| mirgro said: I understand that, but you cannot in any way shape or form argue that they fall under the conservative spectrum if you are anti-abortion, I don't use the term pro-life because that is just laughable when applied to 80% of anti-abortionists, or anti gay right or any of those. Conservatives, as it stands, want as little government control over their lives as possible. They don't want to be taxed, they don't want to have anything to do with the government. But as soon as it comes to controlling a human body, "oh sure go right ahead, forbid the gays or the women control over their bodies!" Have you ever talked to conservatives like those? Try to pressure them into how they can be anti-government, and at the same time support blatant body control legislature, and just watch the absolutely most hilarious form of cognitive dissonance I have veer heard. "Oh that's different!" Anti-abortion, anti gay rights, and other grouops of similar form are very laughable when they label themselves as conservatives. If I were ever to label myself as a conservative, I know I'd be deeply ashamed I identified in the same group as them. |
I've always thought those things (taxation, government size) didn't really fall under social conservativism, more - I don't know - political conservatism? Social conservatism definitely relates to individual rights such as abortion etc though.
