Diggy,

It's a good question I think. Nowadays there seems to be an old style conservative who is more "centrist" I would guess and what they call a "neo-con" who represents a more extreme reactionary position.

These labels are often dangerous in my view because they marginalize a political point of view. There are liberals I've met who are more conservative and conservatives who are quite liberal. What I mean by this is that ideas are not restrictive to a political point of view.
I would be considered conservative by some and quite liberal by others. I think of myself as very left of center.

Folk music crosses the boundaries. In the South, where I live, there are "folk singers" who have conservative values. These people often have grown up with Southern values..some segregationists...but the other night a man said something significant to me. When there's a room full of people singing, no one can be angry.

I remember Pete Seeger captivating an audience of the Young Republicans.............................

Frank