What happened to conservatism?

hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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The party espousing conservatism turned weird when they were taken over by the frigging religious right. Their political issues were then crossed with social issues producing a bastard party, subservient to the rich and influential.
 
rollinbud

rollinbud

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abandonconflict said:
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/04/25/conservatism-and-cognitive-ability-are-negatively-correlated/ Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. But hey, it is only science, and we all know those trolls who review studies are liberal.
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That same bogus crap keeps getting repeated over and over by the liberal neem bots.... That study is about "social conservativism", not fiscal and certainly not some political party labeled as conservative.... You people live in such a small mental place.
 
canndo

canndo

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rollinbud said:
That same bogus crap keeps getting repeated over and over by the liberal neem bots.... That study is about "social conservativism", not fiscal and certainly not some political party labeled as conservative.... You people live in such a small mental place.
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That is alot like my saing that you aren't talking about me cause I am a progressive. Currently, conservative means socail as well as fiscal and Republican means conservative.


Just sayin
 
ink the world

ink the world

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rollinbud said:
That same bogus crap keeps getting repeated over and over by the liberal neem bots.... That study is about "social conservativism", not fiscal and certainly not some political party labeled as conservative.... You people live in such a small mental place.
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The GOP IS a socially conservative party. In fact, the party was hijacked decades ago by the Moral Majority: and its never been the same since.

Read the current GOP platform and try to tell me it isnt socially conservative.
 
BA142

BA142

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rollinbud said:
That same bogus crap keeps getting repeated over and over by the liberal neem bots.... That study is about "social conservativism", not fiscal and certainly not some political party labeled as conservative.... You people live in such a small mental place.
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Woah, a post that isn't copy pasted.....I think I just shat myself

BTW most Republicans in congress are very conservative in their social views....that's not an opinion, that's just based off the voting record.
 
Krayven Sumhead

Krayven Sumhead

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Yup, if the conservatives get their way, Star Trek ain't never gonna happen.

Unless the crew is made up of rich, old white guys.

It remains hard to convince some conservatives that we really do have space travel capabilities.
 
Fungus Gnat

Fungus Gnat

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Krayven Sumhead said:
Yup, if the conservatives get their way, Star Trek ain't never gonna happen.

Unless the crew is made up of rich, old white guys.

It remains hard to convince some conservatives that we really do have space travel capabilities.
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They were in star trek as the Ferengi.
 
Mr Neutron

Mr Neutron

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One could rightly ask, what happened to liberalism? I think they are both still around but their respective party's have been hijacked.
 
Canna Sylvan

Canna Sylvan

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abandonconflict said:
I formally withdraw all respect I probably never had for you anyway.
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B5 is too complex for you? It's a saga, while Star Trek is episodal. There are character interactions which go beyond good and bad. It's like what we have now. Two sides can be enemies but best friends, while best friends are bitter enemies. B5 deals with taboo subjects Star Trek would never touch. B5 also doesn't use bullshit scientific jargon fillers, it's real life, just with better toys than we have now.
 
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