From Burke to Buckley to Patrick Deneen, we've seen a 200-year history of defending the indefensible
  • ferne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “Everybody I disagree with is a dumbass.” Thankfully, the world is more complex than that.

    • dottedgreenline@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Reality is definitely something the conserved brain cannot handle. Cracking open that tin can is sure to relieve some of that debilitating pressure bearing down on the logic of basically any situation. In my exerience not one conservative has a good argument about their viewpoints, as their viewpoints are grandfathered in and pasted over their ability for compassion, logic and critical thinking. If the world weren’t in the hands of people using dumb conservatives to rob and maintain wealth, it would be classified as a mental illness akin to schizophrenia.

      • nomadjoanne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Well not every intellectual was born in the past century. Virtually all of these would be conservative based on our modern values. Virtually no one 100 or 200 years ago would have been in favor of gay marriage. There were plenty intellectuals 100 and 200years ago.

        So, no.

  • PatFusty@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the most progressive type article ive read in a while.