Of the political values we discussed in class, I would say that the United States is leaning towards the value of psuedo-traditional conservatism. In clearly defining why a use the predicate “psuedo”, I want to make clear that the definition of traditional conservatism is pretty much set. That is, a type of conservatism that promote historical dominate, religious values regarding lifestyle and personal behavior. By adding the predicate “psuedo” to it, I think that a good portion of people who claim to embrace the ideals of traditional conservatism do so under misleading, and is some cases, demonstrably false pretentions.
The psuedo-traditional conservative has many tools in their tool bag to invoke strong feelings that make people want …show more content…
If you look at the polls, this is very clearly down a conservative/liberal line. ( http://www.people-press.org/2015/09/28/majority-says-any-budget-deal-must-include-planned-parenthood-funding/) but as the Pew research center always does, they further divide this information into what could be seen as the “value” lines amongst the terminology of conservative/liberal. Although this does not call them “traditional” conservatives, or “welfare” liberals. I think that a corrolary can be made to what the Pew Research Center calls “conservative republicans” = traditional conservatives, and “Liberal Democrats” = Welfare Liberals. The poll numbers speakf or themsleves however, in creeps the pseudo - traditional conservative. In this case, there is a lot of misinformation and sleight of hand going around for everyone to have an opinion. The bottom line is that a pseudo-traditional conservative would most readily agree to defund planned parent. They would not consider the overlying effect of a budget crisis (due to the fact that this is a current issue in the budget debate), They would not consider understanding or attempting to understand reproductive rights issues, or the idea that a “traditional” conservative does not want government in their business (i.e., smaller government, government out of their personal affairs) and yet, the psuedo-traditional conservative will disregard this ideology, and want a front row seat, along with the government, all up in reproductive rights
The psuedo-traditional conservative has many tools in their tool bag to invoke strong feelings that make people want …show more content…
If you look at the polls, this is very clearly down a conservative/liberal line. ( http://www.people-press.org/2015/09/28/majority-says-any-budget-deal-must-include-planned-parenthood-funding/) but as the Pew research center always does, they further divide this information into what could be seen as the “value” lines amongst the terminology of conservative/liberal. Although this does not call them “traditional” conservatives, or “welfare” liberals. I think that a corrolary can be made to what the Pew Research Center calls “conservative republicans” = traditional conservatives, and “Liberal Democrats” = Welfare Liberals. The poll numbers speakf or themsleves however, in creeps the pseudo - traditional conservative. In this case, there is a lot of misinformation and sleight of hand going around for everyone to have an opinion. The bottom line is that a pseudo-traditional conservative would most readily agree to defund planned parent. They would not consider the overlying effect of a budget crisis (due to the fact that this is a current issue in the budget debate), They would not consider understanding or attempting to understand reproductive rights issues, or the idea that a “traditional” conservative does not want government in their business (i.e., smaller government, government out of their personal affairs) and yet, the psuedo-traditional conservative will disregard this ideology, and want a front row seat, along with the government, all up in reproductive rights