You referenced ideology as part of the current public intellectual mix.... Increasingly showing up in political discourse nowadays.
FWIW, to me an ideology is in principle always an abuse of reason that almost always involves a rejection of Reality, or at least of "the human condition."
This is hardly a thought that arises with me. The classical Greeks were well aware of this problem, this flight from Realism. Heraclitus described it as a relapse into a dream state, in refusal of the One Logos. Plato called it nosos, clearly indicating it as a profound spiritual disease, the disease of a man who refuses to engage with/in the world beyond himself. The Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero further elaborated the syndrome, describing it as aspernatio rationis — that is, as "rejection of reason."
The other thing I wanted to mention is I believe the logic and experience behind the Constitution rests on eternally truthful grounds. And so whatever lies are thrown at it, finally they cannot and will not stand.
But it would be really nice if American citizens could help out a little bit along these lines — that is, the defense of our foundational organizing principle as We the People of the United States of America.
At the very least, dear reader, go VOTE next Tuesday, November 2nd!!!
Liberals are happy with gov't granted privileges that are alienable..
Conservatives require Unalienable Rights.. that are unalienable..
Which is why liberals see illegal aliens as undocumented citizens..
Because to them illegal citizenship is alienable thru amnesty..
Just make them citizens and the problem, many many problems, goes away..
Pretty much how liberals deal with just about everything..
Change the law and moral problems go away..
Like affirmative action, everybody is equal except some are a little more equal than others..
Very logical to a liberal.. teenager logic..
They have their truth you have yours.. its all a matter of opinion..
To them, the Constitution is just some opinions of some conservative white men..
NOT a model to base all law on...
The truth is they do not know what Constitution means..
OR they do know but want to change the Republic into a Democracy..
I think they do know.. and are seditious and treasonous in nature and agenda..
On purpose with malice aforethought..
Absolutely! People seem to think that 'ideology' is just a fancier, more modern-sounding word for 'principles.' In fact, 'ideology' started as a pejorative term, just like 'bureaucracy,' and is still correctly used as such.
As St. Thomas Aquinas warned us, beware "the man of one book." One book, or idea, becomes a Procrustean bed against which the whole of creation gets measured, and must be chopped or stretched to fit. Ideology and religion are not incompatible, but ideology and compassion are: the ideologist is a ruthless judge, to whom any thought or fact outside the idea is unforgivable.
In this sense, it might be correct to call Islam an ideology.