Politics: what's a neocon?
If you're like me, you could lose hours of your life bouncing around Wikipedia. I was overwhelmed by the thoroughness of the article defining (or refusing to define) neoconservatism.
Saturday, January 8, 2005
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In my expierence, when I have seen the word "neocon" used, it is usually code for Jewish conservatives.
That's an older meaning of the word. The current meaning seems to refer to conservatives with aggressive foreign policy and less concern with shrinking government, according to the article. Neoconservatives are also thought to be less socially conservative than traditional conservatives.
I always took neocon to be the conservatives that take certain values to the extreme (i.e. tax cuts) at the expense of some of the more rational conservative tenets (i.e. balanced budgets).
I see them as more socially conservative rather than less; they like to use religion to manipulate the public. Throw a few bones to the anti-gay marriage crowd and suddenly those people are supporting social security reform.
but I think that's confusing the Bush administration with neoconservatism as a movement.
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