Comments on: Right-wing vs. conservative: is there a discernable difference?

By: Liarclontaita

Liarclontaita — Sat, 22 May 2010 06:13:48 +0000

Thank you – I liked this post. Anyway the time will pass and we will see if you are right or not. Have a nice day and regards from New Zeland!
Chris
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By: grergyFoona

grergyFoona — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:59:10 +0000

nice to see you on blog

By: Mike Warren

Mike Warren — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:10:47 +0000

Devin, not sure I agree with you on the fact that there’s nothing left to conserve. Private property rights? Gun rights? First Amendment rights? Free markets? Human liberty? I think you may overstate the case that liberal orthodoxy has taken over American society. Strictly in the political sphere, conservatives have lots of ground. Democrats can’t talk about raising taxes, they have to frame it in terms of ostensibly lowering taxes on the bottom brackets (while raising taxes on the wealth-creating top brackets, to be sure).

But you don’t like the term ‘conservative’? Fine, call it whatever you want, the ideas are still the same. I just want to make the point that the concept of “right-wing” as referenced in the Orbis article is foreign to the American (and, to a certain extent, the Anglo-American) conception of conservatism.

By: Devin Saucier

Devin Saucier — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:17:28 +0000

The difficulty with the label “conservative” is that it no longer is relevant. While we take pride in the tradition of Burke and his kin, the difficulty is that he was writing for a completely different purpose. The term “conservative” for him made since. It comes from the Latin “conservare” meaning “to preserve, conserve, or maintain.” This, of course, assumes that there is something left to preserve, conserve, or maintain. What is there for us? The liberal orthodoxy that pervades nearly every level of life (especially university life)? The term has ceased to be effective. And now that it has been muddied by the neo-conservatives, what remains inherent in the term that is worth holding onto? YWC orients itself as right-wing to overcome these limitations of the term and to indicate that were aren’t interested in conserving, but restoring and creating. While it hurts to drop the labels associated with men like Burke (it’s in the conservative spirit to save it), it may be something to more seriously consider.

By: Chandler Epp

Chandler Epp — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:33:11 +0000

You’re exactly right. While their are the hardcore anti-immigrant xenophobes out there, these people are not Conservative Movement members (the thinkers, the right-wing intelligensia and CPAC-types). They by-and-large are the laymen, the uneducated, etc., who would identify themselves as conservatives or Republicans.

Unfortunately, in our hyped-up 24-hr. media world, stereotypes and the like are what gets propagated and gives a false impression of conservatism and conservatives that is far from the truth.

Btw: Good historical analysis