Psst, Bonnie - we're in the 21st century.
So what to you mean that it is related to Manifest Destiny? How so?
Who do you see posting here that you consider a "neo-con"?
Um yeah, I know this is the 21st century. The neo-con movement started in the 1960's and that was still the 20th century.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand all the way to the Pacific Coast, and to h-ell with anyone or anything that stood in the way. Trail of tears and all that.
Neo-conservatism started out as a way to stop the spread of communism and then evolved into a belief that the U.S. should have control over the world's political environment.
While neo-conservatism may have started out with the best of intentions (stop totalitarian communism, reject immoral behaviors), it seems to have devolved into rudeness, name calling, and refusal to consider any other points of view.
As I said, I come from a family of neo-cons, but after a while, I got tired of the negativity towards, it seemed, just about everything. I have a couple of relatives who feel the same way, but we just don't dare tell the family at any reunions.
I don't know that I would call any particular poster a "neo-con", but there are some posts that definitely display a "neo-con" attitude.