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Re: Where your ideology says you should live

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Post by georgemcbay »

IvyMike wrote: post #8

As far as I can tell, California & Democrat = live in San Francisco. If I say "non-urban" it puts me... outside of San Francisco.

Yeah, I got Inverness. My answers were the obvious liberal ones, except gun control which I'm not fanatical about in either direction, but I don't believe increased gun control is a real and practical solution to any problem we currently have as a country.

I think I'll be staying in San Diego, though; it skews fairly conservative for California but like most places you can find plenty of people with similar views to your own here if that's what you're after.

Re: Where your ideology says you should live

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Post by hga »

protomyth wrote: post #10
Florin_Andrei wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a 'paleoconservative'? (just curious)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservatism

Skimming the beginning of the article, it looks pretty good.

The origin of the name is in part in reaction to neoconservatives (the real ones, not the silly, almost meaningless epithet it's become post-9/11). They were Communists/socialists/liberals, err, the latter are now progressives again, who lost faith due to the manifold failings of the Left. There's of course a lot more to say about them, especially their attitudes towards change, the distinguishing characteristic is that paleocons never had a phase when they were on the Left.

Re: Where your ideology says you should live

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Post by protomyth »

hga wrote: post #13
protomyth wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservatism

Skimming the beginning of the article, it looks pretty good. The origin of the name is in part in reaction to neoconservatives (the real ones, not the silly, almost meaningless epithet it's become post-9/11). They were Communists/socialists/liberals, err, the latter are now progressives again, who lost faith due to the manifold failings of the Left. There's of course a lot more to say about them, especially their att…

I love how names change and mean totally different things depending on the era. Just the change in meaning of the word "Liberal" could fill a book and tends to bring confusion to some current pundits.

Re: Where your ideology says you should live

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Post by ap22213 »

protomyth wrote: post #15
jwgur wrote: post #3

Small nit-pick: "Pro-gun" is not an ideology, it's a position that might flow from an ideology e.g. libertarianism, or might just be a stand-alone position.

I don't think I ever met anyone who was "pro-gun" but not about individual liberties.

Are there many people who are not about individual liberties? I mean that as an honest question.

Re: Where your ideology says you should live

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Post by protomyth »

ap22213 wrote: post #18
protomyth wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I ever met anyone who was "pro-gun" but not about individual liberties.

Are there many people who are not about individual liberties? I mean that as an honest question.

Interestingly, yes, quite a lot actually. Oh, they say they support the individual, but they are the first to cry "Think of the children". Bloomberg is one of the poster children.

The general position is safety and forced health on everyone. It is a basic control of person issue. You cannot do anything that I don't approve of. It is quite a pain in the US with all the petty tyrants running city or school boards.

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