The Social Conservatives make no sense to me at all

 

I find it peculiar that Conservatives who believe in the dog eat dog world of independence and personal responsibility above all else, are the same Conservatives who denounce Darwin’s theory of Survival of the Fittest because they think it doesn’t take into account that God may have created life on this Earth.

So, they live by the idea that each to his own survival based on his own efforts, but they also believe that God will provide when they follow God’s rules of worship.

The Conservative crowd pay special attention to the admonition that God helps those who help themselves, but forget that Jesus said “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brother’s, that you do unto me.”

The Conservatives believe that everyone should give to the charities of their choice without the government taking their money and giving it away instead. But, they forget the decades and millennia when men were given that opportunity but chose to line their own coffers at the expense of people who had nothing - they devalued life over the pursuit of wealth and power. We live within a historical context and we can’t be oblivious to it.  We are where we are because of what came before - cause and effect didn't start this morning. 

It’s odd to me that while the Conservatives want personal freedom, they want everyone to follow their rules about government, and marriage, and health decisions. They feel no hypocrisy whining that Christians are being persecuted while at the same time they are persecuting homosexuals, people of color, immigrants, outspoken people, women who choose abortions…all these people who make choices about their own lifestyles are persecuted because their lifestyle choices aren’t fundamentalist Christian. How can they not see their hypocrisy?

The Conservatives are more interested in being in power, and staying in power than in governing. The people who follow the Conservatives don’t see that as being ‘anti-American’? How can that be missed?

I accept that many Conservatives don’t fall into any of these characterizations. But, can those Conservatives drown out the voices of the ones who do? Will they? Who will win? Unfortunately, I think all our lives depend on a positive outcome – that the constructive Conservatives will be courageous and stand unified against the fear mongering, power hungry, hypocritical conservatives who have taken over their party.