“Liberal” Or
“Conservative”
By Leon Howard
I read an interesting article about the school in Union Grove,
Wisconsin, was “teaching” political philosophy to 8th Graders …
Without any further reading, my first thought was, “Why teach political
philosophy to 12 and 13 year-olds?” Politics is the furthest thing from their
impressionable minds, which answered my question of why … It’s not “teaching”;
it’s indoctrinating!
I read the rest of the article and was not disappointed in my first
reaction … They were lying about both sides but, of course, indoctrinating against conservatism!
Political philosophy cannot be a theme of education in public schools; it is
unfair for teachers, publicly-paid, to indoctrinate about anything! Their job
is to teach how to think; not what to think! We can thank the teachers’ unions
and the Dept. of “Education” for the ‘dumbing-down’ of generations of our
children to further the reliance on Big Government!
What did they say that was so bad about conservatives? It’s what they
said about both political philosophies and the setting in which they said it I
find so offensive. ‘Conservatism’ was described as:
“The political belief of
preserving traditional moral values by restricting personal freedoms and
encouraging prosperity through economic freedom.”
‘Liberalism’
was described as:
“The political belief of
equality and personal freedom for everyone, often changing the current system
to increase government protection of civil liberties.”
According
to their indoctrination, conservatives want to restrict personal freedoms and
liberals believe in ‘equality’ and ‘personal freedom for everyone’, changing
government to increase government protection of ‘civil liberties’. What a pile
of crap! This indoctrination is done for the sole purpose of making the
Republicans look like the enemy and the Democrats look like the nation’s
“heroes” … This has nothing to do with “conservatives” and “liberals” but has
everything to do with brain washing our children to be ‘good citizens’ and
think in the ‘collective’!
First
of all: The Republican Party needs no help to establish themselves as enemies
of Liberty but the same can be said of the Democrat Party; they are even worse
enemies of Liberty! Understand this, I am referring to the political parties
“leadership” much more-so than the members of the parties.
The
GOP “leadership” is made up of progressives, neo-cons, and RINO’s … Not conservatives!
The
Democrat “leadership” is made up of progressives, which is another name for
socialists and communists … Not
liberals!
Dictionary.com
defined conservatism as:
“The
disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to
limit change.”
“A
political philosophy advocating the preservation of the best of the established
order in society and opposing radical change.”
The online
Merriam-Webster dictionary defined conservatism as:
“A political
philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established
institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically
: such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of
business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial
responsibility for personal needs.”
Dictionary.com defined liberalism as:
“A political or social
philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of
government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic
institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human
endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.”
Merriam-Webster dictionary
defined liberalism as:
“A political philosophy based on belief
in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the
individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties;
specifically: such a philosophy that considers
government as a crucial instrument for amelioration of social inequities (as
those involving race, gender, or class).”
Now we can discuss which philosophy better
fits a representative republic; not the abomination we call
the federal government today … It has little resemblance to the republic
established in 1787!
But, before we do that, I need to say that
we must stop the government from indoctrinating our children! If we don’t, this
nation is doomed to fail and become a dictatorship! Our children must learn our
founding documents and fully understand what self-governance means and the
responsibilities they must assume to remain a free man or woman. To do this, we
must take back control of our local schools from the government! Our battle for
this might be insurmountable with these 2 political parties because their sole
purpose is to gain total control of the people and what better way than through
the perversion of our education system!
We must recognize and accept that there is
evil in this world – Always has been and always will be. We must also recognize
and accept, as our founding fathers did, that humans are flawed; we make
decisions that are wrong and that is why the Constitution was crafted the way
it was: To minimize the damage those decisions can make. Our founding fathers,
the crafters of our Constitution created a limited
federal government with the legislative branch having the most power. It was
the legislative branch, specifically the House of Representatives, that was to
create the budget of the government and the Senate to vote it up or down with
and without amendments. The finalized spending bill then went to the Executive
Branch for signature or veto. The President could not spend the money allocated
by the legislative branch for any other purpose but what the budget allowed
him/her to. The President could elect not to spend allocated money but it
remained in the federal treasury until the next budget round. The third branch
was to be the weakest: the Judiciary … What a flagrant lie that has become! The
judiciary is supposed to “serve at the pleasure of” the other legislative
branch and concurrence of the Executive Branch. The U.S. Supreme court’s
decisions were to be used as “advisories” to the legislative branch; they were
not to dictate to the legislature! The Court was to base its decisions on
“original intent” of the founders, not ‘case law’ and ‘precedent’ because, in
most cases, case-law and precedent go against the very intent of original
intent!
I don’t have the answers to these problems
but I am able to identify them. The answers will come from the people
recognizing the problems and discussing solutions with no help from the GOP or
Democrats because, along with this behemoth federal government, they are the
problem!
