RKMBs Forums .::Important::. Politics and Current Events Please define "Liberal" and "Conservative"

I think that's the case with most people, but then I don't understand why these terms are so important on the political scale.

It seems to me that these terms should not be used at all to discribe a broad group because they do not apply across the board to any one group of people.

People talk about Republican values and Democratic values, and then try to equate the two with Conservative values and Liberal values, but they do not equate at all. It seems the parties are so desperate to survive that they have taken an all or nothing stance, where Republicans have to be across the board conservatives, and Democrats have to be across the board liberals.

But that doesn't work. I don't think there is a single person on this board who is across the board liberal or conservative, not really. I think we have some people who are very close, but for the most part, I think it breaks down differently.

I think many people are conservative wrt social issues, but liberal wrt ecomomic issues, much like myself.

I also think many people are liberal wrt to social issues, but conservative wrt to economic issues, which is the opposite of myself.

And yes, there are people who are conservative wrt to both social and economic issues.

Of course, there are also people who are liberal wrt to both social and economic issues.

Looking at all of that, and looking at the two party system in the united states, only half of the possible life outlooks are being represented in government. So that's why I started this thread, because I'm looking for a definition that fits the political system I vote in.

However, what I see is a two party system that should actually be a four party system, and I think the majority party could well be the people like myself, people who are conservative wrt to social issues, but liberal wrt to economic issues.

This is all speculation on my part, because it could well be that people who are conservative on both issues truly do hold the majority in the States.

But, even if that is the case, of one thing I am certain: I am not represented by anyone in any office.

And I take offense to the way the terms liberal and conservative are thrown around, because I am both and neither, and none of this makes any sense.