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Originally Posted by Beninho
I appreciate your well thought out response, I am by no means saying conservative governments do not favour the “older white man” or that many conservative governments aren’t patriarchal. I’m very aware that many conservative parties throughout the world need reforming and that there are definitely certain beliefs some conservatives have regarding gay marriage that I don’t adhere to. My issue is that he was making a gross assumption to what conservatives believe, I very much disagree with his comment on women and minorities and it’s damn near offensive. I think the vast amount of young conservatives like myself believe women and minority groups are just as equal in society as the “white majority” and they should be better incorporated into future conservative governments. To be against that notion would make you part of the far-right and not part of the conservative movement. There’s many rationale conservative speakers who illustrate conservative views much better than I can, but none encourage the marginalizing and subjugation of minorities and women. Unless you think David Duke is a conservative
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Remove the "white" component from your argument. White people are not the only conservative people in the world. Most cultures that have a strong religious component to their cultural identity are very conservative. This could be almost any Muslim country around the globe. Many Christian sects are very conservative as well. Catholicism is very conservative, so you don't have to look too far in many parts of the world to see this (Latin countries for example). You can also look at countries that have a strong orthodox Christian perspective as well (Greece, Russia, the ex-Soviet satellites, etc). This isn't a color of shin issue, it is a cultural and ideological issue.
And yes, David Duke is a hardcore conservative.