Conservative or not, what do you think of conservatism today? By modern conservatism, I mean groups like the GOP or the Tea Party. You can also talk about conservative idea and positions. Personally, I dislike both groups because they're both not for the people, they are funded by corporations that only want profit and don't care about anything else, but that is just my opinion. I welcome all and any dissent.

Edited March 31, 201511 yr by TheAntiCapitalist

Personally, I'm democratic. I just don't really enjoy how some conservatives think about things. That's my opinion, so please god don't annoy me about it.

Conservatives are in favor of traditional American values. Just some of these values are an efficient education system, a strong military, traditional American rights, and American isolationism; as our founding fathers' believed in. We believe in the working middle class with minimal government assistance when absolutely necessary.

Anyone that believes Conservatives value anything different are simply blinded by the mainstream Liberal media. Liberals haven't really done much to help America. I can easily provide two examples of the brilliant work of Liberalism:

President Barack Obama, with an outstanding approval rating of 49%.

Then there's also the beautiful, Liberal controlled, city of Detroit.

Other than that, I won't be participating in this topic. I can already forsee it's inevitable demise, and myself receiving a warning point.

*I'm aware not all conservatives (it's an umbrella term) believe the exact same things, don't jump on me for that*

 

I think some of their opinions tend to be hypocritical. They preach small government but don't follow up on it. They want to impose their morality on you through government force (laws). Abortion, drug prohibition, gay marriage, lack of separation of church and state, etc. They want a massive military (which is a part of government), even if it majorly contributes to the national debt and lines the pockets of defense contractors. *hint hint* Eisenhower *hint hint* They back the police almost without question. If you're so opposed to the government, why do you unilaterally stand behind their agents? They want to get government out of the way of business, but then they buddy up to the lobbyists and the corporations that pay the campaign bills. They appeal to the Founding Fathers as if they were the intellectual descendants of those men, even though classical liberalism mirrors contemporary libertarianism (which I do not consider in-line with contemporary conservatism or liberalism) and not the GOP or the Tea Party. 

 

I'm sure what I say next will go totally unheeded and I'll be blasted as a "typical libtard," but as a libertarian (and registered independent), I am generally opposed to a significant number of things both liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, support. 

 

I'm sure this thread will end well. 

Edited March 31, 201511 yr by SIR_Sergeant

I'm a independent, so I can agree to both sides of the spectrum.