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Old 01-03-2005, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by GermanStar
Why is it that the sensible concept of being opposed to war is considered liberal, and proponents of war are considered conservative? Since liberalism advocates progress/change and conservatism resists progress/change, the act of advocating war should be properly considered liberal, unless we live in state of perpetual warfare. A further point is the fact that the act of waging war is diametrically opposed to fiscal conservatism. What am I missing here?
Liberalism is a new way of calling socialism...it has nothing to do with progress.....in fact liberalism hinders progress.
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