When looking back in history, why aren't consveratives embarrased.?

Question

conservatives have an ugly record, i.e. opposing womens suffrage, the civil rights movement, any envrionmental cause (denying global warmingexisted or was an issue). I know there needs to be a balance in our politics. I would not want "libierals" to get there way on every issue. I disagree with many liberal ideas, but in the end, I think it is clear that progression is better than conservation. (except for the conservation of the environment/ natural resouces)

Answer 1

and lowering taxes, and freeing the slaves, and starting affirmative action, and keeping government small, and helping the economy, and defending the country, and keeping the death penalty, and being tough on criminals, and promoting individual responsibility, and protecting the 2nd Amendment, and......

Also, you are talking about "conservatism" and not conservation.

Also, progress should always be a goal.  But, change rarely equals progress.  Liberalism tends to point out all of the things that are wrong with the current state of affairs.  I think that is important.  But they think that the solutions to problem are more government interference, more legislation, and more power to the leaders.  This does not solve problems.

I think it is interesting that you mention environmental conservation becuase it brings up a good point.  The systems by which Earth operates have always worked better than the systems created by man.

Welfare is not progress.

Taxing the achievers and giving to the lazy is not progress.

A Nanny Government is not progress.

Making the rich pay for the healthcare of everyone is not progress.

Taking away the death penalty is not progress.

Eliminating the right to bear arms is not progress.

Raising Taxes is not progress.

Feigning Military Support is not progress.

Abusing the 1st amendment is not progress.

The idea that individual liberty comes without individual responsibility is not progress.

Same s*x marriage is not progress.

Pornography in view of children is not progress.

Non-intervention in conflicts that affect the US and our allies is not progress.

And on the far left next to Liberalism is Communism, and Communism is not progress.

Answer 2

oh babe don't open the history books or you might get educated

Democrats voted down the civil rights bill

and it can just keep going from there

Answer 3

Liberals/Socialist have a much bigger history to be ashamed of, ever hear of a place called the Soviet Union or China? Millions upon millions executed and hundreds of millions oppressed all in order to create a utopian society of where the individual is a slave to that society.

Answer 4

Read up on your history of the republican party....

Republicans were against expanding slavery in the US when the party was first created.  

Abe Lincon was republican when slavery ended..

There was a time, when the democrats were the conservative ones, and the republicans were the liberals.  Ideals have changed over the years, and so have the parties.

The truth is, both major parties have had their share of good and bad...

There was a time, when conservatives wished to preserve the constitution, uphold the bill of rights and allow americans to keep their civil liberties.

Personally, I think our freedoms is a pretty good thing to be conservative about.  What good is universal health care if it means we must live in a police state to have it?

Answer 5

I hate to burst your bubble...not really.

Civil rights issues...George Wallace, Robert Bird,. KKK and segregationists. Democrat!

Abe Lincoln was a republican and freed the slaves.

What conservative opposes women's rights and how did they do it. Explain?

Teddy Roosevelt started the national park system. Maybe the first real conservative.

Most of the laws restricting personal rights today are passed by democratic congress's.

Smoking, seat belts,helmets,speech, guns,alcohol, religion,property, to name a few

Answer 6

The Republicans and Democrats have traded places so today's Republicans were Democrats in the 1800s and vice-versa.  There are other parties other than those two.

Both parties also have allowed the protections from Wrongful Termination to be so weak that any protection is a joke and meaningless.  Only a Union offer a so-so protection from Wrongful Termination and even they have forgotten why they were born in the US.

A site for those Barry Goldwater fans and the site is from a Libertarian; Dr. Kelley L Ross

Answer 7

You seem to have looked back in history with your eyes closed. Or you confused the liberals with Conservatives

Please look back again and use my education tax dollars re read and this time open your eyes

everything you said was wrong.

Answer 8

But you must be fair and also disclose most of the incidents you mention were when democrats were what you would now call conservatives.

Answer 9

Some older traditions the GOP. lived in have had to change with the times... Traditional Conservatives are concerned with family values today as they have been for many decades and anything that gets in the way of that tradition, is appalling to them.  Without the Conservative base and the right side of it, the left and far left, would destroy this country entirely and may do so if they win in 08. I am not proud of all our stands, but I guess you had to be living in the time the judgment's were made to know why...

Answer 10

embarrassed if you only go back as far as Barry Goldwater ... and and the start of PNAC and the new world order

just because the republican party of the last 25 years has been hijacked by neo-cons, doesnt mean that republicans historically look that way

Answer 11

Who cares?  Liberals gave us Vietnam, affirmative action and defended slavery.  All this shows is politicians support whatever is popular at the time to stay in office.