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Originally posted by irishpipes
[B]Is your point that religiously conservative people are not educated?
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Not necessarily. Let's just say that when you have a crowd like this, your conservatives will generally draw their values more from their belief in a meritocratic society rather than their religious beliefs. My observation is that this belief in a meritocratic society stems from that individual's success or hope for success because of their above average efforts and abilities.
The religious right folks are a group that has become louder and louder within the conservative coalition. So much so that I think that they run a pretty good chance of tearing it apart by disturbing the libertarian underpinnings of the conservative movement. There are a lot of us in the party that want the government to stay out of our classrooms, to not infringe on a woman's right to choose, to not decide whether two people should be wed based on what appears in some religious tome, etc. Perhaps calling those people 'uneducated' was taking it too far. I know of no real information to support that allegation. But as to Hoosier's complaint that no mods are conservative, I think his statement is wrong. We are conservative, not just his type of conservative (whatever type that is).