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*That statement of yours, above, LiberalMedia, is utter nonsense.  Please provide a citation, other than some moronic revisionist college professor.  If you keep changing things to suit your fancy, I will either restrict you, or lock the article. --~ [[User:TK|Terry]] <sup>[[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]]</sup> 18:26, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
 
*That statement of yours, above, LiberalMedia, is utter nonsense.  Please provide a citation, other than some moronic revisionist college professor.  If you keep changing things to suit your fancy, I will either restrict you, or lock the article. --~ [[User:TK|Terry]] <sup>[[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]]</sup> 18:26, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
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:*This is the definition of conservatism given by [http://www.dictionary.com Dictionary.com]:
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::''A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.''
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:Now look at the definition of liberalism:
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::''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.''
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:Which one does a free market fall under? Liberalism or Conservatism? The answer is liberalism. If you look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism Wikipedia] they agree saying that economic liberalism is a free market ideal.
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:The point that I am trying to make is that this article is talking about conservatism and its ideals. Not the Republican party agenda or anything of that matter. So when writing an article on it, it should be about conservative beliefs on social issues and economic issues. It doesn't make sense to start talking about economic liberalism because it is not the same as conservatism. Conservatism is about "big government" or to put it in terms you can understand, it is about government controls through established institutions(ex. taxes). Liberalism is about minimal government and freedom to do whatever you want, hence free market. In a truly liberal society there would be no government and it would be complete anarchy because everybody would have the freedom to do what they want.
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