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A talk by an open source conservative includes robust question-and-answer exchanges with the audience.  Indeed, an open source conservative seeks to learn from the audience as much as informing it.  An open source conservative has optimism about a greater role for populism in the political process.

A talk by an open source conservative includes robust question-and-answer exchanges with the audience.  Indeed, an open source conservative seeks to learn from the audience as much as informing it.  An open source conservative has optimism about a greater role for populism in the political process.

An open source conservative is more [[openminded]] than a traditional conservative when it comes to examining new ideas, placing priority on the idea rather than the source.  For example, an open source conservative is more likely to be open to the idea that teenagers are capable of great insight and achievements, and thus to seriously examine their ideas, whereas a more traditional conservative might overlook the value of the idea because of the youth of the speaker.

An open source conservative is more [[[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openminded]] than a traditional conservative when it comes to examining new ideas, placing priority on the idea rather than the source.  For example, an open source conservative is more likely to be open to the idea that teenagers are capable of great insight and achievements, and thus to seriously examine their ideas, whereas a more traditional conservative might overlook the value of the idea because of the youth of the speaker.

An open source conservative views the world as [[Isaac Newton]] did: many [[conservative]] insights are yet to be discovered.  Indeed, in many cases, the language to describe these insights does not yet exist; hence, open source conservatives serve as a driving force behind the development of the language and the emergence of powerful new conservative words.  (See [[Best New Conservative Words]] for an examination of this principle.)  A more traditional conservative emphasizes the past more than the future.

An open source conservative views the world as [[Isaac Newton]] did: many [[conservative]] insights are yet to be discovered.  Indeed, in many cases, the language to describe these insights does not yet exist; hence, open source conservatives serve as a driving force behind the development of the language and the emergence of powerful new conservative words.  (See [[Best New Conservative Words]] for an examination of this principle.)  A more traditional conservative emphasizes the past more than the future.

The [[censorability]] of an open source conservative (such as a Tea Partier) is lower than the censorability of a traditional conservative (such as a Reagan Republican).

The [[censorability]] of an open source conservative (such as a Tea Partier) is lower than the censorability of a traditional conservative (such as a Reagan Republican).  An open source conservative is more opposed to the [[censorship]] of ideas by [[liberals]] or even by other [[conservatives]].

==Examples of Open Source Conservatives==

==Examples of Open Source Conservatives==