Topic: You Might Be a Conservative If... And Especially If...

[OldSailor]

As a follow-up to my profile on the attributes of contemporary liberals, “You Might Be a Liberal If…,” I offer this look at the attributes associated with today’s conservatives.

Too often, political “Left v Right” labels are applied without conveying anything substantive about the beliefs or worldviews of the individual upon whom the label has been conferred.

So what’s in a name?

To answer that question, I’ve reviewed my own lists of conservative principles in order to better profile those who identify as “conservative.” Again, with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy:

You Might Be a Conservative If You…

…know the difference between Rule of Law and rule of men – Liberty and tyranny.

…embody the real spirit of Patriots' Day.

Much more here:
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/24736

I heartily recommend this.

[Libertas]

[rustybayonet]

As a follow-up to my profile on the attributes of contemporary liberals, “You Might Be a Liberal If…,” I offer this look at the attributes associated with today’s conservatives.

Too often, political “Left v Right” labels are applied without conveying anything substantive about the beliefs or worldviews of the individual upon whom the label has been conferred.

So what’s in a name?

To answer that question, I’ve reviewed my own lists of conservative principles in order to better profile those who identify as “conservative.” Again, with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy:

You Might Be a Conservative If You…

…know the difference between Rule of Law and rule of men – Liberty and tyranny.

…embody the real spirit of Patriots' Day.

Much more here:
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/24736

I heartily recommend this.

Read the 'Patriot Post article you sighted and this jumped out at me as just one of the openly and telling differences between conservatives and liberals;

"Arthur Schlesinger, a former Harvard professor and senior advisor to JFK, published a retrospective on this era in 1991 called “The Disuniting of America.” Schlesinger wrote primarily about the orthodoxy of self-interested hyphenated-American citizen groups – who, rather than unifying to become one, were diversifying to become many. He warned that the cult of ethnicity would result in “the fragmentation and tribalization of America,” the natural consequence being that these special-interest groups would be co-opted by the political parties. "

[Libertas]

Nice quote...and all but forgotten and now overwhelmed by indifference...

But, how did tribalization end for the last few nations to fall to it?

Anybody remember the nation formerly known as Yugoslavia?

Sow/Reap...the harvest is ripe...