Re: What is liberalism?
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Modern conservatism: oppress people overseas
Modern liberalism: oppress people domestically
Most people want to do both.
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I will let liberals speak for themselves, but most conservatives do not want to oppress anyone. They do want to defend themselves against crime and foreign terror.
Its too bad that pvn considers self-defense to be oppression, he seems to have gotten led astray a bit.
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Going out and killing 30k Iraqis (and 2k Americans) sure has a lot to do with "defense." That doesn't matter though, because the life of one American is worth that of many foreigners. After all, they were born outside of the jurisdiction of the US government. Additionally, the funds used in these endeavors are obtained by means of force, thus oppressing people domestically.
Oh, conservatives also oppress people domestically by denying them of several personal freedoms (although 'liberals' so this too).
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