From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 09:30:00 MST
John K Clark wrote:
>John Stuart Mill Wrote:
>
>
>
>>"While it is not true that all conservatives are
>>stupid people, it is nevertheless undeniable that practically all stupid
>>people are conservative."
>>
>>
>...
>
>. However in Mill's day the words
>"liberal" and "conservative" had almost exactly opposite meaning they do
>today. Back then a liberal was somebody eager to try new ideas and was in
>favor of more personal freedom, a conservative believed in the divine right
>of kings.
>
> John K Clark jonkc@att.net
>
Isn't that what the mean? (In essence, I mean. A liberal is someone
eager to try new ideas, and a conservative is someone who wished to
stick with the ideas that he already "knows how they work".) That's
the way I always interpret them. (Perhaps this is a part of why I feel
the new is lying so often.)
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