So how are British conservatives similar to American conservatives?
They believe in Universal Healthcare, they don't spend much on the military, don't believe in gun ownership, etc...
That's a point of contention that I have with Libs. They pretend to know what a conservative is and they hate Fox news. All along they have no clue what a real conservative is and they have never watched a minute of Fox news. Let me help ya out there 21, before you embarrass yourself again.
Liberals are obsessed with Fox News but they haven’t ever watched it. It’s like they hired one guy to watch it for them. They take opinion talk shows like Hannity and The Five and say, “That’s not news. Those are opinions!” Hey, dipshit, Fox News has their news shows in the morning when everyone’s getting ready for work. The Five is a chat show where four non-liberals argue with a liberal about current events. You’re not watching the news, Russell Brand.
Yes, Fox has a strong lean toward the right. Outside of talk radio, it’s been the only broadcaster that refuses to do PR for the White House. I’ll happily accept that Fox is synonymous with the right, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have liberals on. They need conflict to make good TV. Besides, the right has at least four vastly different manifestations.
LIBERTARIANS--First, there are the libertarians. They are basically quirky nerds with Asperger’s, and debating them is like arguing with a calculator. You can’t win. The worst you could say about libertarians is they are unsympathetic toward the poor. This is commonly assumed to mean they are racist and selfish while the truth is, they ran the numbers and discovered charity ultimately leaves the poor worse off. I find them to be the most reasonable of all the non-liberals. They are against the drug war and for gay marriage. Unfortunately, their blind love of freedom tends to include abortion and open borders. I don’t see how killing an unborn child is anyone’s right, and not even Milton Friedman was for open borders.
PALEOCONSERVATIVES---Conservatives are broken into two groups and both hate each other’s guts. Paleoconservatives are as fiscally conservative as libertarians but they’re not socially liberal. They want gays to stop being gay and they don’t like drugs either. These guys all have the same gray suit and they think rap is just a black guy yelling at them. I love them, but thinking gays can be straight or complaining about how decadent pop culture has become gets old fast.
NEOCONSERVATIVES---Liberals see the “new” in “neo” and assume a neocon is any non-liberal who appears modern. That is retarded. Neocons are even more retarded. Most of us on the right see them as liberals in conservatives’ clothing. These ******** pretty much dominated George W.’s administration, so if you still think the war is his fault, please blame them.
REPUBLICANS---Republicans are not conservatives. The GOP is a political party. Conservatism is a philosophy. Many conservatives see the Republicans as used car salesmen who will happily sell America out if it means more votes and power. When liberals say, “Where was all this criticism when Bush was in office?” please stuff this up their ***. True conservatives hated W.
This is what I find so confusing about the left. How can you have such a visceral hatred of something you know nothing about? I know what they’re about. I was mad at my dad for being smarter than me. Then I grew up. Is their entire political dogma still based on daddy issues? If so, it should be kept between the patient and his overpaid therapist. We are getting sick of explaining the basics of the non-liberal world every Thanksgiving.
