To all well-meaning citizens on the Right: February 19, 2016
Now hear this the word CONSERVATIVE has been politically bastardized. The word Conservative has morphed from a description of supporting small government/individual rights to a description that demands U.S. world hegemony & eternal wars solely for the benefit for the industrial/military/banking and corporatism. All without citizen knowledge, ostensibly to show our emotional patriotism and support for the troops who keep us safe translation: keep the ignorant citizen dupes eager & willing to pay for murder & mayhem with their own blood & treasure under the guise of fighting TERRORISM! Reminiscent of ancient Romes Bread & Circuses tactic, only far more dangerous.
STOP using that word if you truly want a return to a Constitutional Republic! By using it you are falling into a well-set Neo-Con trap to make it appear you support their quest to control the world at any costeven nuclear conflagrationonly a psychopath could support such madness.
Calling oneself a Conservative lends credibility to the neoconservatives who could not care less about the Constitution, especially when it comes to waging preemptive wars on sovereign nations (in order to gain what?) or on Americans civil liberties. Never forget what Bush II said “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!” & that his mother Barbara, when asked about the Iraqi war casualties remarked on TV Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? It’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?”
They pose as your friends but are in truth your worst enemies because of their patriotic façade. After all, the Conservatives are the ones that passed the Patriot Acts, the Military Commissions Act, etc. dismantling habeas corpus & posse comitatus (your rights to trial by jury & protection against search & seizure) in the name of fighting Terrorism. You already understand that the Democrat party has been taken over by Socialist/Communists but many are still involved in futile wishful thinking when it comes to the GOP.
STOP giving cover to the warmongering neocons by referring to them & yourselves as conservatives. The word now stands for historical evil personifiedutter disregard for innocent human beings and ruthless, bloody conquest on a scale only dreamed of by the barbarians of the past who had no missiles, drones, insidious surveillance, or nuclear capabilities thank goodness wonder if even they would have sense enough not to consider triggering a conflagration that could wipe out the world population? The Neocons dont.
So what so do true patriots (read terrorists by both parties) call themselves instead of conservatives ..the truly learned individuals prefer the term Federalist as originally defined, many prefer Constitutionalist (even though it was flawed with Eminent Domain & the Common Good references, plus the many twisted & warped interpretations the judicial/politicians have visited upon it), my personal favorite is Declarationist because the Declaration of Independence was our original, brilliant document in defense of individual rights & rebellion against tyranny. Perhaps a culmination of the Enlightenment written by the right man, in the right place, at the right time Thomas Jefferson.
As for myself, I am not a conservative; I am a Declarationist! What are you?
~Barbara McCutchen
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