a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society.
Conservatism is the opposite of Liberalism
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Members of the Conservative Movement are known as "movement conservatives."
In the USA, political parties themselves are very weak and nebulous; historically, they are not bound to any particular ideology or constituency. Instead, parties take their ideological guidance from movements, which endorse candidates based on their commitment to the goals of that particular movement. Movements also marshall fundraising and organizing networks, binding candidates to elected officials and to affiliated thinktanks. The CM is distinguished because it captured an entire party, and tied it to an emphatically rightwing ideology.
The three components of the CM are the neoconservatives (neocons), religious right (theocons, "Moral Majority"), and the AEI-affiliated business conservatives (money cons).
Members of the Conservative Movement are known as "movement conservatives."
In the USA, political parties themselves are very weak and nebulous; historically, they are not bound to any particular ideology or constituency. Instead, parties take their ideological guidance from movements, which endorse candidates based on their commitment to the goals of that particular movement. Movements also marshall fundraising and organizing networks, binding candidates to elected officials and to affiliated thinktanks. The CM is distinguished because it captured an entire party, and tied it to an emphatically rightwing ideology.
The three components of the CM are the neoconservatives (neocons), religious right (theocons, "Moral Majority"), and the AEI-affiliated business conservatives (money cons).
More important, conservatives who embraced conspiratorial thinking shared a sufficient set of complaints, assumptions, and common enemies that united them with their more "respectable" cohorts in one movement. They swam in the same ideological waters as the broader conservative movement... and. above all, participated in building one mobilization out of their common grievances against American liberalism.
Lisa McGirr, *Suburban Warriors* (2002)
Lisa McGirr, *Suburban Warriors* (2002)
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Hahaha! Obama's a soshulist! You are dumb! He is Hitler!OH, I guess I'll be called racist!
Shut up, conservatroll
Shut up, conservatroll
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The idiots at Conservapedia have decided to corrupt the word of the Lord by creating the Conservative Bible Project.
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They see liberal establishments like Moveon.org and College Liberals to be outdated or sometimes hypocritical, due to the perceived notion that they're concerned with only promoting certian rights for people and not others and put their own special interests in front of national security.
They also tend to be suspicious of political correctness, seeing it as an ironic classification of people who wanted to escape classification.
Many can be irreligious.
They tend to be late Generation X (1975-9) or early to mid Generation Y (1980-5).
Named after the cartoon South Park.
They see liberal establishments like Moveon.org and College Liberals to be outdated or sometimes hypocritical, due to the perceived notion that they're concerned with only promoting certian rights for people and not others and put their own special interests in front of national security.
They also tend to be suspicious of political correctness, seeing it as an ironic classification of people who wanted to escape classification.
Many can be irreligious.
They tend to be late Generation X (1975-9) or early to mid Generation Y (1980-5).
Named after the cartoon South Park.
South Park Conservatives are an odd bunch.
They believe in tax cuts and Middle East reform yet they toke up like a hippie with 24 hours to live!
They believe in tax cuts and Middle East reform yet they toke up like a hippie with 24 hours to live!
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