Since Spring is a time of renewal, I thought it might be appropriate to remind folks of what Conservatism is all about. Or, more accurately, what distinguishes Conservatism from Liberalism.
There are two fundamentals for each of the two largest ideologies. These fundamentals are most importantly demonstrated through legislation.
Liberals believe:
- A person is free to make any choice, irrespective of whether that choice violates the rights of others.
- A person may make any choice, free of personal responsibility and personal consequence.
Conservatives believe:
- A person is free to make any choice, except where that choice violates the rights of others.
- A person may make any choice, but is personally responsible for that choice and must personally accept all consequences of that choice.
An example: abortion.
Since 1973, and as defended by, promoted by and expanded by Liberals, a woman, engaging in behavior whose possible outcomes include pregnancy, may choose to terminate that pregnancy at will, for any reason. She, legislatively, is beholden to NO personal responsibility, NO personal consequence.....for butchering an unborn child. That woman makes a choice which directly violates the rights of another human being. No responsibility, no consequence and grotesque violation of the rights of another human being.
THIS, in all it's savagery, is the very nature of Liberalism.
Of course, there are other examples: Affirmative Action, "Gay Marriage", Embryonic Stem Cell research, etc......all of these, through Democrat legislation, alleviate the choice-maker of responsibility, and seek to grant rights unequally, or remove rights altogether.
And it is what separates Liberals from Conservatives.
....which is why I am a Conservative.
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