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To: NobleFree

You don’t get to pick that. The other side would disagree 180 degs.

In a large, ideological sense, conservatism opposes rapid change. The filibuster aligns with that core conservative perspective. The litmus tests du jour (immigration, abortion, Obamacare) are all ephemeral.


284 posted on 03/25/2017 5:23:01 PM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen

“conservatism opposes rapid change.”

Conservatism opposes rapid change of that which has passed the test of time - it doesn’t say that when you’re pushed into a well you must climb out only slowly.


286 posted on 03/25/2017 5:30:29 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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