A PROPER DEFINITION OF THE TERM NEOCON - AND THE IMPROPER ONES, TOO

GATES OF VIENNA: The Many Faces of the Neocon

by Baron Bodissey

I’ve been hearing the phrase “neoconservative” hurled around a lot these days, usually as a term of opprobrium, and often used in name-calling tirades against those with whom one disagrees.

For people who would use the term: please define it.

At various times, depending on who is employing it, “neoconservative” seems to mean one or more of the following:

• A social liberal who practices conservative foreign policy;
• A starry-eyed idealist who favors massive American intervention abroad in order to promote democratic reform within backward dictatorships;
• An exponent of international capitalistic enterprise with no respect for or interest in maintaining traditional national boundaries or cultures; or
• A Jew.

I was a politically-aware adult back in the days when the word was first coined, and none of these is the meaning originally given to it.

FIND OUT THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE TERM - AND RTWT.

• THE CURRENT USES OF THE TERM BY THE LEFT ARE ALL PEJORATIVE, BUT WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO BE NEOCONS; WE'VE SEEN THE LIGHT!

• IF LEFTIES OPENED THEIR EYES, THEN THEY'D SEE THE LIGHT TOO!