Conservative - root word is conserve, as in "to keep things they way they are." Traditionally, this was the point of view of people who had wealth and wanted to preserve the system that had made them wealthy.
Liberal - from the same root word as "liberty." Originally it was used by the poor and oppressed who wanted the "liberty" to live their own lives without being controlled by aristocrats and wealthy businessmen. Today, it seems to have a very different meaning in the USA.
All of those things were in the midst of happening when the Democrats took over. And when they actually tried to pass legislation to assuage these situations, the president vetoed it.
Yup, my teachers all told me the same things. It's kinda sick really, it's an attempt at shamless indoctrination and munipulation of young minds, because they are convinced that rather than letting kids find their own truths they must save them from "the lies," because they know "the truth." It's equivication, telling half truths in order to promote your cause, or your own ideals.
Ha Ha!!!! I laughed for 10 minutes when I saw this, its so true man, liberals never want to take responsibility. It would meen actually dealing with a problem that doesn't get them votes.
We should call Conservatives what they are. They say they are anti-Liberal and anti-Progressive. So we should call them anti-Freedom and anti-Progress. The reason why "Liberal" has such a negative connotation with voters is that the Republicans transformed it into a dirty word by associating it with bad things like Communism. Nice going assholes. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but the Dems won Congress because they promised to try to end the war in Iraq, which the public diametrically opposes.
I am sorry who is anti Progresse? Liberals thats who. Sorry but Liberals can't deal with progressive economies. They want things to stay the way they are and when change comes a knocking that makes them uncomfortable they cry about Corporations. Some people are uncomfortable about social changes and some about economic ones. The difference is that government has little control over social change while they can have huge control over economic change. Making you more prone to totalitarianism.
When a new partie is introduced, so are their standards, or how they work in their group, or in other words ethics, if anyone would actually notice, no matter what ANYONE does, change happens, even if you tried as hard as possible, the parties THEMSELVES change, their way of general structure alters, their ethics change.
what someone said 200 years ago means nothing now,
The parties are always dynamic and their views shifting. I base my siding on the sides that parties take. I am a democrat because I want out of Iraq, I want abortion, and I want gay mariage, and taxation is necessary for the nation, especially with our 1.6 trillion dollar deficit. My goals lie within the democrat party, so I am a democrat.
That's exactly what I expect from a group of people who want to outlaw abortion, but deny the children healthcare. How whackadoo is that? Do any of you idiots think our country is any safer now??? Hey dumbasses.. the world hates us because of Bush's oil war. But god forbid blaming the spoiled doofus for any of that.
Not all conservatives want to "outlaw" abortion. They succeeded in outlawing partial birth abortion because there is no benefit to the mother from it. Plus, killing a baby in the third trimester is effectively murdering a living human being. I don't mind kiddies having healthcare, but I do mind if it's funded by tobacco taxes and given to "kids" who are 25 years old.
You know I hate those terms, liberal and conservation. They are nothing more than thin veils that politicians hid behind in order to win votes and make themselves look good or bad, or make the other guy look bad. All politicians are just in the pockets of the wealthy. The only good ones are the ones that step beyond those titles and see that they are Americans, and the only agenda they should be pushing is the betterment of American.
I don't know maybe things like getting the nation out of its multi-trillion dollar debt. Maybe increase the amount of work in the US and reduce our trade defect as well as lower our dependency on foreign countries for all of our manufactured goods. And the Democrats are not the only party that is wrought with scandals and corruption. So before you go making baseless assumptions why not look up the facts.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian Socialist almost, befriended many liberals, but a Christian as well.
Now, dubdub01, none of them were really liberal, infact, none at all were liberal. JFK was in a sense, however, I think you're confusing liberal with revolutionary dubdub01. I'm not conservative or liberal, I'm in the middle, split on issues. Either way, the video is funny, the other though... funnier.
You're horrible at sarcasm. Just quit. Lincoln was Republican. The Roosevelts were Democratic. That doesn't mean they were liberal. Rosa P. and the Little Rock 9 had no party affiliation and were not political, just controversal. The pilgrims are hated by liberals for "destroyed a race of people". The soldiers in the American Revolution had no party affiliation either. You SERIOUSLY need a history lesson. I also hope you're not 19 because if you are, that's pathetic.
I know. I consider Teddy a more of a Democrat though then a Republican, or RINO, if you will (Republican In Name Only). FDR was a solid Democrat and should not be given credit for getting us out of the depression (he made it worse with government interference).
look natinal security is the best thing the bush administration did but at any time the liberals where saying very similar things in this department to the republicans its not just something new
It's hard not to take personally a comment that actually says "I don't like your opinion, you should be quarantined from society". I always regarded liberals of all kinds as accepting, open to debate and un-judging and I'm trying to follow these qualities myself. I don't see how a call for a segregation based on political affiliation is liberal. Truth to be told, it's damn against those freedoms (like freedom of though) that I want to protect so we all can enjoy it.
Conservatism and liberalism are what we make of it. Conservatism can be as harsh as fascism (and worse) or it can be a historically conscious, law-abiding, free and modern society. Liberalism can be an equal and open-to-all communal society and it can also be a blood-thirsty repressive communist regime or a lawless Anarchy where you do [and kill] what you want. It's up to the people to better their world, no matter what political affiliation they share.
As for the Nazi's and such, they are right wing extremists to be sure. Condemned and shunned by all conservatives in their right mind. Much like the left wing Anarchists and Communists (is some places). Personally I've yet to meet with someone who openly identifies himself with left wing Anarchists, they are no better then Nazi's. Or would you argue that Baader Mainhof and the like are first class civil rights protectors?
The term 'conservative' comes from the ancient Roman word "conservus" - to protect. To protect the basic values of society and culture (like freedom and human rights), to look back at history, draw inspiration from its triumphs and learn from its mistakes. I believe it's a much better way the Communist proposed "burn the old and build the new from the ashes", look where it has brought them.
Politics in America is pathetic. All you guys can do is split in two camps and start insulting each other with personal attacks.
Consider my country, the Netherlands. Our population is 5% of yours, and we already have 10 political parties in parliament. That's right: TEN!! And our debates are actually about SOMETHING, rather than this horse-shit you see over here. Concerning politics, you guys definitely need to get a life...and that goes to BOTH liberals and conservatives. Losers.
NO shit! People make mistakes. He won the election in 2000 and 2004 so he got the popular vote. Your probably the majority of America, fat, lazy, and retarded.
Uh, the dems promised to withdraw the troops. So why haven't they? They can kill the funding which ends the war. Why are they NOT voting to kill the funding? I thought it was the will of the people! Why did they LOSE 14-80 in the house??
Lame and pathetic. It's the same old meaningless Republican talking point being kicked around, except they put it on youtube. There's nothing funny about it. In actuality, Dems never pretended to be "conservative" on natioanl security issues, they promised to withdraw the troops. So get your facts straight. You lost because America isn't conservative.
It's pretty funny that this was posted in 2007. It holds up today. (blame Bush)
AiPolitics 1 year ago
lol, its funny how words change over time.
yadidameng 2 years ago
Sooooo original.
CYLONEJACK 3 years ago
This is awesome! Sad cause it is so true.
ivanyoder 3 years ago
Awesome!
truthforamerica 3 years ago
The Dems and Repos are the same old shit, just a slightly different package.
completelypointless 3 years ago
Conservative - root word is conserve, as in "to keep things they way they are." Traditionally, this was the point of view of people who had wealth and wanted to preserve the system that had made them wealthy.
Liberal - from the same root word as "liberty." Originally it was used by the poor and oppressed who wanted the "liberty" to live their own lives without being controlled by aristocrats and wealthy businessmen. Today, it seems to have a very different meaning in the USA.
professor2442 3 years ago 2
All of those things were in the midst of happening when the Democrats took over. And when they actually tried to pass legislation to assuage these situations, the president vetoed it.
mmace91 3 years ago
Yup, my teachers all told me the same things. It's kinda sick really, it's an attempt at shamless indoctrination and munipulation of young minds, because they are convinced that rather than letting kids find their own truths they must save them from "the lies," because they know "the truth." It's equivication, telling half truths in order to promote your cause, or your own ideals.
Trageikeman116 3 years ago
Fuck Conservatives. Democratic is the way to go.
RevoltOfAges 4 years ago
Ha Ha!!!! I laughed for 10 minutes when I saw this, its so true man, liberals never want to take responsibility. It would meen actually dealing with a problem that doesn't get them votes.
Sieces 4 years ago
We should call Conservatives what they are. They say they are anti-Liberal and anti-Progressive. So we should call them anti-Freedom and anti-Progress. The reason why "Liberal" has such a negative connotation with voters is that the Republicans transformed it into a dirty word by associating it with bad things like Communism. Nice going assholes. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but the Dems won Congress because they promised to try to end the war in Iraq, which the public diametrically opposes.
mmace91 4 years ago
I am sorry who is anti Progresse? Liberals thats who. Sorry but Liberals can't deal with progressive economies. They want things to stay the way they are and when change comes a knocking that makes them uncomfortable they cry about Corporations. Some people are uncomfortable about social changes and some about economic ones. The difference is that government has little control over social change while they can have huge control over economic change. Making you more prone to totalitarianism.
EasyEs 4 years ago
wow you know so much about politics
HopePoisoned 4 years ago
When a new partie is introduced, so are their standards, or how they work in their group, or in other words ethics, if anyone would actually notice, no matter what ANYONE does, change happens, even if you tried as hard as possible, the parties THEMSELVES change, their way of general structure alters, their ethics change.
what someone said 200 years ago means nothing now,
not in a "smart" society.
we're motors, not stone wheels.
no fire directed at you H-P
just at those WANKERS
coogiez 4 years ago
The parties are always dynamic and their views shifting. I base my siding on the sides that parties take. I am a democrat because I want out of Iraq, I want abortion, and I want gay mariage, and taxation is necessary for the nation, especially with our 1.6 trillion dollar deficit. My goals lie within the democrat party, so I am a democrat.
mruniverse27 4 years ago
So was the Titanic.
froggerchanovsky 4 years ago 2
delicious, I lets blame the government for 9/11.. because thats even remotely plausible.
banjo1414159 4 years ago
That's exactly what I expect from a group of people who want to outlaw abortion, but deny the children healthcare. How whackadoo is that? Do any of you idiots think our country is any safer now??? Hey dumbasses.. the world hates us because of Bush's oil war. But god forbid blaming the spoiled doofus for any of that.
dantelabon 4 years ago
Not all conservatives want to "outlaw" abortion. They succeeded in outlawing partial birth abortion because there is no benefit to the mother from it. Plus, killing a baby in the third trimester is effectively murdering a living human being. I don't mind kiddies having healthcare, but I do mind if it's funded by tobacco taxes and given to "kids" who are 25 years old.
loarmistead 4 years ago
We don't hate you because of Bush's oil war. We hate you because you're American.
froggerchanovsky 4 years ago
unfortunately for you, all the funny people are liberal, except for robin williams.
HastyUsernameChoice 4 years ago
Robin Williams is a liberal...
which I guess makes all funny people liberal :(
loarmistead 4 years ago
Awesome.
TheCobaltAgent 4 years ago
You know I hate those terms, liberal and conservation. They are nothing more than thin veils that politicians hid behind in order to win votes and make themselves look good or bad, or make the other guy look bad. All politicians are just in the pockets of the wealthy. The only good ones are the ones that step beyond those titles and see that they are Americans, and the only agenda they should be pushing is the betterment of American.
kazefalke 4 years ago
Define betterment...
Betterment of America is an America without libtards or members of the party of the Seditious & Sleazy (a.k.a. Dems)...
russ1951 4 years ago
I don't know maybe things like getting the nation out of its multi-trillion dollar debt. Maybe increase the amount of work in the US and reduce our trade defect as well as lower our dependency on foreign countries for all of our manufactured goods. And the Democrats are not the only party that is wrought with scandals and corruption. So before you go making baseless assumptions why not look up the facts.
kazefalke 4 years ago
Uh my points...
My dad is liberal. My dad is Christian.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian Socialist almost, befriended many liberals, but a Christian as well.
Now, dubdub01, none of them were really liberal, infact, none at all were liberal. JFK was in a sense, however, I think you're confusing liberal with revolutionary dubdub01. I'm not conservative or liberal, I'm in the middle, split on issues. Either way, the video is funny, the other though... funnier.
iwebber88 4 years ago
You're horrible at sarcasm. Just quit. Lincoln was Republican. The Roosevelts were Democratic. That doesn't mean they were liberal. Rosa P. and the Little Rock 9 had no party affiliation and were not political, just controversal. The pilgrims are hated by liberals for "destroyed a race of people". The soldiers in the American Revolution had no party affiliation either. You SERIOUSLY need a history lesson. I also hope you're not 19 because if you are, that's pathetic.
josethemexican16 4 years ago
Correction: you said that the Roosevelts were Democratic. Teddy Roosevelt was a Repubican and FDR was the Democrat ( just to let you know).
85Pats 3 years ago
I know. I consider Teddy a more of a Democrat though then a Republican, or RINO, if you will (Republican In Name Only). FDR was a solid Democrat and should not be given credit for getting us out of the depression (he made it worse with government interference).
josethemexican16 3 years ago
You got to remember that the Repubican and Democratic parties were much different 100 years ago.
Even more so about 150 years ago when Republicans were considered liberals and,Democrates were pro slavery.
85Pats 3 years ago 7
yea... Dubdub, all those people you mentioned were liberals.. Yea... That's all...
c0ns3rv4t1v3 4 years ago
I highly dispute that "progressive" is synonymous with "liberal". Obama and Edwards are "liberal". Kucinich or, better yet, Nader are "progressive".
evolveordissolve 4 years ago
All Hail to the thief
Sphho 4 years ago
im liberal that was funny
look natinal security is the best thing the bush administration did but at any time the liberals where saying very similar things in this department to the republicans its not just something new
fuckdjews 4 years ago
Outstanding!
Rebelghost 4 years ago
It's hard not to take personally a comment that actually says "I don't like your opinion, you should be quarantined from society". I always regarded liberals of all kinds as accepting, open to debate and un-judging and I'm trying to follow these qualities myself. I don't see how a call for a segregation based on political affiliation is liberal. Truth to be told, it's damn against those freedoms (like freedom of though) that I want to protect so we all can enjoy it.
Blades.
BladesForTounges 4 years ago
Conservatism and liberalism are what we make of it. Conservatism can be as harsh as fascism (and worse) or it can be a historically conscious, law-abiding, free and modern society. Liberalism can be an equal and open-to-all communal society and it can also be a blood-thirsty repressive communist regime or a lawless Anarchy where you do [and kill] what you want. It's up to the people to better their world, no matter what political affiliation they share.
Blades.
BladesForTounges 4 years ago
excellent!
lookhearsee 4 years ago
As for the Nazi's and such, they are right wing extremists to be sure. Condemned and shunned by all conservatives in their right mind. Much like the left wing Anarchists and Communists (is some places). Personally I've yet to meet with someone who openly identifies himself with left wing Anarchists, they are no better then Nazi's. Or would you argue that Baader Mainhof and the like are first class civil rights protectors?
Blades.
BladesForTounges 4 years ago
The term 'conservative' comes from the ancient Roman word "conservus" - to protect. To protect the basic values of society and culture (like freedom and human rights), to look back at history, draw inspiration from its triumphs and learn from its mistakes. I believe it's a much better way the Communist proposed "burn the old and build the new from the ashes", look where it has brought them.
Blades.
BladesForTounges 4 years ago
LOL!!!! Damn funny and damn true. 5 stars.
BladesForTounges 4 years ago
HAHAHAHA
blackconservative 4 years ago
Politics in America is pathetic. All you guys can do is split in two camps and start insulting each other with personal attacks.
Consider my country, the Netherlands. Our population is 5% of yours, and we already have 10 political parties in parliament. That's right: TEN!! And our debates are actually about SOMETHING, rather than this horse-shit you see over here. Concerning politics, you guys definitely need to get a life...and that goes to BOTH liberals and conservatives. Losers.
EmperorAtahualpa 4 years ago
What a lame come back! Leave the comedy to John Stewart and Colbert. Go back to accounting.
TossingAlice1 4 years ago
killer 047 is right.
pugs1not2drugs 4 years ago
that was one of the most ignorant videos i've ever seen
i don't even know why you'd have the guts to put this up, your opinion is less than 30% of the nation's
i want my 50 seconds back
chaseeng 4 years ago
Hey dumbass! Bush one the freaking election which means more than 50% agrees. Learn the facts dip shit.
KILLERO47 4 years ago
Learn English, ____. Try using "won" instead of "one" when talking about winning in the past tense.
SciMethod 4 years ago
NO shit! People make mistakes. He won the election in 2000 and 2004 so he got the popular vote. Your probably the majority of America, fat, lazy, and retarded.
KILLERO47 4 years ago
Nazi - it's the far right way to be
RussLBarth 4 years ago
hmmm...
Ashburyproductions 4 years ago
The word Liberal is from Liberated. The word Liberated means to be free. I enjoy my freedom.
jason111000111 4 years ago
VOTE RON PAUL OR MIKE GRAVEL
totalnerd747 4 years ago
Funny!
Yairio 4 years ago
to "americanmanifesto": nazi-liberals??? ROFL
xxballin69xx 4 years ago
Funny and so true.
1knightrider 4 years ago
excellent! Way to go on calling a spade and spade.
KCtheKat 4 years ago
you got the saying wrong
xxballin69xx 4 years ago
America is Red. Liberalism is dead. The Libs just haven't laid down yet. A matter of time.
ruggedindividual 4 years ago
so thats why the democrats control the congress? owned. stfu
xxballin69xx 4 years ago
Grebrook, thank you for your comment. Very informative for those of us who may not share your point of view. Honestly, thank you very much.
jcruenv 4 years ago
Uh, the dems promised to withdraw the troops. So why haven't they? They can kill the funding which ends the war. Why are they NOT voting to kill the funding? I thought it was the will of the people! Why did they LOSE 14-80 in the house??
robertjag 4 years ago
Lame and pathetic. It's the same old meaningless Republican talking point being kicked around, except they put it on youtube. There's nothing funny about it. In actuality, Dems never pretended to be "conservative" on natioanl security issues, they promised to withdraw the troops. So get your facts straight. You lost because America isn't conservative.
Grebrook 4 years ago
HAHA! That was funny!
QuartuvLarry 4 years ago