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Old September 1st 04, 01:29 AM
Andrew Gideon
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James Robinson wrote:

Right wing philosophies tend to be conservative, want to retain
traditional values, and often advocate the establishment of an
authoritarian political order.


Simple labels just fail too quickly. A political conservative in the US
would be a strong advocate of church/state separation. A social
conservative would want his/her own religious morals encoded into law.

It's all a matter of which values you consider "traditional".

- Andrew