As to your first query: in the total scheme of things, liberals are like anti- anti- communists--- they are complacent at radical attacks on the West.
As to your second query, liberals often treat them lightly, as this discussion has demonstrated.
As to your third query, liberals are general fuzzy on the idea of the need for "settledness".
Fourth query: it is emphatically, if not exclusively, a conservative viewpoint to be skeptical of governmental power to force the solution of social problems, yes.
Fifth query: as I explained to karen many posts back, it directly relates to a reluctance to engage in social engineering, and an understanding that such an attempt might worsen a situation. Also, I am defining my conception of what conservatism is about, irrespective of who claims the label.
Sixth query: sorry, conservatives are leery of activist government. Most religious conservatives are merely defending what was customary until fairly recently, and many of them understand that they cannot go back entirely.
Seventh query: I am suggesting that conservatives put an emphasis on values along these lines.
I hope this clarifies things for you. |
