Conservatism, noun -
"1. The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order.
2. A political philosophy or attitude that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions and opposes the attempt to achieve social change though legislation or publicly funded programs.
3. Caution or moderation, as in behavior or outlook."
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
"Trump's rise has elevated the populists, often working-class and rural voters, who tend to be less fiscally conservative and hawkish on foreign policy and more motivated by cultural wedge issues like guns and same-sex marriage, than traditional conservatives, who tend to hold down white-collar jobs and live in the suburbs." David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner Editorial, August 8, 2017
Something about the preceding paragraph irritated me this morning. The terms "conservative" and "neo-con" have been thrown about so much in recent years, do any of us really use the same definition of those terms? Don't conservative values or ideas progress just like liberals, but at a slower pace? It is common to speak of voting for the lesser of two evils, rather than voting for the 3rd party we may agree with closer. Or, vote for the candidate you can agree with 70% who has a better chance to win, rather than voting for the candidate you agree with 95% but has little chance to win. It appears to me that when your choices are truly standing for a Bible-based conservatism/libertarianism; to vote for the 70% agreed with candidate, is only taking us into secular, materialistic Marxism/Socialism/Communism at a slower pace. I do not distinguish between the three terms.
Robert L. Dabney wrote, concering the woman's suffrage movement in the later 19th century:
"It may be inferred again that the present movement for women’s rights will certainly prevail from the history of its only opponent: Northern conservatism. This is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. . . ."
https://www.counter-currents.com/2012/11/robert-lewis-dabney-on-conservatism/I have about come to the point that I'll vote in the Primaries for who I really want in office, but the General Elections later give little choice, so I'm debating sitting those out. The last Presidential election I began supporting Gov. Scott Walker, morally and financially. After he quickly dropped out, I debated between Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Sen. Cruz's father's association with Benny Hinn's wife caused me to go for Trump. I wanted the deceitful, thieving, establishment kicked out, Democrats and Republicans. So, I voted to upset the apple cart! This last paragraph is to give perspective on my thought processes. Any suggestions for a future course of action?
