Comment on American Political Parties by ryan

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:07:47 -0700

West, I don't agree that liberalism is a centrist policy. I think that it's natural for someone with a liberal view to consider their views to be centrist; however, liberalism can be just as extreme or moderate as conservativism. For that reason, I don't espouse a liberal or conservative point of view, either economically or socially.

I can definately see the state of modern American politics that you've laid out in your comments. However, I'm still not sure about the reasons behind the link between the concepts of republican/conservative and democrat/liberal. In other words, I know I'm screwed in my voting choices; I'm trying to understand why, perhaps from a historical point of view, things got that way.