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Originally Posted by Frenchman
Moderate "conservatives" tend to believe in conservative society (majority oriented) but liberal economy (free enterprise oriented).
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You're misusing the term liberal. There are two forms of liberalism. Current mainstream use dictates a socialist leaning liberalism. Today's use of "conservative" is consistent with past use of "liberal".
I have never encountered a social conservative who wasn't fiscally conservative. Please cite sources.
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Moderate "liberals" tend to believe in liberal society (minority oriented) but conservative economy (solidarity oriented).
Am I wrong?
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I think so. A "liberal" society, using today's prevalent "positive" liberty definition, is socialistic and doesn't necessarily favor minority as much as it favors implementing legislation geared towards class homogenization. (I think it's working. The middle class is disappearing.)
Your use of "conservative" economy
is a throw-back to the times when the right had fallen in love with the idea of a controlled economy. However, I don't think "conservative" is the word to use today.
In this age, I think conservatives accept the value of a more free-market... not forcing one another to buy uncompetitive products.
Cite some sources for your perspective, would you? I'm curious where you get it.
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Originally Posted by harborlady
I'm calling these faux republicans new age republicans.
They only follow the repub principles they feel like when it benefits them to do so.
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It's a few bad seeds. Research McCain and Lake's records. There are plenty of Republicans that held true to the fundamentals... Just as there are Blue Dawg Dems breaking the mold of being the highest pork barrellers.