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It is the only way to advance the principles of conservatism in the United States is to not give a damn.
I don't care much about conservatism per se, but I do think traditional values became traditional exactly because they helped us survive into the next generation. Pretty much everything the current identity-politics left promotes is fatal to humanity in the long run: feminism, homosexuality, Islam, relentless division by race, promotion of grievance studies, open borders.
Trump's presidency is a massive win for freedom from an ever-more-oppressive thought police. It gives me hope that the left will not actually succeed in killing off humanity "for the sake of the planet".
I never heard of Prager before.
But I think he's spot-on. Trump gets instantly rejected by a lot of people just because of his style, but he's actually accomplished a great deal and we are all safer and more prosperous because of Trump.
I mean it all.
fatal to humanity in the long run: feminism, homosexuality, Islam, relentless division by race, promotion of grievance studies, open borders.
That's how I see Classical Education.
I would agree with all of that except Shakespeare and the Bible. I like Shakespeare, but this being America, I'd favor American authors who wrote in American English, including especially the founders; Ben Franklin should be read more widely than he is. Similarly, having read the entire KJV, it's mostly a snooze. Reading Numbers is like reading a phone book. Also, if a public school requires reading the bible, then it would need to set that in a context of multiple religious texts, e.g. Koran and Bhagavad Gita, so it would mean devoting more time to religion at the expense of other topics. I think it's better to promote a shared American heritage.
I don't want to argue with you.
I just don't think homosexuality is a good thing for humanity in the long run.
It's also inseparable from American Heritage (Puritans, Anti-Slavery, so-called Temperance)
Greco-Roman Mythology is equally important not just for the Ancient Writers/Artists, but once kids start getting into the Renaissance.
Those are good points. The founders had read Greco-Roman tradition, and the KJV, so it would make sense to combine those as part of understanding American heritage. Likewise they are part of western art and literature, including the Renaissance. So, it wouldn't be about telling people to believe in Zeus and Mars or Jehovah and the saints, it would be about providing a grounding to understand the political and artistic heritage of western culture.
I don't care much about conservatism per se, but I do think traditional values became traditional exactly because they helped us survive into the next generation
the current identity-politics left promotes is fatal to humanity in the long run: feminism, homosexuality, Islam, relentless division by race, promotion of grievance studies, open borders.
Why we are so lucky to have Trump as President
I'm relatively conservative which is why TRump and TRumpism is [sic] repugnant to me.
I'm a liberal.
I'm trolling the Trump defenders....
Can't you let me troll them for a minute ?
I swear its hilarious how much the left projects.
marcus says
I'm relatively conservative which is why TRump and TRumpism is repugnant to me. Todays right wing is not conservative.
Every item on this list has been accomplished. The problem is the overshoot. For example, "Asylum for Refugees" does not mean unfettered illegal immigration where caravans of people fleeing poverty should be let in.
"Asylum for Refugees" does not mean unfettered illegal immigration....
I just don't think homosexuality is a good thing for humanity in the long run. It's just one more vice like many others.
traditional values became traditional exactly because they helped us survive into the next generation.
is a modern invention.
Mostly....
I’m just gonna propose a possibility.
I will note that Patrick has evolved politically partially as a result of the unreasonableness of the left.
feminism, homosexuality, Islam, relentless division by race, promotion of grievance studies, open borders.Partial birth abortion
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