"Liberals" -- being leftists -- never did/do see themselves as merely the political opponents-within-the-polity of us horrible, terrible, evil, wicked conservatives. Rather, they see themselves as our enemies; they see themselves as being at war with us.
And the prize at state in this war is America: Sam Donaldson Tells Tea Partiers 'It's Not Your Country Anymore - It's Our Country' -- What do you think "fundamentally transform America" means, anyway? -- This is a war of conquest, and they intend us to be their slaves (for, among other things, they refuse to understand they, too, can generate wealth via labor, and anyway, labor is for "the little people").
"... not surprisingly, the only good Republican in these folks’ view is a moderate one"; that is, a Republican who refuses to see what is what and to act accordingly, but rather can be counted upon to join them in demonizing any conservative who dares to have the unmitigated gall to speak the truth about what they are about.
(h/t Lawrence Auster)
Monday, December 24, 2012
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Don't blame liberals-they are being realistic while the conservatives are being idealistic-in thrall of political individualism.
The political process presupposes a shared moral space i.e. shared premises since without agreement on premises, no argumentation can proceed.
Thus, the political process, by its very nature, can not resolve differences in the moral premises such as the definition of personhood, the nature of marriage, whether the country should be libertarian or communist.
Now the nation is a spiritual entity, defined by the shared moral sense of the people. One who does not share in the defining moral sense is necessarily alienated from the nation.
Ironically, the progressive realizes the political nature of man while the conservatives do not and argue like libertarians for whom there is no distinction between a stranger (not sharing in our moral sense) and a neighbor (that shares our moral sense).
You yourself say
"This is a war of conquest, and they intend us to be their slaves "
So they intend to enslave you and you want to argue with them?
Does one argue with the enslavers or fights them?
If your view of Leftists are being "enslavers" is sincere, then it is strange to simultaneous complain that they won't play like "political opponents".
And if not sincere, then you are yourself guilty of "demonizing" the political opponents.
"So they intend to enslave you and you want to argue with them?"
Do you really pay attention so little to what I write?
One can neither argue nor compromise with those who will one's injury or enslavement or death. One either surrenders and lets them do as they will, or one fights to defeat them.
No one can argue with an intellectually dishonest man, and leftism encourages intellectual dishonesty.
"Don't blame liberals-they are being realistic while the conservatives are being idealistic-in thrall of political individualism."
How is it that you do not understand that I am "blaming" conservates for conatantly refusing to understand what is going on right in front of their faces, and that I "blame" conservative for nor actively searching themselves and freeing their own minds of the leftism in which they have been inculcated almost from birth?
"If your view of Leftists are being "enslavers" is sincere, then it is strange to simultaneous complain that they won't play like "political opponents". "
Ah! You really don't pay attention, do you?
Well, too many conservatives simultaneously demonize the Left and then insist that we must play by normal political means i.e. elections.
Nihilist is the commonest word that Conservatives use for them. And logically, no one that uses this word has any business either voting or urging others to vote.
So it is very rare indeed to find a conservative who sincerely demonizes the Left.
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