Just curious -

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Originally Posted by Adam

QFT

Seriously, there are a number of fiscal conservatives (note that I mean actual fiscal conservatives, not don't-tax-but-still-spend Republicans) here, that I know of, and probably a handful of social conservatives I don't know about.

Personally, I consider myself a liberal, both in the classic sense of believing in the rule of law and the protection of individual rights, and in the more modern sense, although I don't really find the terms' liberal' and 'conservative' useful in denoting polticial leaning. Most 'conservatives' aren't actually very conservative, and I prefer the term 'progressive' to distinguish my political views from classic liberalism.

Dude, don't make alphamale's head explode. He's not gonna be able to wrap his inelastic little mind around the concept that it's not contradictory for a person to support reproductive freedom, gun ownership rights, and free market economics all at the same time.




I like your notion of using the term "progressive" to distinguish your political views from the otherwise black/white categories of "conservative" and "liberal," which you astutely note really aren't very useful descriptors. Maybe I'll try on "classical Jeffersonian" for size...