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1. I don't understand American politics from which I am far far away. To me the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are simply the two sides of the same coin. Differences are marginal. No party is lesser patriot than the other. They look after American interests with equal priority. The revolutionary and pro-people minimum wage, Social Security, overtime, 9 to 5 office hours, and deposit insurance decisions were taken by Republican President Roosevelt. On the other hand decision to make atom bomb was taken by Roosevelt and decision to drop atom bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima was taken by another Republican President Truman. He also started Vietnam war. As California Governor Ronald Regan passed a revolutionary abortion bill and yet got nomination from the Republican Party. Differences in opinions and rhetoric are more political than ideological.Because of all this, when I talk about conservatives and liberals, I don't have American politics in my mind.
I rather use dictionary meanings of these two terms.
2. According to Chambers:
Conservative: Averse to change.
Liberal: Not bound by traditional orthodoxy.
As an example, in Hindu society a conservative tends to preserve caste system whereas a liberal person will denounce it although both may believe in God. That is why I mentioned that the extreme version of conservatism can be fundamentalism and fanaticism. And that is why I protested when Dr. Jiten Roy tried to promote Savage's Principle of Mental Disorder.
3. I proved that as per Dr. Roy's own 10-criteria test, he himself is a liberal. Now looks like he is determined to be better known as a conservative and that is why he has shortened the list of criteria.
4. Dr. Roy has raised the issue of moral decay. Has this decay been caused by liberals or some thing else? There can be a good debate on this topic.
5. Dr. Roy has said that he believes in marriage between a man and a woman. Is he suggesting that liberals believe otherwise?
6. Is he equating liberals with atheists, radicals, nihilists, or anarchists?
-SC
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