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Originally Posted by cthulu23
I would never say that all of American conservatism is fundamentally bankrupt or produces nothing good. That must be one of those intolerant liberal characteristics I guess.
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Indeed. I consider myself to be a fiscal conservative. There are some practical downsides to fiscal conservatism, but in general I am of the tax less, spend less mentality.
I consider myself a liberal, a strong liberal, because I believe there are aspects to this world which are FAR more important than money. I could never bring myself to forsake those aspects, or portions of those aspects, in order to align myself with the social conservative - for whom I have little to no respect (so long as they feel their social conservatism must be shared by all).