What is a neocon?

Question

I hear this word a lot on the internet and rarely on TV. What exactly is a neocon?

Answer 1

A new conservative. Like W or McCain. They do not have the values of traditional conservatives. Greed and feigned Christianity are still present, but they threw fiscal responsibility out the window. It's often used as a pejorative by left and right wingers alike.

Answer 2

The left likes to use the word in a derrogatory manner.  It comes from "new conservative".  I would wear that moniker proudly.  I'm a social and fiscal conservative...as was Washington, Jefferson, Madison...  :)

Answer 3

Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United States from the rejection of the social liberalism, moral relativism, and New Left counterculture of the 1960s. It influenced the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, representing a realignment in American politics, and the defection of some liberals to the right side of the political spectrum; hence the term, which refers to being 'new' conservatives.[1] Neoconservatism emphasizes foreign policy as the paramount responsibility of government, maintaining that America's role as the world's sole superpower is indispensable to establishing and maintaining global order.[2]

EDIT:  oh well, guess the thumbs down people can't read.

Answer 4

neoconservative

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Answer 5

i have no idea. sorry.

good luck though..:)

Answer 6

Well, decades ago, there were a group of radical leftists who believed the future of the United States was to intervene in the affairs of other countries. They basically believed the job of the USA was to be the policeman of the world. They were for a more powerful federal government, and a more powerful President.

The Democrats rejected their ideology, so they switched to the Republican Party.

Traditional conservatives believe is smaller government. They think government should stay out of your life. They think the US should stay out of most foreign affairs and let other countries deal with their own problems.

Because the "neo-cons" have nothing really in common with traditional conservatives, they were given the term "neo" or new conservatives.

If you see a guy like Pat Buchanan, or Ron Paul, they are old school conservatives. If you hear guys like George Bush, d**k Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Bill Krystol, etc., those are big government neo-cons who really have nothing in common with the traditional small government conservatives.

Answer 7

I'm a Conservative. Liberals have assigned the name "neocon" to conservatives, but you can call me what you want, I not ashamed of being labeled conservative.

A conservative is a liberal that has been mugged.

A "progressive" is a liberal ashamed of being called a liberal.

Answer 8

new conservative

Answer 9

a liberal who converted to conservatism because the truth is so apparent.this is the definition.not a freakin new conservative.look it up.

Answer 10

The word neocon is a slur by the left (progressive/marxists who hate America) They hate the fact that conservatives aren't buying into their "change" America into a "Workers Paradise".

A progressive is a polite way of saying communist/marxist.

Here's some of the goals that the progressives have been trying to push for America.   Can you name the ones the progressives have been successful at?

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.

8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.

9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.

14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.

33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].

39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.

43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.

44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

These 45 points are are Communist Goals (1963)

Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35

January 10, 1963

Current Communist Goals

EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, January 10, 1963

  

Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.

At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:

[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS

Answer 11

Neo-conservative it is a type of politician like a liberal etc.

People think republicans = neo-conservatives but this is absolutley not true.

neo means new and conservative means Ron Paul. You essentially take Ron Paul and make him a n**i what do you get? Bush Cheney they evil hybrid that threatens the world. They are a group of people that believe in Leo Strausses theory society needs a big fat lie to inspire and drive them IE terrorists global warming... They are to believe one thing in public and the other in private. Almost every one seems to be a neo-con one way or another now corruption has spread greatley h**l even obama is a neo-con I don't care what anyone says.