Quote Originally Posted by Mr. E View Post
While I do have my beliefs about certain social issues, I can't really say I'm right because I don't believe there is a right. I can only judge things based upon that I view as truth, or at least things where I believe a truth exists. There are no truths on most social issues from my perspective, so I don't base my judgement on things like that one way or another unless someone is batshit crazy.
Take slavery again as an example of a social matter that divided the nation. Or women voting. Do you think there is no truth when it comes to the rightness of slavery, or gender-discriminating voting? Or do you just think all the big issues like that are sorted, and the social issues that remain today are by nature less black and white?

My own view on the matter is that, though issues today are subtler, and not as easy to discern right from wrong as in slavery, there IS still right and wrong, and we should strain ourselves to choose the best possible options. History grants us magnificent perspective -- we should always try to be on the right side of it.

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. E View Post
I'm a fiscal conservative, because in my experience, with everything I have learned, that system seems like the one that works the best. I'm also a bit of a utilitarian, and conservative policy tends to fall in line with that moreso than liberal policy.
Be specific: what is it about fiscal conservatism that works? Reaganism might have led to a flourishing economy in the sense of thriving, powerful, world-scale corporations, but the trickle-down solution seems to have contributed in a terrible sense to the depressingly massive wealth disparity in the U.S. "Trickle-down" and "cut spending!" are almost the only things I ever hear conservatives say in terms of the economy.