Comments on: Can a Minority Be a True Conservative? http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/ Dissecting What You Choose to Ignore Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emilia Liz Murphy http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-591 Emilia Liz Murphy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:14:09 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-591 You do have a point, Bill. I think libertarianism might on one hand alienate some diehards on both sides of the fence when it comes to race but would satisfy the remainder of us who fall in between. For example, the libertarian philosophy would state that no jurisdiction would have the right to forbid interracial marriage, for example. On the other hand, the libertarian would also oppose requiring companies to hire a certain percentage of a particular racial group. And in that respect they would be more in tune with what the common man on the street would believe. You do have a point, Bill. I think libertarianism might on one hand alienate some diehards on both sides of the fence when it comes to race but would satisfy the remainder of us who fall in between. For example, the libertarian philosophy would state that no jurisdiction would have the right to forbid interracial marriage, for example. On the other hand, the libertarian would also oppose requiring companies to hire a certain percentage of a particular racial group. And in that respect they would be more in tune with what the common man on the street would believe.

]]> By: Bill Hartwell http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-590 Bill Hartwell Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:00:12 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-590 This is why the best solution for minorities is NEITHER conservative nor liberal, but libertarian. Only libertarianism views each individual as an INDIVIDUAL, and opposes both the class-based system of liberalism and the old boys network of conservatism, in favor of equality of opportunity based on an individual's ability to perform on his or her own terms. If you want to find out more, go to http://www.libertarian.ca This is why the best solution for minorities is NEITHER conservative nor liberal, but libertarian. Only libertarianism views each individual as an INDIVIDUAL, and opposes both the class-based system of liberalism and the old boys network of conservatism, in favor of equality of opportunity based on an individual’s ability to perform on his or her own terms. If you want to find out more, go to http://www.libertarian.ca

]]> By: Emilia Liz http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-589 Emilia Liz Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:25:34 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/07/22/can-a-minority-be-a-true-conservative/#comment-589 It seems to me that some minorities, even if they don't officially identify themselves as conservative, do espouse conservative principles. For example, a Korean girl I went to school with was enraged at a family who lived above the store she and her parents ran because they (the family) lived off welfare and donations from charities at Christmas but still managed to buy cigarettes at the store. And I know some Sikhs have gone from the Liberal to Conservative Party. But I think now the challenge is for Conservatives to show that they are not anti-minority and dispel that perception. It seems to me that some minorities, even if they don’t officially identify themselves as conservative, do espouse conservative principles. For example, a Korean girl I went to school with was enraged at a family who lived above the store she and her parents ran because they (the family) lived off welfare and donations from charities at Christmas but still managed to buy cigarettes at the store. And I know some Sikhs have gone from the Liberal to Conservative Party.

But I think now the challenge is for Conservatives to show that they are not anti-minority and dispel that perception.

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