GippersList

[Lemur]

First there was Conservapedia, the answer to the gay liberal Trotskyite website known as Wikipedia. Now there's GippersList, the way to buy and sell online without mingling with the unbelievers who befoul Craigslist.

Are "conservatives" attempting to build an alternate reality? What purpose does this self-segregation serve?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Craigslist doesn't let you sell guns.

You can sell basically anything else, including yourself, but no guns.

A pity. I don't see the point of this "GippersList" however.

Are "conservatives" attempting to build an alternate reality? What purpose does this self-segregation serve?

Maybe it's simply some guy thinking he can make some money with this, and not some grand movement to set up a separate reality. You know, Occam's razor and all that.

CR

[Louis VI the Fat]

Everybody knows the girls over at www.RepublicanSingles.com look best.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Are "conservatives" attempting to build an alternate reality? What purpose does this self-segregation serve?

Bingo, one in which the world is only 6,000 years old, flat, and has no Gay animal life.

No kids, I'm only half kidding.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Also, where'd you find out about this?

I was googling and found the site of a person alleged to have created the site:
http://theactivistnextdoor.blogspot....pers-list.html

Apparently she didn't want to deal with non-republicans in business. What stupidity.

From the FAQ:

How do I know the person I’m doing business with is really a Conservative?
The million dollar question! There are no “litmus tests” and GippersList is “on your honor.” The publicity we are doing to promote GippersList is geared toward conservative unbiased and unbiased and conservative media outlets and the positioning is clear. That being said, to support our cause and “prove” that you are a conservative, we ask that all GippersList posters sport a GippersList bumper sticker on their vehicle or in their place of business. When you do a transaction—look for the bumper sticker and if you don’t see it…say something.

I guess the fact that hardly anybody is listing things on the site is an indication of how few people think this is useful.

CR

[KukriKhan]

Total San Diego County California (a Republican stronghold in an otherwise 'blue' state) listings:

Zero.

Folks staying away in droves, so far.

[InsaneApache]

Isn't a gipper a bloke in a PVC suit? Sounds about right.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Isn't a gipper a bloke in a PVC suit? Sounds about right.

So it's for poor Republicans?

Or crazy ones?

[drone]

Isn't a gipper a bloke in a PVC suit? Sounds about right.

You are thinking gimp, not gipper. Gipper comes from Reagan's acting days.

This just shows that "Republicans" are now completely divorced from their former policy beliefs. Why would any self-respecting free-market devotee eliminate ~65% of their potential customer base?

[KukriKhan]

Isn't a gipper a bloke in a PVC suit? Sounds about right.

For our American friends, schooled in the Gipper-ese of Ronald Reagan, here's the UK version:

Gipper or Gipping

If someone had decided to wear the same clothes all week without changing. Or maybe That person had stood in something that wasn't particularly pleasant to the smell or sight. Then this individual would be called a Gipper. Or, “That's just gipping man”

From this place, explaining 80's council estates slang.

Two nations... common language, and so on...

[InsaneApache]

For our American friends, schooled in the Gipper-ese of Ronald Reagan, here's the UK version:



From this place, explaining 80's council estates slang.

Two nations... common language, and so on...

Aye, gipe, to gag because of unpleasant odour due to not washing. Think a tramp in the underground with a can of special brew. Close then.

[KukriKhan]

Think a tramp in the underground with a can of special brew.

Our Brother, IA, makes it sound as if that were a bad thing.

[Lord Winter]

How do I know the person I’m doing business with is really a Conservative?
The million dollar question! There are no “litmus tests” and GippersList is “on your honor.” The publicity we are doing to promote GippersList is geared toward conservative unbiased and unbiased and conservative media outlets and the positioning is clear. That being said, to support our cause and “prove” that you are a conservative, we ask that all GippersList posters sport a GippersList bumper sticker on their vehicle or in their place of business. When you do a transaction—look for the bumper sticker and if you don’t see it…say something.

How can you be conservative and unbaised? I like the double think going on there.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Meaning of "win one for the Gipper" and it's relationship to Reagan.

[HoreTore]

We define “conservative” as a person who believes in free market principles and capitalism vs. socialism. We believe that individuals can do better for themselves than the government can do for them.

Lolz.

That would be a "liberal", wouldn't it?

Also; praise the Lemur for revealing the world of conservapedia! Although you really should've chosen a different day, it's all sunny outside and now I'll be stuck here all day laughing my behind off.....

[Ronin]

This just shows that "Republicans" are now completely divorced from their former policy beliefs. Why would any self-respecting free-market devotee eliminate ~65% of their potential customer base?

After you successfully divorce yourself from reality...everything else comes easy.

[InsaneApache]

Lolz.

That would be a "liberal", wouldn't it?

Also; praise the Lemur for revealing the world of conservapedia! Although you really should've chosen a different day, it's all sunny outside and now I'll be stuck here all day laughing my behind off.....

Not sure how it is in Norway but small government and personal accountability is a conservative thing. Liberals tend towards big government and state interference. I'm surprised you seem to know nothing about conservatism or liberalism.

[HoreTore]

Not sure how it is in Norway but small government and personal accountability is a conservative thing. Liberals tend towards big government and state interference. I'm surprised you seem to know nothing about conservatism or liberalism.

That would be socialism, now wouldn't it?

A different name for free market is market liberalism. Liberalism is about freedom from the state.

[InsaneApache]

Nope.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Pinning down liberalism can be confusing. I think it had been small government and laissez-faire in the past, but it became more of a big-government ideology when the problems caused by industrialisation really set in. Reminds me of a video clip from school where one liberal explains the need for nationalised health care, more welfare etc, and the shocked person he is speaking to says "But sir, that is socialism", and then the guy says "No my friend, it is a new enlightened form of liberalism".

Hence maybe the above confusion.

[Husar]

Nope.

That sounds like the same nope I always get when I say satanism is about satan.
I guess conservatism is about progress now.

But it's not all that surprising considering the catholic church has changed god's unalienable will several times throughout history...

[HoreTore]

Nope.

Instead of adding nothing to the discussion, how 'bout having a read?

[Xiahou]

Instead of adding nothing to the discussion, how 'bout having a read?

Thanks, that cleared it all up. Especially the parts on conservative liberalism and liberal conservatism.

[HoreTore]

Thanks, that cleared it all up. Especially the parts on conservative liberalism and liberal conservatism.

Indeedy!

[Furunculus]

That would be socialism, now wouldn't it?

A different name for free market is market liberalism. Liberalism is about freedom from the state.

the confusion might lie in the fact that our liberals aren't terribly liberal, in fact they are not really liberal at all despite bearing the name.

[HoreTore]

the confusion might lie in the fact that our liberals aren't terribly liberal, in fact they are not really liberal at all despite bearing the name.

What confusion?

The simple fact is that there are dozens of different versions of liberal thought.

And the classical economic liberalism is just what's defined as "conservatism" by that site.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Instead of adding nothing to the discussion, how 'bout having a read?

Or how about realizing (everyone, not just you) that definitions differ by country? What is broadly considered conservative in Canada, the UK, and the USA might have a different definition then what is considered conservative in Germany, Norway, and Sweden, though sometimes those also overlap and cross borders. That and there are also different schools of liberalism - classical liberalism usw., as well as different schools of conservatism.

And the classical economic liberalism is just what's defined as "conservatism" by that site.

So that's what their school of conservatism involves.

[HoreTore]

So that's what their school of conservatism involves.

Involves yes, but when stating an ideology, it would've been wise to state something that sets one ideology apart from other ideologies, not something that multiple ideologies believe in.

It's kinda like stating that "conservatives believes in not executing the opposition"....

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Involves yes, but when stating an ideology, it would've been wise to state something that sets one ideology apart from other ideologies, not something that multiple ideologies believe in.

It's kinda like stating that "conservatives believes in not executing the opposition"....

But why, when one of the greatest things that divides conservatives and liberals in your country is levels of state control of the economy?

[HoreTore]

But why, when one of the greatest things that divides conservatives and liberals in your country is levels of state control of the economy?

That would've been a point, if the democrats were actually in favour of state control.

Which they aren't. They're in favour of a slight shift towards more state control, nothing more than that. They bring up socialism as their nemesis, which the democrats are also against.

I'd say that the thing that separates conservatives and liberals in the US, are the social issues. Like abortion, religion, homosexuality, etc. It would've been a lot better to bring up that point instead of the economic one where they both have a very similar goal in mind.