The term 'conservative' should be forever stripped from the right. They conserve nothing and burn

[mahina]

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Down the world.

People have proudly stuck by the term ‘conservative’ as if it embodied holding the door open for old ladies and standing from your seat when a pregnant woman stands nearby, as shorthand for being frugal and protecting the community writ large.

They are in no way conservative and no longer deserve the dignity of that term.

I suggest the Planetary Death party or the Extinction party.

Your suggestions?

[Karadeniz]

1. Amen!

[elleng]

2. EXACTLY, been saying that for YEARS,

NOT a damn thing conservative about repugs.

definition: holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.

They are WRECKERS.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. They dont know what it means anyway. Dumb is what they all are

[mahina]

4. Destroyers? Selfish wasters? Polluters?

[Hekate]

12. Takers (hubby just finished re-reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn)

[lastlib]

17. "on The Turning Away"

[Newest Reality]

5. I thought that back...

when Dubya and his merry band of NeoCons were demonstrating that.

So, yeah, it's a sticky term that no longer applies. I am starting to doubt the applicability of the word Republican as well, but I don't think anybody is going to use my term, ReFascists, which is now my standard description of the GOF. Really. And they bought that term and own it.

It is also time to ditch the elephant and change their mascot/logo to a boot stamping a human face, (forever!) and that's all you need for wording: Forever!

[Niagara]

6. I call them "regressives"

There is absolutely nothing conservative about them.

[alwaysinasnit]

7. +1000

[Cha]

8. I agree.. it Orwellian to

call them "conservatives".

And, "con" is too tame but it's more apt.

[dalton99a]

9. They are thieves, vandals and arsonists

[Duppers]

10. Saving your words for the next jerk

Who calls themselves conservative.

K&R

[Hekate]

11. Authoritarians. Fringe-groups that made it big & rotted out a major party. Planetary Death Party ...

...works too.

[Yeehah]

13. Look how hate radio and Fox "News" have demonized the word "liberal."

The media is controlled by the super-wealthy and works for them.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Even in conversations with "non political" folks I don't use that term. I just call them right

wingers. Haven't used the term conservative in ages. It's a wasted word which doesn't describe them in the least.

[lastlib]

15. They actually DO want to conserve some things....:

1) Wealth for the wealthy;
2) Power for the powerful;
3) Comfort for the comfortable;
4) Poverty for the poor;
5) Affliction for the afflicted.

BTW, they weren't always conservatives--they used to be Nazis.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. GOP "conservatives" only conserve themselves.

Just one of many English words they've abused until the words are almost meaningless.....