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To: Poohbah; hchutch; hedgetrimmer; Paul Ross; Tailgunner Joe

RE: I realize that you are, at heart, a totalitarian

Wrong terminology. I am a Burkian rightist. I abhor the thinking of Hobbes and all others who followed in his footsteps. If you do not understand what I mean by this, go do some Googling and learn what it means.

RE: opposition to your treasonous agenda

And what, pray tell, is treasonous about my agenda? As for what my agenda is, I urge you, and all who want to know it, to look at my profile page. In a soundbite, my agenda is tough love for the GOP and the resurgence of the spirit of William McKinley. Obviously, soundbites are rather inadequate. There is far more depth to it than that.


RE: imposing an authoritarian government on the United States

I suppose to you and others of your particular faction, the norms in place prior to the assassination of McKinley, may have been considered "authoritarian." Using similar logic, I can state that much of what passes for "conservatism" today is anything but conservative and is more closely related to anarchy.

RE: That kind of goofy thinking is best left to the Democrats.

Well it's sad that you apparently believe that the thinking which built the GOP is best left to Democrats.

RE: I just consider you to be a liberal troll who's trying to pass himself off as a conservative

Herein lies your problem, in that I am the epitome of the illiberal approach. And why am I happy with my illiberal tendency? I cannot recall who wrote this, but it resonates - liberal institutions require illiberal supports. In that, in the 18th century sense of the term liberal, the USA and its Constitution are liberal institutions, then the need for some sorts of illiberal supports is self evident. Herein lies the actual source of our ongoing feud. You believe that such illiberal supports are either not needed or at best ought to be emasculated, whereas I am not so restrictive. How far might one tolerate illiberal supports? At the extreme, perhaps a certain version of the world according to Hamilton might be justified; I will admit that to be extreme. Again, I am personally attracted to the archetype of the GOP Platform of 1900 A.D. That, to me, appears to be the sweet spot. Mileage may vary.


173 posted on 11/24/2004 10:02:48 AM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: GOP_1900AD; hchutch; Lion in Winter
And what, pray tell, is treasonous about my agenda?

"Whereas, five years ago I would not have contemplated them, I now am learning about how things such as monarchy or authoritarian Rightists forms of government might be installed."

The weasel-wording before and after are of no account. The above sentence is the core.

LiW, check the link out, YAGBTS!

174 posted on 11/24/2004 10:17:13 AM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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