Liberals do this a lot more - out of the mouths of babes, and all that rot. I don’t accept this from either side. In most cases they are just parroting what they heard from their parents or teachers.
I get called a curmudgeon a lot. I were it proudly, along with deplorable, and slimy bottom feeder, which I was called when I questioned a municipal action which had every appearance of a payoff in exchange for a favor for a city councilman.
This is exactly why young people are easily seduced by the left; the left actively courts them, likes them,does everything they can to keep them.
we just yell at them, you kids with your greasy hair keep off my lawn..!
conservative people are old and crabby and don’t welcome stupid young people:
it’s a strategy for short sighted losers who’ve given up on winning.
Tomi does have potential. She will grow in knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
bkmrk for later
I think the author may be overly critical. It’s safe — even wise — to be a little skeptical of the tyro conservative, but young people with unabashed conservative values are refreshing. And if we’re going to survive as an ideology, conservatism can’t rest solely in the hands of grizzled old fogeys like us.
Wow - IMHO this really hits the nail on the head. Nothing drives me crazier than this “I think I’ll show how much of an independent thinker I am by saying something that is fundamentally inconsistent with what I said yesterday”. Although, to be fair, it is not solely a young-person’s problem (e.g., John McSongbird).
And the author is right - I think that the concept of “my truth” is the antithesis of Biblical/Western thought and has done an incredible amount of damage.
The old adage comes to mind (paraphrasing):
“It’s better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”
I guess we have run out of things to talk about.
The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough. The wisest and most cautious of us all frequently gives credit to stories which he himself is afterwards both ashamed and astonished that he could possibly think of believing. - Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
Schlichter is the best follow on Twitter, IMHO.
Very few people can be like James Madison or Nietzsche in their 20s. That genius at really young ages takes decades of studying and reading the great books, and I doubt very much that todays young—most never even come close to a mind like Madison or Nietzsche.
It isn’t really possible which kids sitting in front of screens, the TV type of “programming” which embed emotions (irrationality) only, never wisdom— since *reading* and real life experiences (with other humans/not screens and superficial Facebook/twitter which distracts and keeps from wisdom and real “learning”) are necessary for wisdom of the ages which are only gained by reading the Great Books which includes the Bible and interacting with real people in real time (so understanding of human beings and agency (control of own emotions/virtue) will occur. I doubt that she has read the Bible all the way through (The Book of Wisdom)....and, I agree, “”her” truth” is the dumbest, most irrational (and most evil) thing ever stated.
I thought Dominic was absolutely bat-crap crazy.
In retrospect, of course, not only was he absolutely spot-on, but my friend Dominic (God rest him) predicted the coming of the Clinton era and the restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms it brought.
She'll learn. Give her a couple decades, and she'll either be a Progressive, or a rock-ribbed pro-life conservative.
My only fear is that she's already killed her child, which tends to bias a woman toward a defense of abortion, our of guilt and shame.
We should be mentoring these promising young people, not pulling rank on them. Conservatism is a large club that doesn’t require seniority to get in. The only credentials necessary are common sense and a basic unity of ideals. And if some tweaking of opinions is required, that’s where the mentorship comes in.
If we isolate these young people, we’ll do so at our peril.
Great and overdue rant!
Unfortunately it should also include all the other deluded children way over 35...