conservatism

The Lincoln Project is a conservative anti trump political organization. They produce some of the best anti trump videos, posting them on YouTube. They are particularly good at skewering trump and the rest of the republican party because they understand him better than liberals do. They attack...

I suspected this may be a silly exercise in civility, but I'm curious what many here seem to think of other "conservative" voices out there. Examples like Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Larry Elder, Ben Carson, Clarance Thomas, Rand Paul, Trey Gowdy, Condoleezza Rice? This forum seems to be very...

Why or why not? This is a more general question about the kind of society we'd like to have. That's why it's in SI&CE, not one of the politics subforums.

"“Should I stay or should I go now?” That question, posed by the eminent political philosophers known as The Clash, is one that confronts any Republican with a glimmer of conscience. You used to belong to a conservative party with a white-nationalist fringe. Now it’s a white-nationalist party...

In the years ahead, how will the emergence of Donald Trump as a 'leading' Republican voice, change the party? Or will he have any lasting effect on Republican policies and beliefs? Some think he will. Others think Trump's influence will be short-lived. They envision Trump losing badly in the...

The list of the first days panel discussions reads like it was put together by the editors of the Onion. http://www.cpac.org/schedule-events And the first day's special event: ACU 50 & Fabulous Celebration sponsored by Tea Party Patriots featuring Carolina Liar sponsored by One America News...

I'm thinking about writing a book about this. I have Jonah Goldberg's bull pucky Liberal Fascism book to thank for my inspiration. Looking at the way modern conservatives preach there philosophy and dismiss contradictory information, its seems very and eerily similar to the dogmatic nature that...

I can so relate.

http://scienceblog.com/53012/study-conservatives-trust-in-science-has-fallen-dramatically-since-mid-1970s/ Scary.

From SkS: Peter Wehner has impeccable conservative credentials, having served under Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and most recently, as deputy assistant to Pres. George W. Bush. He resides at the "Ethics & Public Policy Center," a neo-con think tank. After a long look at the evidence, Wehner...

Herman Cain Says Jesus Was ‘a Perfect Conservative’ "He helped the poor without one government program. He healed the sick without a government health care system. He [fed] the hungry without food stamps. And everywhere He went, it turned into a rally, attracting large crowds, and giving them...

Aside from a religious and pro-upper class agenda, conservatism has shown itself to be a totally bankrupt set of principles. If we go back to the height of conservatism, we find talk about small government, low government spending and personal freedom as bedrock conservative principles. This...

So says British Prime Minister David Cameron. Conservatives: Is he right?

"Conservative", means they want to preserve existing laws & culture. But what we call Conservatives in the USA don't just want to "conserve" existing laws and rules. They wish to go backwards...which is to regress. So, can we start calling them Regressives please?

This has to be the most vapid piece of crap that I have read in a while... Ann Coulter: Repeal the 26th Amendment It takes to the 6th paragraph until she actually makes a cohesive statement. Some gems: "As we have learned from ObamaCare, young people are not considered adults until age...

I think these elections are beginning to show that modern "conservatism" is nothing but an invention by the bourgeoisie to keep the workers at each others neck. A brother against a brother. It's high time for the workers to rise up and begin to work together against the bourgeoisie elite that...

I knew it would come out one day. :D http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/weird/Scientists-May-Have-IDd-Liberal-Gene-105917218.html Researchers have determined that genetics could matter when it comes to some adults' political leanings. According to scientists at UC San Diego and Harvard...

I'm sick of it. I tired of hearing about "conservatives" like Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and their ilk. In all honesty, I don't think they understand the meaning of the word, and what it once meant. When I think of Conservative, I look more to my Grandfather, Thomas Dunn Watson, Jr., than I do...

Looks like the Texas BOE wants to instill a distorted view of history and politics to children. It's really crazy. http://www.newsweek.com/id/238322

Obama is a socialist because he wants to steal your money to pay doctors for the health of others. Conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are socialist because they want to steal your money to pay soldiers for protection of others. I don't want my hard-earned money to be spent...

Is there a party that believes small government, and a free market is the best possible way to achieve economic freedom and growth, and yet also believes that people should be allowed to do their own thing socially/religiously etc...?

Just wondering how you felt about her policies, etc.

Free Markets If you don't have some good reason for explaining why in some particular case the government should regulate some particular thing then that is probably not a good idea. Libertarianism If you don't have some good reason for explaining why in some particular case the government...

This post by Andrew Sullivan called "Leaving the Right" pretty much sums up my own feelings since about the end of 2004 going into the beginning of 2005, progressively increasing as the years have gone on, with a dramatic spike in disenchantment with the right coming from the 2008 presidential...

I am aware that it is quite illogical to side with hardcore Conservatives on Social issues, but is there such a thing as being "too Liberal"? Along with a couple of other questions people should ask themselves. -Has anybody here ever been labeled to be "too liberal"? -Is it bad to be "too...

Some questions about conservative views on government Why is it that we can't have a government that is inseparable from the people? Conservatives claim that government is the problem. What happened to our politicians being held accountable? Why is there a disconnect between politicians and...

I personally think that most Conservatives are not truly conservatives except in the fact that they don't want any of their taxpayer dollars going to any form of welfare or anything of that sort. Otherwise though, they don't fit the bill. They are more than willing to have a gigantically...

A 13-year old author of a book called 'Define Conservatism'? Did his father -by any chance- help him with this project? Here is Jonathan in action at CPAC: uFy0na5nsh4 He has been asked if he is made fun of at school. Turns out he isn't, as he is home schooled.

Rush at CPAC Watching it now: So the big first part was saying about how much Conservatives love you. And for you to have maximum opportunity we have to get rid of the Democrat's big government that is oppressing them and making the minorities dependent, blah blah blah. Then the "punishing for...

Edward Fesser writes, He quotes Quine's Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary, revealing his temperamental conservativism: