Reply #45: Conservatism is about being outer-directed.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

In the common political vernacular. Conservatism is allegiance to outside institutions: Church, flag, obedience to authority, conformity. The individual is not wanted to question or form their own ideas. They must take in what they are taught and act in a certain way, supporting those values.

Liberal arts are about taking in the great concepts of Western Civilization, as are traditionally taught in college, and then using your own mind and imagination to think about "What was this artist trying to say in this picture? What emotions were these composers expressing in this piece of music?"

And if you are creative, then you go within and bring forth your own creative poetry, music, musical performance, painting, or whatever.

I graduated from a liberal arts college that was so liberal I got a Bachelor of Arts in a Natural Science.

I went on a job interview back in 1979, and the male interviewer asked me why I did not get a B.S., implying that a B.A. was an inferior degree, or that I was too stupid to get a B.S. (I'm female as well, so that was probably part of it).

I told the man, "Trinity University only grants a B.A. in Biology and it is the best pre-medical school in the state of Texas. At this time they do NOT grant a B.S. in Biology."

He of course did not accept that as an answer. Idiots don't listen to plain English. :banghead:

Another chapter is the guy down at a NASA contractor across NASA Road 1 from Mission Control who thought it was his mission to show me how ignorant i was about physics and science. Fortunately I answered his questions and he stopped after two times. Thus not proving his point that 19 year old secretaries don't know anything about science.