Yes, we become more liberal as our society progresses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As far as conservatives holding us back. It's a yes and no answer. For example, there are very powerful conservatives, and they also tend to be religious. With this, they can control alot of law and 'unfairly' base it on religion, somehow forgeting a certain rule called Separation of Church and State. There are other highly influentual conservative religious 'folk' (in lack of a better word) who can slow down the advances of science. Not entirely, but to a fair amount of people. But you can also argue that some conservatives keep our world in check. Without them, a certain amount of hell could break loose. But also, liberals can be good and bad. Liberals are more excepting, allowing us to advance much further. But they are also less strict, and it can lead to weakness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So is the conservative 'religious' goverment ie. the current Republicans holding us back? Yes, they are, but they also are allowing a certain amount of scientific discovery as well. But when it comes to holding us back, they do it with the whole church on their side, which is around more than half of the current day Americans.

I am referring to social liberalism, which is rapidly degressing us to a point where sexual deviance is once again celebrated and respect for others is lost. We are not making progress through the "liberality" that America seems to crave these days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social liberalism as in the feminist movement, the acceptance of different religions, the acceptance of homosexuality and of relationships between people of different races and backgrounds? How are those things, or sexual 'deviance' (this sexual activity is deviant according to what besides the Bible? It's no obligation for people to take their lives in accordance to biblical rules.), harmful for society?

 

Human rights violations...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Way to be specific. If your gonna take a jab at something at least go into a little detail or use a couple examples.

 

 

 

Torture? Waterboarding (sp)?

 

 

 

How's that for specific.

Liberal views should be embraced, but we shouldn't let them go too far, homosexuality is nothing to be ashamed of, but it doesn't mean we all have to believe in it(Though I am pretty angry that the US government broke its own laws and started banning them from religious ceremonies, isn't there something called separation from church and state?). Religious equality? I'm all for it, even though the fights will never stop between different religious believers, it can't really hurt to at least make them legally equals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laws should strictly be enforced, but they should not take away peoples rights just because they have different beliefs.

I think that there's a distinction to be made from the recent conservative swing in the United States vs. the overal movement of humans to becoming more liberal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands of years ago governments were Kings and Dictators - society was conservative because the word of one man was often considered the word of a god. So in terms of progression of human rights, I think that's a tendency we will see continue for some time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for media/entertainment, and what is considered socially acceptable - I think it most likely comes in waves. I think over the past few years things have been going more and more to the left, and more and more things are becoming acceptable. I think, and I hope, that at some point this will stop and go the other way for a while. This is just the natural order of things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it comes to recent conservative movements in the United States, I don't think this will last too long. Progress politically has proven to mostly shift to more and more towards freedoms and equality, and generally less conservative ideas. Now this isn't to say that we will ever see extreme liberalism in the course of human history - there have always been radicals, and they have always been beaten away with sticks (or not done very well in elections).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see the more permissive soceity, that liberal swing which most concerns conservatives, as reversing in the near future. Sex, drugs and violence will hopefully recede slowly from our media and entertainment industries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything is in balance - movements come and recede. The only progressive things that will be constant are advances in human rights and freedoms, within reason. And history has proven that this progression is usually for the better.

I think it needs to come in waves...and we are VERY due for a conservative reform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little liberalism is good, but it's gotten way out of hand in the past 10 years. We've had almost 100 years of controversy in 10 short years...people are lazy, soccer moms that drove Chrystler minivans a decade ago are now forcing me off the road in Hummers, our obesity has trippled in 20 years because of the liberalist "happy-go-lucky" attitude, Christians and Jews are all but persecuted in the hands of "religious equality" from groups like the ACLU...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We need to take a step back and breath for a decade or so...geez...give society abroad a chance to recover.

 

 

 

The country's been pretty conservative lately. All of those things are just natural tendencies people have - to become more liberal. The US policy-wise couldn't be any more conservative. Republicans being in control only voting for their party's initiatives have pulled us a lot farther as a country to the right. But the country overall is more liberal, in my opinion. That's why there is such a division.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, I think the tendency of movement towards liberalism ways is inevitable too. Conservatives will always believe the status quo is the safest and best for the country, trying to maintain family values and the 1950's kind of view. I think we're really in need politically of a liberal wave. Scientific advances by the US have really been restricted as of late because of the republican reign. New technology will always be opposed as its new. That has happened althroughout history with every new type of technology, until people finally accepted the technology. The same will happen with biotechnology and nanotechnology. We just have to give it time. Eventually people's ever-present fears and instilled artificial moral values will slowly adapt to whatever new technology is being presented, and progress will finally continue. I just wish those barriers didn't exist. We'd get a lot further faster.