Posted on 01/20/2016 7:15:24 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Wednesday on his radio show, conservative talk Rush Limbaugh offered his analysis on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's rise, which he argued wasn't a sign that conservative orthodoxy was winning the day, but instead it was a pushback against the modern-day Democratic Party and President Barack Obama.
And that according to Limbaugh is a sign of the rise of nationalism and populism overtaking conservatism.
"What's happening here, nationalism, dirty word, ooh, people hate it, populism, even dirtier word," Limbaugh said. "Nationalism and populism have overtaken conservatism in terms of appeal. And when this has happened, when it exposes -- what people in Washington are afraid of -- and that that is, you know, all this money we've asked people to send us and all these donations people have made, this movement, promote that movement, where is conservatism in Washington, they're asking. Where is it? The Republican Party isn't conservative. Where are all these conservative people that are contributing to policy being implemented in Congress or in the Senate? They don't see it."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
On the may sites I have visited and do visit, people are asking..."what exactly is conservatism anymore."
Soviets also had massive “patriotic” fervor. Trump is soviet-lite, comrades.
Keeping in mind I support Ted Cruz, I would say that much of the ‘conservative movement’ in this country, especially its inner beltway components and media, has been secretly fronting for the Republican Establishment all along.
Its members have been fed spin from Republican Party operatives to suck in the grassroots who passionately wanted change into supporting words of change with no action following them.
Since you’re so impressed by Cinton, maybe you can tell us what the “is” means in your “conservative” statement.
I agree with you...It’s a ‘Patriotism’ movement because we are angry and fed up and we aren’t going to take it anymore...
The American Voters are running this election and the GOPe and the rest can deal with it...
We held our noses, we have put Republicans in office in 2012 and in 2014 and they have done NOTHING except give the pResident everything he’s wanted, it’s time to stop it and it stops NOW!!!
That is not a good thing.
You prefer massive open borders and horrible trade deals ?
From a poster who puts her skin color, gender, and rank above anything else? The heck you say!
Neither are great civilizations built in a day, nor do they collapse all of a sudden. Deterioration is gradual, therefore noticeable. In the Land of Israel, the First Temple was destroyed due to idolatry. The Second Temple was destroyed due to baseless hatred.
In the 21st century, the subtler combination of irrationality with pusillanimity constitutes the fatal concoction. Our relationship to the obvious serves as an index through which the symptoms of decline are noted. Let all concerned for the commonwealth take caution, for here is how we
sophisticated moderns lose civilization:
1.Cognitive Dissonance – A cerebral malfunction resulting in psychological blindness. We see something perfectly well but fail to recognize what it evidently is. A mental block prevents us from acknowledging the obvious.
2.Denial – The matter become clearer and reality loses its blur, yet we stubbornly refuse to admit what the matter signifies, instead suggesting that the proof must be partial and the evidence circumstantial or falsified. Conclusions drawn in this state fly in the face of facts. The blatantly obvious is rejected and disbelieved.
3.Delusive Ideology – Ideologues are prejudiced and their biases substitute for facts. Prejudicial lenses preclude deviant views from the ideologue’s mind. If the obvious does not align with an ideologue’s worldview, it is summarily discounted and dispensed with.
4.Aversion to Judgment – Decision-making becomes taboo. We are spoon-fed pap and gulp it down uncritically, abdicating the rudimentary responsibility to think. Judging is conflated with sentencing and regarded as a harsh action in and of itself. Abstaining from the matter altogether is thus considered to be the proper course. Neutrality and impartiality replace cerebration and discernment. Ideation is abruptly aborted and intellection rendered stillborn. Choosing becomes treason. We withdraw from the obvious for fear of being perceived as judgmental and severe in nature, thereby absolving ourselves of all charges in advance.
5.Political Correctness – The judicial ability is retained, yet we refuse to call a thing by its name so as not to cause offense. This is a form of self-censorship, and is falsely conflated with good taste. We account ourselves cultivated and munificent for refraining from forthrightness; those frank and outspoken are ostracized as boorish and unrefined. If there are beasts to behold, they go unnamed and untamed. Problems are swept under the rug of pretense. The obvious is subsumed and rebranded in more socially and politically palatable terminology.
6.Moral Equivalency – Issues are discernible and named, but they are equated in value despite precise and glaring disparities. Relativism is the order of the day. Good and evil, right and wrong, innocence and guilt – all these binaries are deliberately confused as antipodal extremes are brought into artificial congruence. Moral clarity is muddled and logical cogency diluted. All inherent preference is suspended out of a misguided attempt to achieve balance where there is none. The obvious is left in abeyance while the weighing scales are disingenuously leveled.
7.Identity Loss – When the fundamental values of a society are attenuated, its ontology and raisons d’être are called into question. The resulting identity deficit, the diminishing of identity integrity, inevitably eventuates in disintegration. Morals, ethics, values, virtues, and principles are sundered like marble columns and stone arches before our very eyes as the foundational premise of our civilization collapses. When we forget those things we stand for, we lose all motivation and capacity to preserve them. The obvious becomes untenable once we lose sight of who we are and what we cherish.
8.Surrender – Befuddled by existential ennui and essential malaise, we fall prey to a complacent acceptance of the status quo. What ramifies throughout the societal ranks is the absence of willpower to resist the onslaught of barbarism. Barbarians feed on weakness and cowardice, gain momentum, and propel themselves from the wild frontier toward then across civilization’s border, where they are met by weak-kneed, stooping figures, hollowed shells too gutted and spineless to withstand them. Those long ago resigned to their fate are invariably extinguished or else made servile to their vanquishers.
History reveals that great civilizations decline and fall due to internal erosion, not external invasion. Intrinsic corruption and corrosion invite outsiders to raid, rape, pillage, and plunder. Conquest is thus merely the coup de grâce, a finishing stroke in the aftermath of prolonged dissolution. In most cases, conquerors appear more impressive than they deserve because the conquered first methodically, albeit unwittingly, lay the groundwork for them. Any species of predatory brutes can kick in a Maginot Line, and most do.
Gentle readers, glance again at the above list. Anything seem familiar?
2 posted on January 23, 2015 at 7:33:45 PM CST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn’t.)
This was such a great post by T-Bird45 it warranted a repost in my opinion.
Maybe this country needs a dose of Nationalism.
Apparently I’m not the only one who seems to think so, Trump is getting huge crowds.
Most “conservative” politicians want unlimited 3rd world immigration, it’s not rocket science as to why the Trump phenomenon is occuring.
Maybe because under a flag of “Conservatism’, Republicans haven’t done a damn thing in thirty years.
http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/detail/ten-conservative-principles/
This is the best guide to conservatisem I have found. I have posted it often but since it requires thinking and reading skills it is ignored by most.............
Well I put my name and my age at the time I made this account above anything else.
Wanna know something about me? My name is Chris and I was 37 when I signed on here.
Trump supporters are frightening now. They have sacrificed judgement for the expression of anger.
Expressing anger is fine. We all feel it.
But to give up good judgement is a dangerous position.
We got Obama because people voted skin color.
If we get Trump because they vote anger, we will pay for it.
“Conservatives” are giving up principle, the very thing they
have criticized in D.C. politicians.
We have the candidate we prayed for and many have been seduced by the snake oil salesman or worse.
Well, Rush, I hate to point this out to you, because I love you and all, most of the time that is, buuuut, it would appear that conservatism, at least in terms of practical results, is an utter failure.
Sorry to say it, but all those people you have sold us on and said said it’s really, really, important to get these guys in office, have accomplished NOTHING! Not one single, friggin’ thing.
And on top of that, they hate us. They spit in our faces.
So say hello to Trump.
Frightening indeed. Did you see this Thread? The comments from some Trump supporters is scary.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385436/posts
You prefer touchback amnesty where 60 million will come in legally?
Trump's platform is 100% conservative.
Nationalism has always been an integral part of conservatism.
And populism is not a political ideology. Just a communication strategy.
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