New Posts For Thread: Conservatives Always On Wrong Side of Historyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_HistoryThe following article brings up a good point about conservatives and how they are always on the wrong side of history, and the only time they want the government involved is to bomb unarmed civilians from 10,000 feet, putting someone to death or invaLOL. The civil rights issue is a sore subject for conservatives,as well it should be.As such,they are always putting forth silly ideas as to how their ideology wasn't really opposed to equality for blacks.I have even had southern conservatives tell mhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519627001#519627001LOL. The civil rights issue is a sore subject for conservatives,as well it should be.As such,they are always putting forth silly ideas as to how their ideology wasn't really opposed to equality for blacks.I have even had southern conservatives tell mSat, 12 May 2012 23:18:29 -0500TENAC; Carry on conservative brethern.Okay;The only reason the Democrats stole the civil rights issue from the Republicans was they were infiltrated with the socialist/communist. They calculated the need for a wedge issue to divide the nation into vihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519625999#519625999TENAC; Carry on conservative brethern.Okay;The only reason the Democrats stole the civil rights issue from the Republicans was they were infiltrated with the socialist/communist. They calculated the need for a wedge issue to divide the nation into viSat, 12 May 2012 21:52:34 -0500There are good points and bad points to any mainstream political ideology.Anyone who thinks that one particular side is always the good,correct side and the opposing side is always the bad,wrong side is either stupid,blind,or both.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519625921#519625921There are good points and bad points to any mainstream political ideology.Anyone who thinks that one particular side is always the good,correct side and the opposing side is always the bad,wrong side is either stupid,blind,or both.Sat, 12 May 2012 21:43:36 -0500I refuse to entertain such nonsense. Wrong side of history according to who? ... OH .. that's right .. a Lib!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519623213#519623213I refuse to entertain such nonsense. Wrong side of history according to who? ... OH .. that's right .. a Lib!Sat, 12 May 2012 18:45:59 -0500A lot of times I will start a thread and lay out red meat to my liberals friends.But never do I start a thread comparable to fish in a barrel and give them a gun.I will read only this thread.Carry on conservative brethern.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519623017#519623017A lot of times I will start a thread and lay out red meat to my liberals friends.But never do I start a thread comparable to fish in a barrel and give them a gun.I will read only this thread.Carry on conservative brethern.Sat, 12 May 2012 18:37:24 -0500"Since the New Deal, Republicans have been on the wrong side of every issue of concern to ordinary Americans;Social Security; it’s a mess and going bankrupted sooner than laterthe war in Vietnam; it was about trying to help a people who were gohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519622851#519622851"Since the New Deal, Republicans have been on the wrong side of every issue of concern to ordinary Americans;Social Security; it’s a mess and going bankrupted sooner than laterthe war in Vietnam; it was about trying to help a people who were goSat, 12 May 2012 18:29:39 -0500They are the followers after the Democrats...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519620957#519620957They are the followers after the Democrats...Sat, 12 May 2012 17:23:13 -0500Actually, it was the Poland Act and the Edmunds Act that were responsible, the latter actually being outright unConstitutional despite no justice during or since ever having the courage to admit so.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519620023#519620023Actually, it was the Poland Act and the Edmunds Act that were responsible, the latter actually being outright unConstitutional despite no justice during or since ever having the courage to admit so.Sat, 12 May 2012 16:51:58 -0500The anti-polygamy law (the Morrill bill) was passed in 1862, during Lencoln's tenure in the White House. It wasn't so much anti-women's suffrage as it was anti-Mormon.Lincoln signed it into law after Congress passed it, but he did not enforce it. Inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519616893#519616893The anti-polygamy law (the Morrill bill) was passed in 1862, during Lencoln's tenure in the White House. It wasn't so much anti-women's suffrage as it was anti-Mormon.Lincoln signed it into law after Congress passed it, but he did not enforce it. InSat, 12 May 2012 15:19:22 -0500Actually?The Utah Territory was the second place in the nation where women could vote, coming just a few months behind Wyoming.The "progressive" souls in Washington, concerned about the "evil" that was polygamy, tacked on a rider to an anti-polygamyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29113563/Conservatives_Always_On_Wrong_Side_of_History?post_id=519615217#519615217Actually?The Utah Territory was the second place in the nation where women could vote, coming just a few months behind Wyoming.The "progressive" souls in Washington, concerned about the "evil" that was polygamy, tacked on a rider to an anti-polygamySat, 12 May 2012 14:37:41 -0500