In which I talk a bit about politics

[rhienelleth]

I don't talk about politics much. This is, at least in part, because I am both conservative and Christian. But here for awhile now, I have felt the need to append that statement thusly: I am fiscally conservative, and a Christian. By and large, the most vocal presence online tends to be very liberal, and many of them are people who I consider

Comments

[tielan]

The two-party major system is very limited in scope, particularly these days when people may support fiscal conservatism, but not social conservatism.

As a friend says, politics is the art of compromise - and there's not too much of that around anymore.

[frenchroast]

*hugs* I'm totally with you on the ridiculousness of people who think God and science are incompatible. Trust me, you get it flung at you even more if you're a liberal *and* a Christian

[kayjayuu]

You aren't alone. (You also sound like a small "l" libertarian.)

[tinnny]

Well said.

Renewal is hard for established political parties. Now, part of the problem is that your political system isn't friendly to new parties emerging, so basically people who want a modern conservative choice can't really get far enough to scare the Republicans into modernizing themselves. It remains to see how long it will take the Republicans to get their stuff together and integrate a new generation's views on their own.