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The political movement that has been on the wrong side of every issue since the beginning of recorded human history.
Notable examples: The Dark Ages, The Catholic Church vs Galileo, "Peace in our Time" -Neville Chamberlain on Nazi appeasement
Oh, that group of anti-vaxxers protesting outside of the hospital? That's such a Conservative thing to do.
Abortion laws? Again, super Conservative.
Slavery? You guessed, it Conservatism
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Old definition: One who wishes to preserve old evils as opposed to a liberal who clamors for new ones.
New definition: Someone who believes in ultra-fascist government where a single leader makes all decisions and is unquestionable, combined with a radical upward redistribution of income and cruelty for the fun of it; as opposed to a liberal who wants to dismantle the military, trust terrorists not to hurt us, and eat the rich. One of two classes of fuckwit in this country.
How dare you attack the integrity of the president in front of me, I'm a conservative you know.
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A lowly creature that seeks to be relevant in mordern times, someone whos only platform should be the circus.
Normal person: whats a conservative?
Normal person 2: oh you know obe of thise cretin always jabbering "Gawd, gunz n cuntry..hyuk hyuk" (insert banjo tune)
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The normal political party.
“Conservative” a rational person that doesn’t have his head up his own ass
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A collection of people who are self centred to such an extreme amount that the thought of equality or rights for anyone other than their largely white and upper middle class brethren is a thought so terrifying that they will use all their power to ensure that nothing ever changes.
They will actively fight anything which doesn’t either make them money or give them tax cuts. The concept of the status quo changing in anyway is unacceptable to these people.
“Gays rights and the environment and black people being killed by cops isn’t my problem. I’m a conservative, let me show you my portfolio”
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Despite the misgivings of certain individuals who have an absurdly black/white view of the political spectrum, conservatism does not instantly mean hypocrasy and it certainly is not necessarily far-right in philosophy. Conservatism can be broadly categorised in two areas:
1. Fiscal conservatism. A belief in personal responsibility for finances. Scaling back taxation to allow greater control over individual incomes. Conservative thinking promotes cutbacks in public spending enabling tax breaks to be given to those that are earning, and believes in helping those out of work back into self sufficiency.
2. Social conservatism. Contrary to the fiscal conservatism, social conservatives believe in placing restrictions on personal freedoms, resulting in more government involvement into the daily lives of individuals. This is also known as neo-conservative.
I am a fiscal conservative, but a social liberal.
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1) One who espouses a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change.
2) One who believes in less government being better government.
3) One who believes in such "outmoded" ideas as civil liberties (freedom of speech, separation of church and state, right to keep and bear arms, that kind of thing)
4) One for whom the Republican Party no longer truly speaks.
5) a word that today's so-called "conservatives" don't know the definition of.
"Today's so-called 'conservatives' don't even know what the word means. They think I've turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. It's not a conservative issue at all." -- Barry Goldwater
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