Monday, October 22, 2007

Two Different Ideas

Conservative

resistant to change
opposed to liberal reforms
cautious: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
button-down: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"


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Liberal

broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant ...
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"


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I am a person who enjoys information. Being informed helps us to make better decisions about everything we do. The definitions I found on conservative and liberal may or may not be correct by Oxford Dictionary standards, but I hope you get the idea. For to long we have walked around thinking conservative works for me and liberal works for you. Each idea holds components we should look at and incorporate into our lives. Each idea has its extremist and each has its downfall. With political elections for our nation's Presidency a year away we should all be doing our homework. Change is inevitable. How will we make change occur? Most of us hope in our minds that voting for the right person to take the Oval Office is one way to contribute to change. Be outspoken on subjects you hold in high regard and not wavering on your beliefs. Decide for yourself what is the right side to be on. And never let anyone else make the decisions for you.

1 comment:

Rerun said...

Gosh, Thad, when you look at those two definitions one would think; who wants to be a conservative?
resistant
opposed to reforms
cautious
button-down
unimaginatively conventional
dull-grey
bourgeois
conformist
(Doesn't sound like too much fun to me) : )

Now, the rest of it appeals to me (not that you'd be surprised).
broad-mindedness
generous
tolerant
reform
progressive
anti-authoritarian
protector of civil liberties
big tipper, etc, etc.
I'm not sure how the 'laissez-faire and self-regulating markets' phrase got on this list....it's usually associated today with the conservatives (at least since the Reagan years and now Bush) though it hasn't always been so.
Anyway, thanks for a thought provoking post. We will talk to you soon.