Before I get as juiced as you jem, I have some questions....
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[With respect to conservatism being placed right of center, you ask...] Says who?
I could say "convention," but that may be too reasonable to accept.
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And what, exactly, is "center"?
I could say fulcrum point (as in "left leaning" and "right leaning"), but that would be compounding the reasonableness.
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Conservatism is really neither left nor right, despite oft-repeated associations.
An anti-conventional declaration. Cite your source please.
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Some who are conservative in their convictions consider themselves "right" because they have never been exposed to a healthy definition of conservatism nor been offered an alternative description of such convictions by those who speak as authorities on the subject -- most of whom are left-leaning.
SOME who are conservative consider themselves right ? My experience is they ALL consider themselves on the right BY CONVENTION.
HEALTHY DEFINITION OF CONSERVATISM ? What is HEALTHY (?) and please cite your source. Also, cite who the "authorities" are you refer to please.
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.... [Some conservatives have not] been offered an alternative description of such convictions by those who speak as authorities on the subject -- most of whom are left-leaning.
So "authorities" you refer to speak [about an alternative description of conservatism, and] are left leaning ? Well, by golly, they MUST be "authorities" if they are on the left! But please cite your reference as to who these "authorities" are.
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The core of conservatism is informed by natural law.
Natural law "informs" conservatism ? Please cite your reference. Also, you are personifying natural law as one who speaks. Natural law must be spoken ABOUT by a PERSON who CITES it as being a reference. Who IS that person or persons please ?
