09-20-2005, 11:55 PM
Hi,
Without access to the unpoliticized words, I do not know of a concise way of expressing, "I am liberal in what should be mandated and conservative in how it should be enforced."
--Pete
kandrathe,Sep 20 2005, 03:25 PM Wrote:And, if you are like I am, or most people, youExactly why I feel that we need words like 'liberal' and 'conservative' in their general and unpoliticized form. Once we allow someone to make the 'liberal is only Democrat' or 'conservative is only Republican' association, we have both robbed the language of the ability to discuss philosophies outside of group mentality and 'forced' opinions onto people who may not agree with those specific opinions.
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Without access to the unpoliticized words, I do not know of a concise way of expressing, "I am liberal in what should be mandated and conservative in how it should be enforced."
--Pete
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