Charles Barkley Abandons Conservatism: ‘The Word Conservative Means Discriminatory’ – “”The word conservative means discriminatory practically. It’s a form of political discrimination. [Conservatives are] against gay marriage and for a war that makes no sense. A war that was based on faulty intelligence. That’s all they ever talk about. That and immigration. Another discriminatory argument for political gain.”
I agree with him 100% on this….Seriously, it’s no longer politics but a series of beliefs about how we respect a person’s rights. It’s not about states rights or national rights anymore, it’s about the personal agendas being pushed around by both sides. I trust conservatives as much as I trust liberals.
We are dealing with an administration, who’s beliefs in family are only on the surface. Social services have been cut, aid that would provide families with much needed aid. We have huge churches popping up, but we still have hungry folks running around. We don’t pay our teachers, police, etc enough and most are barely making a living wage. I know janitors who make more than cops.
We need to take an interest in principles that are based on being human instead of being based on political, social-economic, or religious grounds…because those have failed us miserably.
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I agree wholeheartedly with that stance. But while making the point that people should be seen as individuals, ie: christian/muslim, american/foreigner, it’s also important to note that they also shouldn’t be seen as groups like teachers, police or the hungry.
people don’t get their rights by being members of these factions. People have innate rights based on the fact that they are human beings.
Its the assumption that certain groups have certain “special” rights that have fueled conflicts. The basis of rights, is that men will pursue the course that will lead to life. All actions necessary for man to live must be permitted and not interfered with: freedom, pursuit of property, the life made possible by it. To impede this process is to interfere with that person’s survival, and to set yourself in a position of conflict w/ them.
“Special” factional rights are not rights at all, they generally rest on the belief that one group has a right to another’s property, like the Islamic people’s to Israel, Bush administration’s to our wallets, or the general citizen’s right to free education-someone always pays the price.
These will always lead to conflict, the only way to end it is to acknowledge the actual individual rights of man.
Posted 01 Aug 2006 at 4:22 pm ¶