[PJ Media post referenced]: GOProud's LaSalvia: 'I'm embarrassed to call myself a Republican right now'
Conservatism is being redefined when conservativism doesn't mean what it used to mean. For example, what it used to mean was that you were a Christian if you were a conservative. How can you be a Christian and be for gay marriage? The only way this can happen is if conservatism is being redefined right in front of our very eyes.
Yes, once that happens, Christianity too, will be redefined, or persecuted for their beliefs.
A few distinctions please: number one, you can be a conservative and not be a Republican, and vice versa.
Number two: He doesn't have to be embarrassed to be a Republican if he can't be sponsored by a conservative organization. He is conflating the two terms. Those distinctions should be kept in mind when reading something like this.
I think I should draw a distinction between myself and libertarian types like Glenn Reynolds. I could vote for a libertarian only if conservatives and Republicans give up fundamental principles. However, that doesn't mean I whole heartedly endorse libertarian views.
There's something wrong when the distinctions are being blurred and the definitions are being changed. It isn't conservative when that happens.
On this point, I support CPAC. But the inclusion of Muslims, not so much.
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