[ChrisInAR]

Social conservatism brought us this insane drug war, as it did Prohibition, so we really need to look at this movement to really begin to understand what is behind support for the WOD.

You have a point, but overall I think social conservatism has done much more good to our nation than it has harm. I think the problem w/ it is it's willingness to use force (i.e., government) to seek its goals of having a better, more improved nation rather than living by example & spreading The Good News. Doing so has helped to create a gargantuan federal government over what was once 50 sovereign states that were able to better govern themselves accd. to the wishes of We, The People.

[dcwusmc]

Thank you. That is precisely the point I was making to that donna person. And, to me, the SoCons’ willingness to use the force of government vastly outweighs the “good” they do. Now if they stick to setting an example and using moral suasion, I’m THERE, boy, oh boy! I’M THERE! Otherwise, those like la donna are, as far as I’m concerned, OUTTA HERE!

[LearsFool]

I think the problem w/ it is it's willingness to use force (i.e., government) to seek its goals

Right on the money! Sounds straight out of Albert Nock's book "Our Enemy, The State", written during FDR's days of destruction. The state corrupts everything it touches, he said, yet each side uses it in an effort to achieve their own goals.