Post by ShivaTD on Aug 22, 2013 11:28:44 GMT
I will use the sort Wikipedia summary provided for "Conservative" and "Social Conservative" to exemplify the significant differences between the two.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism#United_States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism#United_States
As noted "conservative" in the United States is generally defined as the "liberal" political ideology that the United States was founded upon which, in fact was "classic liberalism" when we address the political ideology of the founders such as Thomas Jefferson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
I've highlighted the very last statement because it is specifically in the Declaration of Independence upon which government was created in the United States. "Conservatives" believed in "social institutions" but believed they were separate from "government" and that the government should play no role in defining or imposing "social institutions" upon the people.
Social conservatives, on the other hand, have taken the course of using government to impose their personal beliefs upon all Americans through government. There is really no connection between "social conservatism" and the political history of the United States or the political ideology upon which it was founded. They cannot point back to the founding of the United States to support their political ideology and it goes against the belief in the Inalienable Rights of the Person. It is a new political ideology of Big Authoritarian Government that attempts to impose the personal beliefs of a minority upon the majority through law.
Social Conservatism is juxtaposed to the ideals upon which America was founded and violates the "traditions" upon which America was founded. It's time for the social conservatives to realize that they're really proposing an "unAmerican" political ideology that goes against the very foundation upon which the United States was founded.
Conservative
In the United States, conservatism is rooted in the American Revolution and its commitment to conserve the rights and liberties of Englishmen. Most European conservative writers do not accept American conservatism as genuine; they consider it to be a variety of liberalism.
In the United States, conservatism is rooted in the American Revolution and its commitment to conserve the rights and liberties of Englishmen. Most European conservative writers do not accept American conservatism as genuine; they consider it to be a variety of liberalism.
Social Conservative
Social conservatism is generally focused on the preservation of family values, primarily within the family but also with respect to society as a whole. Today's mainstream social conservatives, in contrast to "small-government" conservatives and "states-rights" advocates, have increasingly appealed to federal legislators and Presidential candidates with the notion that the federal government should bear the responsibility to overrule the states in order to preserve their stated ideal of traditional values; this is not to take away from the fact that a significant portion of "small-government" and "states-rights" conservatives also share many of the ideals of mainstream social conservatives. The exception in how these conservative groups differ tends to be with respect to the role of the federal government versus the role of local government, where the "states-rights" conservatives tend to advocate for social reform and/or preservation of traditional values at the state and local levels.[citation needed]
Social conservatives emphasize traditional views of social units such as the family, church, or locale. Social conservatives would typically define family in terms of local histories and tastes. Social conservatism may entail support for defining marriage as between a man and a woman (thereby banning same-sex marriage) and laws placing restrictions on abortion.
The Republican Party (United States) is the largest political party with some socially conservative ideals incorporated into its platform.
Social conservatives are strongest in the South, where they are arguably considered a mainstream political force on a national level. In recent years, the supporters of social conservatism played a major role in the political coalitions of Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.
Social conservatism is generally focused on the preservation of family values, primarily within the family but also with respect to society as a whole. Today's mainstream social conservatives, in contrast to "small-government" conservatives and "states-rights" advocates, have increasingly appealed to federal legislators and Presidential candidates with the notion that the federal government should bear the responsibility to overrule the states in order to preserve their stated ideal of traditional values; this is not to take away from the fact that a significant portion of "small-government" and "states-rights" conservatives also share many of the ideals of mainstream social conservatives. The exception in how these conservative groups differ tends to be with respect to the role of the federal government versus the role of local government, where the "states-rights" conservatives tend to advocate for social reform and/or preservation of traditional values at the state and local levels.[citation needed]
Social conservatives emphasize traditional views of social units such as the family, church, or locale. Social conservatives would typically define family in terms of local histories and tastes. Social conservatism may entail support for defining marriage as between a man and a woman (thereby banning same-sex marriage) and laws placing restrictions on abortion.
The Republican Party (United States) is the largest political party with some socially conservative ideals incorporated into its platform.
Social conservatives are strongest in the South, where they are arguably considered a mainstream political force on a national level. In recent years, the supporters of social conservatism played a major role in the political coalitions of Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.
As noted "conservative" in the United States is generally defined as the "liberal" political ideology that the United States was founded upon which, in fact was "classic liberalism" when we address the political ideology of the founders such as Thomas Jefferson.
Classical liberalism is a political philosophy and ideology belonging to liberalism in which primary emphasis is placed on securing the freedom of the individual by limiting the power of the government. The philosophy emerged as a response to the Industrial Revolution and urbanization in the 19th century in Europe and the United States.[1] It advocates civil liberties with a limited government under the rule of law, and belief in laissez-faire economic policy.[2][2][3][3][4][4] Classical liberalism is built on ideas that had already arisen by the end of the 18th century, such as selected ideas of Adam Smith, John Locke, Jean-Baptiste Say, Thomas Malthus, and David Ricardo. It drew on a psychological understanding of individual liberty, the contradictory theories of natural law and utilitarianism, and a belief in progress.[5] Classical liberals were more suspicious than conservatives of all but the most minimal government[6] and, adopting Thomas Hobbes's theory of government, they believed government had been created by individuals to protect themselves from one another.
I've highlighted the very last statement because it is specifically in the Declaration of Independence upon which government was created in the United States. "Conservatives" believed in "social institutions" but believed they were separate from "government" and that the government should play no role in defining or imposing "social institutions" upon the people.
Social conservatives, on the other hand, have taken the course of using government to impose their personal beliefs upon all Americans through government. There is really no connection between "social conservatism" and the political history of the United States or the political ideology upon which it was founded. They cannot point back to the founding of the United States to support their political ideology and it goes against the belief in the Inalienable Rights of the Person. It is a new political ideology of Big Authoritarian Government that attempts to impose the personal beliefs of a minority upon the majority through law.
Social Conservatism is juxtaposed to the ideals upon which America was founded and violates the "traditions" upon which America was founded. It's time for the social conservatives to realize that they're really proposing an "unAmerican" political ideology that goes against the very foundation upon which the United States was founded.
