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>Conservatism generally follows the principle of “be conservative in your attempts to alter society”. This is a nice fuzzy thought, but doesn't seem to be true
by bobkazamakis 4y ago
>Conservatism generally follows the principle of “be conservative in your attempts to alter society”.
This is a nice fuzzy thought, but doesn't seem to be true in practice. It's not about conserving society, but the status quo. Society seemed to do pretty well with Roe v Wade.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoNeither party's positions can be derived the values they allege to be for. That's what you get after 200yr of reactionary politics and choosing your policies based on the voting block you think it'll gain you.
- rafaquintanilha 4y agoNot if you were a baby.
- mrguyorama 4y agoRoe v Wade, pretty much by definition, did not affect babies. Roe v Wade also did not preclude a ban on abortion after a certain time period, which is broadly popular and desired by the american populace, including most people that the american right calls "radical".
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoWait what? Really? Like are you saying roe v wade defined a time perioed after which states could have laws disallowing abortion? I was not aware of this