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What are the characteristics of a conservative person?

The reason for what I ask this is because some people say I have conservative ideas, and that I have morals. So let's say: - I don't like when people make fun of others regarding physical appearance - I believe we're responsible for what we do and accept the consequences. - I believe in individualism, not in political systems. Do you think I have conservative ideas?

Public Comments

1. All around Awesomeness and yes you do have conservative ideals and trust me, that is a good thing
2. Here is a really good article which compares conservative & liberal ideas and characteristics. Think this may be good reading for you: http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/other/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs/
3. I have SOME conservative ideas, but I'm not really a conservative. I believe all people should be equal (Except for terrorists, and b!ggots.), people of all race, gender, should be equal (except for the people mentioned above). I hold those beliefs that you listed. I am hardly conservative, because, as a girl, I wear boy's clothes, but I don't have a short hair cut.
4. How do you interpret the Constitution and what do you think of "judicial activism" ? In "The Federal Courts, Politics, and the Rule of Law," by John C. Hughes (published 1995), it says: "In the contemporary political context, those who fear conformity have tended to describe themselves as liberal and have tended to applaud judicial 'protection' of human rights. Those who fear diversity have tended to call themselves conservatives and have been appalled by judicial 'usurpation' of the majority's discretion to form the kind of community it finds most conducive to its own happiness. The former tends to approve of the expansive theories of constitutional interpretation, while the latter tends to prefer the restrained theories of judicial review. These alignments are neither perfect nor inevitable, but the debate has surely been shrill."
5. Sounds sensible to me. I don't know if you are conservative, but you seem very forthright, and therefore, attractive.