Are you a Liberal or a Conservative? Basic concepts inside
 

What Does It Mean To Be A Liberal?
You are concerned with individual rights & liberties. You are often in favor of government intervention and government programs (pro-regulation). You lean toward anti-business. You get excited by new government initiatives like sending man to Mars.
A left of center or "liberal" individual tends to philosophically believe in a majority of these political positions:
* Abolition of the death penalty
* Believe in affirmative action
* Belief in reinstating the Fairness Doctrine
* Disapprove of teacher-lead prayer in classrooms & school sponsored religious events
* Equal opportunities for men and women in the military
* Favor equal opportunity & denial of gender differences
* Government-rationed & taxpayer-funded medical care (example: Universal Health Care Coverage)
* Government spends big on social programs (also higher taxes to fund these programs)

2. ....cont.
* Income redistribution (through progressive taxation)
* Legalizing abortion & pro-choice
* Legalizing same-sex marriages
* Oppose an American foreign policy of continuous intervention
* Oppose domestic wire-tapping & other intrusive acts (as authorized in the Patriot Act)
* Oppose full private property rights
* Support protection of our environment
* Support of labor unions
* Support Globalism ("one world government")
* Support obscenity and pornography as our First Amendment right
* Support teaching comprehensive sexual education programs in schools (as opposed to abstinence-only programs)
* Support a "Living Constitution" reinterpreted for modern times (not how it was originally written & intended)
* Support disarmament treaties
* Support gun control laws
* Support government programs to rehabilitate criminals in society
* Taxpayer-funded public education system
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What Does It Mean To Be A Conservative?
You resist change simply for the sake of change. You are cautious and pro-status quo. You Invoke a "good steward" mentality and are careful with management of resources. You tend to be pro-business, anti-tax and anti-regulation.
A right of center or "conservative" individual tends to philosophically believe in a majority of these political positions:
* Actively support a return of prayer in schools
* Believe in our Second Amendment 'Right to Keep and Bear Arms'
* Believe that parents (not schools or teachers) should educate children about sex
* Believe in a strong national defense
* Economic allocative efficiency (as opposed to popular equity)
* Endorse choice in education
* Endorse lower taxes & tax cuts (favoring the upper class)
* Favor the death penalty
* Favor stronger law enforcement and anti-crime laws

2. ....cont.
* Generally don't care much for the United Nations
* Oppose same-sex marriages
* Staunchly pro-life and want to stop abortions
* Support free enterprise
* Support limited government
* Support strong public morality
* Support laws against pornography & obscenities
* Support enforcement of current immigration laws
* Support private medical care & retirement plans
* Support tightening of our border security
* Want to open foreign markets to products made in the USA
* Want to weaken or eliminate failed social support programs
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"You lean toward anti-business"
-(md) (md) (md) - this is so far from reality... look at what Clinton adm was doing and what was happening in the business world during those 8 years.
I think this whole "gradation" does not take into account various "fractions" - far-left ( pro-union, anti-business - crazy kind) is probably very EMOTIONALLY close to protectionist -in different aspects - values of far-right ( intolerance to immigrants, religious fervor) ..... In fact, most reasonably thinking people are neither "far" anything. They understand that you look at the world with different eyes at different moments:
- you can see a world as a consumer, or as an investor- shareholder, or as a humanitarian, or as a citizen, or as business owner -in different circumstances and this nuanced approach helps you develop an outlook that is not black or white, but real.

I also think that the definitions that Slavik "надыбал" are too simplistic and misleading. What's alarming is that politicians use these stereotypes to appeal to masses.

Of course it's too simplistic. The key is majority of these political positions

this is ultra-ultra left vs ultra-ultra right i guess...
i really don't know anyone who is anti-business no matter how liberal they are for example

For Mike:Anti-business does not mean that someone sits around and says "Boy, I hate business" it's when they want to build a factory and a person says, "Boy, what will that do to the environment ?", or if they want to open a Walmart and the same person says...you got the idea.

Oleg, I agree with your point a couple of posts below. (Y)

Also:

"* Want to open foreign markets to products made in the USA"

How is that even related to conservative/liberal???