Environmentally and socially conscious political conservative. This term was coined by National Review columnist Rod Dreher, and appears in his book, "Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers and their diverse crowd of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party)."
"'Ewww, that's so lefty,' Dreher's editor at his old National Review job sneered when Dreher said he was picking up some locally grown organic produce. And what's with the sandals I'm wearing, he then thought; am I going liberal? Not a bit, he concluded, though if associating with liberals could help him have healthy, flavorful food and a beautiful, durable home; be involved in his children's education; protect and nurture the environment and other species; and live with religious integrity, then associate, befriend, and work with liberals he would. That made him a crunchy conservative . . ."
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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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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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-The belief for smaller government.
-Let idiots be idiots/ you can't fix stupid.
-Support Free trade, deregulation of the economy, reduction of -government spending and deficit, etc.
The in-between: -Make Marijuana legal, but tax the shit out of it.
Hippy side: Supports local and seasonal products, vegans, vegetarians, organic items, gay marriage, looks for peace, and to be the change they wish to see in the world.
-The belief for smaller government.
-Let idiots be idiots/ you can't fix stupid.
-Support Free trade, deregulation of the economy, reduction of -government spending and deficit, etc.
The in-between: -Make Marijuana legal, but tax the shit out of it.
Hippy side: Supports local and seasonal products, vegans, vegetarians, organic items, gay marriage, looks for peace, and to be the change they wish to see in the world.
A Conservative Hippy is one who isn't fully conservative or liberal. Someone who believes in the greater good of society and quality of life, but with the freedom of each individuals own choice, not the governments. Open minded to all cultures, sexual orientation, race, and creed.
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