I Am A Conservative Of The Republicanism Kind

I support LGBTQ rights to marriage and freedom from political and religious discrimination, because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind. I support a woman’s right of choice regarding her own body, because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind. I reject discrimination and suppression of any kind – especially religious and political – because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind.

The modern Republican party is virally infected by the contagion of European Conservatism in the hearts and minds of racist, predominantly white, religious Americans. American “European Conservatism” is: the protection of white religion above all religions, white supremacy above all peoples, opposition to modernism, and seeking of legislative return to “the way things were” before Franklin D Roosevelt’s Administration introduced socialism to the regulating practices of the United States national government.

The Founders of this nation, the United States of America, who established a Republicanism governance upon this land that was stolen from the indigenous population would not recognize the Republican Party of today! But, they would think the Democratic Party is a follower in the steps of their founding political Republicanism. Separation of “church and state” is a vital must! Protection of individual “inalienable” natural rights is paramount! And an utter hate for economic corruption and religious tyranny upon the people is the Founders’ driving ideology!

An uncompromising commitment to liberty and justice for all (not for just the ruling minority). A total rejection of political and religious aristocracy, where “the People” – the citizens *as a whole* – determine the rule of law for this nation going forward. Change was expected by the Founders, and constitutional protections were established to defend this core constitutional right of “the People” to self-governance as a whole (not just the governance of white people, not just the governance by Christians and those who believe in the myths of “Judeo-Christian” values and “American Exceptionalism”).

Likewise, I am for effective weapons regulations in the United States, to protect our citizens from deadly violence by the homegrown extremist ideologies that terrorize our nation’s citizens, because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind. Likewise I advocate loudly for critical thinking, public education, and focus on supporting scientific understanding and science-based national governance, because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind. Likewise, I denounce the “political party” approach to politics, reject the authority of the Electoral College, and every single attempt to disenfranchise any citizen (regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, orientation) of the right to freely cast their vote in every election, because I am an American Conservative of the Republicanism kind!

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מה משיגים אנשים מכל העבודות שהם עושים תחת השמש? לא הרבה יותר מהנמלים! אז אני לא ממש יודע.

אבל נאמר: “דור עובר, ודור בא, אבל האדמה נשארת גם כאשר המין האנושי נעלם.” – קהלת

Translation: What do people achieve from all the work that they do under the sun? Not much more than the ants! So, I don’t know.

But, it has been said: “A generation goes by, and a generation comes, but the earth remains even when the human species is gone.” – Kohelet

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Things will change, but ultimately remain the same. Until, there is another American Revolution on this continent for freedom, opportunity, and justice – just more colorful, this time. England’s systemic monarchy and Church rule would still be the law of the land today, had not Colonial Americans rebelled and formed a new nation on this continent. The same will have to happen again to end the systemic white corporate-evangelical supremacy upon all the non-white citizens of this nation.

White American society is the monarch and priest of England old, and they have no intention of sharing this power – ever. Hence, why they are so morally corrupt in their politics, business practices, and religious beliefs. History teaches us what must eventually happen, if justice and equal opportunity is ever going to be an actual reality for people of color on this northern continent of America.

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I am a political conservative because I believe that the U.S. Constitution applies equally to all citizens, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender (includes gender identity), religion (or lack thereof), sexual orientation, languages spoken, and place of birth. The U.S. Constitution is the only supreme law of this nation, it is the national Bible! Liberals will say that the U.S. Constitution is based on the Christian Bible, therefore the Christian Bible supercedes the U.S. Constitution.

I am a religious conservative – even though non-theistic – because I believe that Torah and TaNaKh (by extension) speaks for itself, regardless of our interpretations, explanations, and other theological commentary placed upon it. The Torah, as it plainly says for itself, is the final word on what the Torah is trying to say to us! Liberals will say that “the scriptures” mean something else (as revealed), other than what the plain meaning of the text clearly says without regret.

A “conservative,” based on its use in Western society, is not an adherent to the fundamental texts but, rather, an adherent to religious dogma about those texts – even though that dogma ignores or reimagines what the fundamental texts actually say. A “liberal” in Western society, by contrast, is someone who adheres closely to what the fundamental texts present when read without attached dogma. … In the United States, this above is true for both constitutional politics and theistic religion! The terms are used backwards of their inherent meanings. The best example of this I know of comes from a devotedly religious Torah scholar:

“Some would suggest that the “liberal position” is that Moses did not write the Pentateuch and that the “conservative position” is to contend that he did. I think the case could be made that this language is reversed. As the Pentateuch never claims Mosaic authorship and strongly implies that it was written hundreds of years after him, the “conservative” position—i.e. the position that is bound to the testimony of the Pentateuch itself—should really be that Moses did not write it, and that the Pentateuch does not date to the 13th century.

Alternatively, ignoring the Pentateuch’s self-presentation, and claiming that Moses wrote it in the 13th century is really a liberal position (though not the only one of course), since it is “free”—the Latin word “liber” means “free”—from the constraints put upon it by the Pentateuch’s self-presentation.

Of course, many scholars who identify as conservative may not appreciate my usage of the term “liberal” when describing traditional views supported by religious dogma, and admittedly, I am being playful with the terms. But I suspect that the reader sees the point that I am making.

At the end of the day, I think that the terms “liberal” and “conservative” have little utility, and that when people use these terms, it reveals more about themselves than it does about the person they are describing. Thus, I have friends in the field who consider me liberal and I have friends in the field who consider me conservative; this is not because my own positions have changed, but it reflects where these colleagues feel they are standing relative to me.”

– Professor Christopher A. Rollston, Associate Professor of Northwest Semitic languages and literatures in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at George Washington University. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University.