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Feb 5, 2014 13:55:30   #
Neal
 
MrEd wrote:
While I agree that there are misunderstandings here, it is more on your part. I think you need to take a course on reading comprehension so you know just exactly what it is that people are writing about and what they are trying to say. Using these words is not wrong, IF you know the idea behind what the author is trying to convey. I have used every one of the words except conservative, but you don't seem to understand what is being said. Most people on here that use these words know full well what they mean and use them because it best describes what they want to say.
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Hey MrEd - love that photoshopped B-17!! :P

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Feb 8, 2014 18:30:46   #
kegler299 Loc: Aurora, Il.
 
I like the way this person thinks.

bmac32 wrote:
Definition: Political conservatism in the United States is both an intellectual/theoretical tradition and a popular political movement.

As an intellectual tradition, political conservatism does not necessarily focus on any particular political position or issue. In fact, most conservative traditionalists disagree with one another over a number of issues including (but not limited to) abortion, stem cell research, capital punishment, the environment and war. Nevertheless, these intellectual traditionalists tend to subscribe to the same conservative principles, those being primarily the importance of family, but also a small or limited government, a strong national defense and free enterprise.

Conservatism is also an umbrella term that embodies several different types of politically conservative philosophies. These are often primarily identified as neoconservatism, paleoconservatism and social conservatism, but they also include fiscal conservatism, cultural conseratism and crunchy conservatism.
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