liberal or conservative?

This thread is based in the liberal and conservative talk of some of the latest threads . To the members here I got question . You are liberal or conservative ? Neither of them? Why ? I don't consider myself liberal or conservative as both terms in my eyes are in the extremes . Maybe I'm 50% liberal and 50% conservative . I don't believe in extremes being 100% liberal or 100 % conservative is silly.

cultural conservative

spiritual radical

environmental radical

politically middle of road

May I ask why cultural conservative?

I believe that our first priority should be the development of character in our young

I believe in objective truths, absolute morality

I thought that you mean that you are cultural conservative in a more general way.

Libertarian is probably the best description, or Classical Liberal.

David, I almost started a thread about almost this exact topic, but I thought I needed to flesh out my thoughts a little better before doing so.

One of the huge problems in presenting this question is that these terms have come to mean very different things to different people.

In absolute terms, liberal means progressive, open-minded, amenable to change (especially what is seen as change for the better). Conservative means adhering to the old institutions, the old ways, the tried & true, averse to change and new ideas.

Neither is inherently better than the other, and very few people are either one or the other in all aspects.

My political leanings are heavily skewed toward the conservative side of conservative (think Goldwater) rather than the neo-conservative forged by the religious reactionaries (think Reagan). I am in favor of smaller government, both federal and state, and of a more decentralized "big picture," states' rights, and individual rights over all. The government should serve the people, not the other way around.

Fiscally, I'm also old-style conservative. The current crop of pork-barrel republicans (and the few democrats that follow their lead) should be out on their ears. Nancy Pelosi is a joke, and a liar, and a hypocrite.

Socially and culturally, I'm a dichotomy between liberal and conservative. I'm a huge supporter of self-determination, and a monstrous critic of the nanny-state. I do not recognize the governments' authority to decide whom I may marry, or whether or not I distill my own liquor. So long as it involves only me and other consenting adults, it's not the business of the government or nosy, meddling neighbors.

The efforts of power-hungry evangelistic fundamentalist religious nuts have effectively destroyed anything good about the label "conservative," though. I don't have much use for goose-stepping sycophants on either side.

I know that this question is far more complex than it seems but I think that it is a good topic for a discussion. I agree that is very complex because the relatively of both terms. I have to go to work soon so I will have a fair input of this topic tomorrow.

Oh well it don't matter now , with Nader joining in the Race that will insure that McCain will be the next president ..Another Republican

I am an Anarchist.

I dont see what this has anything to do with the discussion in this particular thread.

You didn't miss anything, js. It is out of left field.

Did you know that all known species of cats, wild & domestic, carry the gene for tiger-stripe fur?

Duly noted.

I don't think that the kind of capitalism we have in the USA is compassionate for all people. I think it needs to be changed.