When I was in 8th grade I was the only student in my class that wanted to see Barry Goldwater as president (AUH2064). Since that time, until recently, I mostly saw my self as a liberal Democrat. Though in the last couple of years I seem to have repositioned as a moderate -- not so much because I disagree with liberals policy goals but be…
When I was in 8th grade I was the only student in my class that wanted to see Barry Goldwater as president (AUH2064). Since that time, until recently, I mostly saw my self as a liberal Democrat. Though in the last couple of years I seem to have repositioned as a moderate -- not so much because I disagree with liberals policy goals but because they dont take sufficient care is assessing the tradeoffs involved in their policies.
Still when I look at the last 75 years the conservatives have been on the wrong side of what i see as important issues:
Cleaning up the environment
Social Security and Medicare
Civil Rights (yes there were conservatives who supported civil rights including McConnell but they have either changed their tune or been expelled from the party). Goldwater thought along with many conservatives that civil rights laws violated people's rights to limit who they do business with and who they interact with
Yes... their anti-policies like those you list, were actually the seeds planted for our national destruction.
The conservatives' tunnelvision policies have long sought to conserve power and wealth solely for white males who are culturally, if not religiously, Christian. At all costs.
When I was in 8th grade I was the only student in my class that wanted to see Barry Goldwater as president (AUH2064). Since that time, until recently, I mostly saw my self as a liberal Democrat. Though in the last couple of years I seem to have repositioned as a moderate -- not so much because I disagree with liberals policy goals but because they dont take sufficient care is assessing the tradeoffs involved in their policies.
Still when I look at the last 75 years the conservatives have been on the wrong side of what i see as important issues:
Cleaning up the environment
Social Security and Medicare
Civil Rights (yes there were conservatives who supported civil rights including McConnell but they have either changed their tune or been expelled from the party). Goldwater thought along with many conservatives that civil rights laws violated people's rights to limit who they do business with and who they interact with
Mashall plan & NATO
Business Regs to stop the cheating of customers
Immigration
Yes... their anti-policies like those you list, were actually the seeds planted for our national destruction.
The conservatives' tunnelvision policies have long sought to conserve power and wealth solely for white males who are culturally, if not religiously, Christian. At all costs.
Where did they think it was going to end up?