re: #244 klys

So, and again, this is out of curiousity, Dark: what do you define as conservatism?

the republican technique has been to not define conservatism, except to identify it with platitudes that nobody could object to “freedom”, “independence”, etc…

…but rather to redefine “liberalism” as any bad, objectionable, ridiculous thing that ever occurred, was rumored to have happened, or was simply concocted out of thin air

then “conservatism” can be thought of as merely common sense, while “liberals” are left wondering why the beginning of every political argument consists of their being told that they “worship government and are plotting to make all americans dependent on it”

because, you know, we progressives “love stalin”, therefore QED and shut up