Comments on: Thinking like a conservative http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: greg http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14922 greg Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:48:56 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14922 And your beef is exactly what, Mr. First? You don't think Israel's and America's interests are one and the same? You better hang around here and get educated. And your beef is exactly what, Mr. First? You don’t think Israel’s and America’s interests are one and the same? You better hang around here and get educated.

]]> By: America First http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14923 America First Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:44:54 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14923 What kind of a conservative is this guy anyway? Would he happen to be one of those Trotsky loving neoconservatives like Irving Kristol? And what Christian values are you talking about? Do you mean the deranged useful-idiot goyim nutjobs at CUFI? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/rapture-ready-the-unauth_b_57826.html What kind of a conservative is this guy anyway? Would he happen to be one of those Trotsky loving neoconservatives like Irving Kristol?

And what Christian values are you talking about? Do you mean the deranged useful-idiot goyim nutjobs at CUFI?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/rapture-ready-the-unauth_b_57826.html

]]> By: greg http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14924 greg Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:48:44 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14924 Actually, the recent -- heated -- debate at SBCoutpost (http://sbcoutpost.com/) would lead you to think it's the Conservative Resurgence that's hostile to Christianity. Actually, the recent — heated — debate at SBCoutpost (http://sbcoutpost.com/) would lead you to think it’s the Conservative Resurgence that’s hostile to Christianity.

]]> By: zhombre http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14925 zhombre Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:57:01 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14925 Back when my politics were Standard Liberal I belong to a very liberal church, the UU, and there encountered people who definitely were hostile to Christianity, not only to conservative evangelicals and to politicized fundamentalists but to scripture itself, in the sense you noted, Book, that Christianity could not be truly updated to accord with PC values, and was inevitably the source of exclusion, chauvinism and violence. Ironically, they were rather tolerant of Muslims (and at the time here in Tampa, that translated into unqualified support for Sami Al-Arian at USF). Back when my politics were Standard Liberal I belong to a very liberal church, the UU, and there encountered people who definitely were hostile to Christianity, not only to conservative evangelicals and to politicized fundamentalists but to scripture itself, in the sense you noted, Book, that Christianity could not be truly updated to accord with PC values, and was inevitably the source of exclusion, chauvinism and violence. Ironically, they were rather tolerant of Muslims (and at the time here in Tampa, that translated into unqualified support for Sami Al-Arian at USF).

]]> By: Patrick O'Hannigan http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14926 Patrick O'Hannigan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:10:25 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14926 Your post is refreshing, and I'm glad you included caveats in your responding email, Bookworm. I'd have done the same, which is probably why I'm so seldom surveyed by Hawkins, even though our respective political outlooks overlap to a considerable degree. Your post is refreshing, and I’m glad you included caveats in your responding email, Bookworm. I’d have done the same, which is probably why I’m so seldom surveyed by Hawkins, even though our respective political outlooks overlap to a considerable degree.

]]> By: Tap http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/19/thinking-like-a-conservative/#comment-14927 Tap Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:17:45 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1846#comment-14927 I don't think the questions are loaded. It IS semantics. As you say, people from both parties can both give a 'yes' answer to the same question but mean totally different things, but this is NOT just a funny little quirk of the english language. The left has made deliberate efforts to muddy the waters for decades by actively changing the meaning of words. This is no unfortunate accident. They cannot come right out and say what they REALLY mean because they would be run out of office..or, at least, that would've been the case in the past. Nowadays, I'm not so sure. This tactic has been VERY successful for the left. I don’t think the questions are loaded.

It IS semantics. As you say, people from both parties can both give a ‘yes’ answer to the same question but mean totally different things, but this is NOT just a funny little quirk of the english language. The left has made deliberate efforts to muddy the waters for decades by actively changing the meaning of words.

This is no unfortunate accident. They cannot come right out and say what they REALLY mean because they would be run out of office..or, at least, that would’ve been the case in the past. Nowadays, I’m not so sure. This tactic has been VERY successful for the left.

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