Conservatism to me means to conserve this world instead of destroying G-D’s creation and to uphold the principles of justice, meaning fair and speedy trials with due process and the assumption of innocence until proven guilty. It means to call out and confront injustice when we see it without moral selectivism; to work together as a unified country towards a common good. It means to go out and help your fellow man get back onto his feet when he is in need. That and religious values. Regardless, we all live in this universe and destroying it with pollutants, destroying ecosystems, smashing justice as if it means nothing at all, and being morally selectice against bad is intolerable. We already have caused unfathomable damage through deforestation, throwing mercury in the water that poisons the fish, and hunting entire species to extinction en masse. I am just one type of conservative though… there are many other types! I will list them later.
Now tell me, what do you think conservatism is? Let me know down below! Good faith answers only.
I don’t know what conservatism is anymore, and I definitely do not agree with what is presented as conservatism in politics today, nor do I agree with what is presented as liberalism. As I’ve cut myself off from algorithms and news feeds over the past year, I’ve come to realize that I get along with most people I meet in real life and that letting politics ultimately influence your relationships with people is like trying to outrun the head of the Ouroboros.
I am a trans woman, I believe in the thing some people call God, I do not agree with any religion, I know they all individually lie but collectively say the truth.
I have joined your community and am excited to see what kinds of discussions we will experience. I hope it does not turn ugly too quickly and that this can actually be some kind of bridge between the two extremes.
I was disappointed but not surprised to see the reactions in your first post. I’ve said similar things not that long ago but I realize now that I was just adding fuel to a fire that needed none. We all create our own opposition, after a while we have to open our eyes to the fact that we are victims of ourselves. We got pushed but we kept running, fueled by our own overinflated egos, brake lines cut through social disconnection and isolation.
It’s time to pull the handbrake, to take a breath, turn around and say: “Hello, Neighbour.”
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