tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post9094373886386414543..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: Liberal Self-Criticism In Response To Failure?mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-28633279778144127712019-08-23T00:45:55.508-05:002019-08-23T00:45:55.508-05:00This essay was linked from Claremont Review of Boo...This essay was linked from Claremont Review of Books. It sets some practical goals for those of us disgusted with Democrat cultural monopoly. (P.S. Many years ago I sent my young children to private school. The school wanted my money. My children benefited.)<br /><br />https://amgreatness.com/2018/04/13/living-with-politics-as-war/<br /><br />"<br />Living With Politics as War<br />...<br />Deplorable Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720288972263783908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58914658297454314662019-08-22T20:19:01.591-05:002019-08-22T20:19:01.591-05:00"Basically, liberalism is a denial of reality..."Basically, liberalism is a denial of reality--and I say this on a very fundamental, philosophical level, not as snark."<br /><br />+1 for that comment.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2271349218993193992019-08-22T17:35:25.063-05:002019-08-22T17:35:25.063-05:00You sound exactly like me re the WSJ--except that ...You sound exactly like me re the WSJ--except that I've been agonizing about dropping the subscription for several years.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-60460346242458432022019-08-22T17:20:23.536-05:002019-08-22T17:20:23.536-05:00I certainly agree to your data point re: WSJ as a ...I certainly agree to your data point re: WSJ as a seal of approval. <br /><br />Another data point: I dropped my subscription this year after reading it all my life, beginning when my father brought it home when I was a teenager.<br /><br />But I didn't drop it because of outside opinion columns like this one--often columns written by the putative opposition were worthwhile reads. The House Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18729972912224093602019-08-22T14:16:10.260-05:002019-08-22T14:16:10.260-05:00I think that's exactly it--the only way to win...I think that's exactly it--the only way to win is through culture change. Because, recall, Deneen maintains that liberalism by its nature is the implacable enemy of culture. To adopt culture does, in fact, mean to leave the liberal plantation, as you say.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-71346705279315762432019-08-22T14:14:41.405-05:002019-08-22T14:14:41.405-05:00But consider--how many people get that kind of exp...But consider--how many people get that kind of exposure? The WSJ is the leading circulation newspaper in the USA. Being published by the classical liberal WSJ is a bit of a seal of approval--your ideas are serious. IOW, I don't think it's a complete stretch to say that the type of liberalism espoused by this guy--at least in this article--is simpatico to the WSJ. And that tells you a lot mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36757683271239226512019-08-22T13:52:47.123-05:002019-08-22T13:52:47.123-05:00So how do we win?
I believe the most powerful weap...So how do we win?<br />I believe the most powerful weapon in our world is love. “Tough love” can be effective. If we can communicate with truly-felt love, not hate or anger, our message will be at least received, if not fully accepted.<br />The last few years my message to “liberals” in my life, close relatives included, is – “walk away from the tribal hatred that fuels the Democrat Party. Just Deplorable Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720288972263783908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64855542554036275512019-08-22T13:32:53.972-05:002019-08-22T13:32:53.972-05:00It might help if the op-ed piece was written by so...It might help if the op-ed piece was written by someone widely known to the reading public. I never heard of the guy...Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.com