Comments on: Do You Know What Liberals And Conservatives Are? http://www.juniorpolitics.com/do-you-know-what-liberals-and-conservatives-are/ A youth voter discussing politics and voicing opinions of the political left, the political right, and the idiotic Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Anthony Fuller http://www.juniorpolitics.com/do-you-know-what-liberals-and-conservatives-are/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Anthony Fuller Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:54:27 +0000 http://www.juniorpolitics.com/?p=423#comment-58 The problem with the definitions of liberal and conservative are while the ones listed are accurate, they are not the same in relation to American politics. Our definitions of conservative or liberal are the opposite of the UK for instance. In addition, there are many subsets of the philosophies, such as neo-conservative or classical-liberalism. Here is a background of what some define as conservative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States And another on what some define as liberal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States Notice how both articles are specific to the United States, and then taking it further, the liberal one is "modern liberalism" because it has branched off and is completely different from classical liberalism. Just thought I'd point it out...nice site though :) And as to the question presented... I am a staunch economic conservative, and a social moderate, which places me slightly right of center overall. The problem with the definitions of liberal and conservative are while the ones listed are accurate, they are not the same in relation to American politics. Our definitions of conservative or liberal are the opposite of the UK for instance. In addition, there are many subsets of the philosophies, such as neo-conservative or classical-liberalism.

Here is a background of what some define as conservative – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States

And another on what some define as liberal -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States

Notice how both articles are specific to the United States, and then taking it further, the liberal one is “modern liberalism” because it has branched off and is completely different from classical liberalism.

Just thought I’d point it out…nice site though :)

And as to the question presented…

I am a staunch economic conservative, and a social moderate, which places me slightly right of center overall.

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