In this day and age of mass shootings, mass hysteria, and mass ignorance, political debates occur everywhere. In these so-called “debates”, many of the participants have their terms misconstrued. This can cause confusion and even lead to emotional, ad hominin attacks. The usual culprits of these ad hominin attacks, Liberals, have no basis for their arguments, and thus resort to emotions to back up their points. Liberalism falls on the left, progressive side of the political spectrum, while conservatism and libertarianism lie on the right side. Most people, especially on the left think that conservatives are far-right, fascist, narrow-minded, bigoted, Nazis, who do not embrace change. However, this false notion, again, based on emotions, stems from an ignorance about conservatism, whether that be willful or unintentional. …show more content…
A common misconception is that the two extremes of the political spectrum are Communism (Left) and Fascism (Right). However, Anarchism should be considered far right, because it advocates no form government; Communism and Fascism should both be considered far left because they both utilize forms of totalitarian governments. Conservatives and Libertarians believe in personal liberty and as little government as possible, making them right leaning. Liberals and other left-leaning mindsets believe that more government is the key to freedom, putting them on the left end of the political
Before I could even understand what politics was, I would hear my parents and extended family discussing conservatism and their opinions on our country’s leaders. For a while, I identified as a conservative strictly because of what my parent’s told me.
This essay will also focus on the competition between the Liberals and the Conservatives who presented as the Liberal's
(Collinson, Reston 2). These diction filled phrases help the audience understand the state of the Republican Party due to the negative connotation. The negative connotation allows the readers to understand the tiff that is occurring within the party and why many Republicans are worried about its future. The article describes the party as divided and using emotion-charged diction to support the claim allows the audience to connect with the
While Conservatives are those who abhor change, and want to return the United States to a time that they feel is ideal. This time seems to be debated, with many believing that the 1950’s was the ideal time that society should be returning to. While others believe, it is the 1980’s during the Reagan Era that was the ideal time for the American people. Liberals on the other hand, do not want to return the country back to a “better time”. They want the country to progress and change in a positive manner that includes the protection of rights and freedoms of everyone living within the United States.
In her book, Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (2001), Lisa McGirr traces how right-wing ideology became mainstream over the course of the 1960s, and became institutionalized in American politics in the following years (1970s-1980s). She examines the way everyday people in Orange County first came together to form a grassroots social movement that formed its own strand of conservatism in the shape of the New Right that eventually propelled them into politics with Barry Goldwater's campaign and eventually helped Reagan win the presidency. The New Right started in the neighborhoods of Orange County, rooted in an existing set of ideals regarding individualism, private property, and family alongside early fears of communism that eventually shifted to fears regarding liberalism as a cause of moral decline. Fear is a theme that runs throughout the book, beginning with Orange Country's economic connection to military spending, many of the residents who lived there had membership
Many young people not being informed about and actively participating in politics, or simply adopt their parents political ideologies. For this reason, I felt that taking this Political Spectrum Analysis Quiz in class was spurred political and self awareness in the majority of the class. Due to this quiz touching on both existing economic and social issues, I feel like it brought specific a single answer. The Political Spectrum Analysis Quiz deemed me a liberal.
In modern mass media, we see terms such as “liberal” and “conservative” get thrown around constantly. Political figures and pundits alike bitterly debate over issues such as abortion and Social Security. Presidential candidates make promises that fall in line with their political party. But most notable of all is the fact that the two biggest and most influential political parties, the Democratic Party and Republican Party, cannot seem to agree on any issue no matter how trivial or critical it may be. We hear news reports on Obamacare being despised by Republicans, or House Republicans promising to veto any form of gun control.
I do not believe that there is a future to fascism. As time goes on people have wanted more of a say in their government, and fascism would not lead to that. A system with fascism does not ever work, and it could lead to corruption and the killings on many people. Adolf Hitler is one of the main examples of what fascism could lead you to. He led a genocide in his own country that killed jews, political prisoners, the disabled, and homosexuals.
In the United States there are two major parties involved in our political structure, Democrats and Republicans. Since 1836, these two parties have dominated the political scene and Democrats and Republicans have controlled Congress and the presidency since 1860. Now, within these two parties there are people with progressive and conservative ideologies. These ideologies are not confined to only one political party, but instead are largely based on the individual’s opinion and perspective. Generally speaking though, most conservatives are Republicans and most progressives are Democrats.
What is conservatism? Well, conservatism is a standard value and idea with resistance to change. Conservatism was mentioned a lot in the 1980's. One of our many president's elections implied the return of conservatism. The known Conservative was the United States 40th President Ronald Reagan.
In “Fly the Partisan Skies”(2004), David Brooks satirizes the differences and stereotypes of both political parties in the United States that divides the country and causing them not to communicate with each other any more in their narrow-minded behavior. Brooks pontificates about the tendency of Liberals to act out of emotions and demand equality, in contrast to conservatives that blindly pledge themselves to their values by stereotyping the two political parties in the metaphor of airlines (Liberal Air, Right Wing Express), and juxtaposing their beliefs- Liberals ( “Your Grievances Are Our Grievances.”) and the Conservatives (“How can I help you help yourself?”). Throughout the piece, Brooks ironically and sarcastically mocks both Conservatives
A twenty-first century Republican is “undoubtedly proud of the early party’s stand against slavery, but is likely to cringe at its support of protectionist tariffs rather than free trade.” (Eddins, 2012). Today most Republicans believe that government should tax people less, maintain a strong military, and intervene in people’s lives as little as possible. On the other hand Democrats support government programs that help those in need, as well as protection of public education, civil rights, and environmental issues. Although the Democratic-Republican party over powered the Federalists, we wouldn’t be where we are today without either of these political
Conservatism was an ideology in which people had ideas and beliefs to preserve the current order. Conservatives believed in tradition over reason and in the hierarchy of birth rather than liberals, who believed in the hierarchy of merit. Conservatives believed in security and stability as well. One of their great leaders, Otto von Bismarck, created social programs, health programs, and guaranteed retirement programs for society. Conservatives believed that being loyal to the state will insure that you will be protected by the state.
Conservatism has different versions, because there is no agreement between politicians. Conservative people usually defends what they oppose and the best information they have about is for oppose, but when it comes to what they are for, it is a blank space, they forget about their actual purpose while understanding the oppose. Therefore, a fixed system of ideas wouldn’t be enough the describe conservatism, so it is hard to tie down conservatism with any kind of fixed systems. The idea was first established after the French Revolution against liberalism, for the ones who were frightened by the violence of the revolution.
True enough: We can put socialism and fascism on a table and stare at them all we like, and all we may see will be differences. What is required to go beyond (critically thinking) this is to widen our context of knowledge. For instance, let 's say we draw two geometrical figures on the chalkboard: a scalene and an isosceles. If we focus merely on these two concretes, without widening our context, we will see nothing but difference. The two triangles have different angles, different side lengths, different locations, and different sizes.