, I think the best sort of political philosophy is one that marries the moral firmness of conservatism with the compassion and respect of liberalism.

[ciardhapagan]

The liberal LJ community is hardly representitive of liberal thinking, it's also so grossly plagued by conservative trolls that I dropped out of it in sheer irritation, why piss myself off at some narrow minded, moronic, misogynist, racist, homophobic creeps