Posted on 02/27/2017 2:40:24 PM PST by OddLane
Watching the debate between Heather Mac Donald and Edward Stringham was a fascinating experience for a number of reasons, foremost among them being that it presented two deeply contrasting visions of right wing thought. The former shaped by a deep reverence for social cohesion and ordered liberty, while the latter is influenced by a deeply-held anti-authoritarianism and faith in an unencumbered free market. The point of dispute was criminal justice reform, which was framed by the debate resolution, “There’s a war on cops, and it’s making us less safe.”
Mac Donald, naturally, responded in the affirmative, asserting that the most horrific outbursts of violence directed against law enforcement, e.g. last year’s sniper attacks against Dallas police officers, as well as the 2014 ambush of NYPD officers, were a direct result of a deliberate campaign to demonize law enforcement by public officials and political activists...
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I say a spiritual dimension has been left out of this picture.
The discussion is being framed as pro- or anti-police when it really ought to be about social morality goals and means in a classic Judeo-Christian (and especially Christian) light. Once we have a grip on God, everybody should be respecting that, from the president down to the peasant.
Even though he's not a believer, I think he makes a compelling case against the untethered hedonism and materialism that's come to dominate the West, especially over the past century.
Wish this was on video...
It was recorded-I’m assuming by someone from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute-but unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it online.
Ok...I will tweet msg Mcdonald and see if she knows of a link.
I'm friends with the person who hosted the debate, so I'll try to ask him about it next week.
A link might also be posted at Reason Magazine if there is video footage/audio of the debate.
She has on ethrough manhattan inst.....but the dorect messaging is disabled now.
I will look uo her email.
It’s pretty well come because the West thought it could out-think the spiritual (and moral, which derives from spiritual) lessons of the bible.
With privilege comes the potential for abuse.
Someone doesn’t even have to be religious in the sense we know it, to grasp the wisdom of God. Donald Trump is a particularly good example. Scarcely caring about the formalities of church, he has somehow managed to embrace a very robustly godly civic view. God does work in mysterious ways, and His whispers to the willing can be worth more than all the churchly thunderation in the world. It kind of humbles our religion, but also provides the basis for exalting it once more.
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