{"id":9911,"date":"2018-11-02T16:22:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T21:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2021-06-13T21:56:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T02:56:51","slug":"i-am-a-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2018\/11\/02\/i-am-a-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am a pro-life, values-based conservative.<\/p>\n

I wish and act to conserve the conditions that have allowed human life to flourish on this planet for the past 12,000 years, conditions whose continuance today is threatened.<\/p>\n

I wish and act to conserve the values — of cooperation, respect, and physical and emotional sustenance — that have enabled human sociality and creativity to flourish amidst a diverse array of life forms, whose diversity and cohesion today is threatened.<\/p>\n

I wish and act to conserve the movement toward protecting the dignity of all humans and all sentient beings.<\/p>\n

Those who act today to dismantle those conditions, defile those values, and imperil that movement can claim only to conserve their own wealth and privilege at the expense of others.<\/p>\n

It’s time to decide what should be conserved and what should be uprooted.<\/p>\n

Be a conservative. Vote them out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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