The more I watch, learn and hear about the Conservative movement in America, the more I realize that it should be called the “Regressive” movement. Universally, there is an element of regression inherent in the philosophy. Even the simple comparison to their political opposites, the “Progressives”, shows a disdain of advancement, of change, of improvement. But it is not merely the ‘conserving’ of the ideals we have, but the return to an earlier time… one that they would say is a better time.
But, of course, that is regression. All conservatives, to SOME degree, wish to slink back into the darkness and ignorance of history, the only factor that differs is by how MUCH time. I know Conservatives who want to regress back to a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness… instead of moving forward down the path of human rights for all. Some wish to go back to Segregation and Jim Crow laws. Some wish to regress to before Women’s Suffrage… Hell, some are still pissed about the outcome of the Civil War. Others still think the country would be a better place if it were a Christian Theocracy, to be something like Europe during the Dark Ages. At the far end of the spectrum are the truly Regressive and the most devout of their religion: we should return to Biblical values and cast off the sins and perdition of all modernity. Of course, they wont blatantly admit as much, but their arguments, legislation and actions reveal this to be true.
All Conservatives are actually Regressives. Its all just a matter of degree and how far back they wish to go.
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