Difference between revisions of "Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal"
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| − | {{DES | des = Glittering generalities that conceal crucial differences. If you got your wish for fiscally conservative and socially liberal from the libertarians, it would be like wishes from a monkey's paw. The results of the wish would be so horrible you'd unwish it. | show=}} | + | {{DES | des = [[Fallacies_Of_Philosophy#Glittering_Generalities_Of_Propaganda|Glittering generalities]] that conceal crucial differences. If you got your wish for fiscally conservative and socially liberal from the libertarians, it would be like wishes from a monkey's paw. The results of the wish would be so horrible you'd unwish it. | show=}} |
The problem with this propaganda ploy is that it assumes the two axes provided by the libertarians are good ways of examining what's important to people. It's as if you sorted people by the colors of the clothes they were wearing: the sorting would have little to do with their real political values. | The problem with this propaganda ploy is that it assumes the two axes provided by the libertarians are good ways of examining what's important to people. It's as if you sorted people by the colors of the clothes they were wearing: the sorting would have little to do with their real political values. | ||
