In this article, I think, he missed a larger point. He is entirely right, in my opinion, that cultural movements are "the most powerful social force there is", and that the conservative political agenda is substantive and practical. But it seems to me, he failed to notice that the leftist argument about us wanting to preach to the poor is not really an argument from practicality.
To a leftist, preaching is not merely something impractical; it is a code word for religion in general. While there are religious people on the Left, -- fewer and fewer, -- the leftwing ideology has taken an undeniable atheistic turn. The argument about "preaching" is not simply inane or ill-informed policy argument. It expresses a firm axiomatic belief of the Left that religion of any kind is their enemy. On that score, they are not silly at all.
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Liberals WANT to destroy the family, and replace it with government.
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It seems that the writer believes that government is still the answer. Government is the problem. Keep your Frogblogger and his pro-state piffle.
And more broadly, for the idea that people have some control over and responsibility for their circumstances - which would mean that government is not the whole answer.
Reform Conservatives have to bear multiple crosses, and they are often created by leftist mythology.
The beleif that the Nationalists Socialists of 1928 Germany were “ober conservatives” is one such historical myth. They were actually leftists who propounded a Utopia and imposed it on the placid middle classes.And so it came to be that when these Nationalist Socialist encountered resistance to their Utopia, they attacked and destroyed based upon their ideas of superior morality, and superior racial characteristics, while claiming historical justice.
This is exactly what America’s reform conservatives are facing, and the sooner they get rough about it, and attack in return, the better.
This article describes much of the current dynamic:
Barrack Obama , The Quintessential Fascist:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
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I do not accept any hyphenation of conservatism, because it usually means NOT-CONSERVATIVE