Bush supporters' aftermath thread

When did you forget how to take a joke, Craven?

hee hee hee

I believe that means we value individuality, free expression and choice. We are not afraid of competition in the marketplace of ideas and thought. We are stimulated by challenge, not offended by it.

Let the sissies who wish to weep and mourn in private exclusivity, plan and reassess strategy in privacy, etc. have their way (I was chased our of one of these threads with great vigor and indignation.). However it is foolish of us to imitate their simpering ways. Let them in and if they are not utterly disruptive, welcome them.

"They do it too" is no excuse. If you can't BE better than that, you ARE no better than that.

I'm surprised to see you so critical of "The Roundtable", this invitation-only backroom of A2K that specifically started out as a safe haven for our Republican members. As I remember, you were a member of this forum-within-the-forum long before it opened up to members as left-wing as myself or nimh. I disagree the members there were sissies, and have only fond memories of the discussions there. You are being way too hard on your fellow conservatives.

However, I am unashamedly guilty of numerous other instances of political incorrectitude: I'm a member of a men only private club that is a frequent target of liberal attacks; I'll attend the restored Tailhook convention later this month; and I frequently overlook the convoluted euphamisms that increasingly constitute correct speech. Worse, I don't feel bad about it.

Over on the other forum I was the lone conservative (Hi Ho Sliver!) on somebody wrote that liberalism is based on the trust of people and conservativism is based on the distrust of the same (it was a quote so it had some better words and was a bit more obsequious in it's tone).

I find that ironic in that it would seem to me that Democrats generally run on the supposition that people need their help to survive. More welfare, cheaper prescription drugs (ever wonder why doctors will rarely tell you you've taken a drug long enough?), subsidize this, subsidize that.

Of course the Repubs will willing subsidize and assist, except they tend to prefer subsidizing businesses, who then employ people, who then don't need a government subsidy.

Then on election day the Democrats will (generally, of course some Repubs do this but to a much lesser extent) scream that we're disenfranchising voters because we want them to go to a specific polling place, because the ballots are too hard to understand, etc...

I get the feeling from all this that the Dems assume people that vote for them are stupid. That's not trust.

Therefore, let's dispell this myth that American Conservatives are generally conservative in the same vane as Hitler and Stalin. We are not.

Instead, the liberals are the ones who don't trust. Modern American Liberalism is very akin to old conservativism, we'd all be better off with the government for our nanny. Makes the matrix pretty appetizing. At least when we're in the matrix we get to pretend we have free will.