tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post7294027473264388880..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: It's A Hopeless Trapy-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-87277822756829803502011-09-19T18:36:39.323-06:002011-09-19T18:36:39.323-06:00Sounds like you are a moral relativist who holds t...Sounds like you are a moral relativist who holds that definitions change as the ruling class sublates terminology.<br /><br />Conservatives play a fun game where they encourage freedom rhetoric when they are out of power and pursue statist policies when they are in power.<br /><br />Conservatives shove aside anyone who suggests an actual free market reform. I know. Utah Conservatives have slammed the door in my face more times that I can count for proposing health freedom.<br /><br />This game of left, right and center has dominated politics since the French Revolution.<br /><br />Conservatives are a mirror image of the progressives. We will not break free from this process that systematically chokes liberty until people recognize the ruse for what it is.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-52959730970621569882011-09-17T18:51:17.072-06:002011-09-17T18:51:17.072-06:00I am assuming you are at least 55 years old becaus...I am assuming you are at least 55 years old because your definition of conservative is very, very old school. I haven't heard this definition of conservative since I was in a child back in the early 80s. This definition of conservative fell out of favor even among conservatives at least twenty years ago.<br /><br />For example, conservatives support charter schools, vouchers and increased use of technology in instruction (online schools), but that is hardly preserving our past or social order. Charter schools, vouchers and technology are disruptive, hardly preserving social order. Conservatives also support merit pay, a hugely disruptive policy. (I use "disruptive" positively here)<br /><br />Conservatives generally support a national sales tax or a flat tax, neither of which is based on historical precedent or tradition.<br /><br />These are just some examples. There are others to be found in transportation, income security programs and other areas.<br /><br />You can accuse all political movements of inconsistency and not living up to their own ideas, but your definition of conservativism needs to be updated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com