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Reply to Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For”
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:category: faith
:tags: culture, sociology
:date: 2012-12-05T12:17:06

(reply to `Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For”`_)

.. _`Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For”`:
    https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/10/Why-we-need-conservatives

To avoid “nobody tried our ideals really” argument (which I have heard
from both Communists, Catholics, and conservatives) I would suggest
clearing up a classification a bit. One of nice systems how to
distinguish libertarians (or liberals in the European meaning of the
word), conservatives, and socialists (or liberals, if you are an
American) I’ve heard about is to find out which person(s) they are
suspicious of. Socialists are suspicious of the big business,
libertarians of the big government, and conservatives (being quite often
Christians, so having some opinions about the sinful nature of humans)
are suspicious of both.

This classification conveniently allows me to disown self-labeled
conservatives like Mr. George Bush II. (the largest spending **before**
the Iraq war begun) and on the other hold my stand against socialist,
Communists and similar creatures (I have been born in the Communist
Czechoslovakia, enough said).