The Essense of Conservatism.

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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby uglypeoplefucking » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:58 am

Alas, being correct makes no difference when you're talking to a wall.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby Moreno » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:02 pm

uglypeoplefucking wrote:Moreno and Only Humean:

The thing about being correct is it makes no difference when you're talking to a wall . . .
Just responding to this as a general idea, rather than about the specific case....
I wonder how much of a forum would be left if we all realized this, I mean in our bones.
There are walls who can respond in a more nuanced way to what you actually write. And then there are walls that are incapable of this. But I seem to reach walls in all directions.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby uglypeoplefucking » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:15 pm

Moreno wrote:
uglypeoplefucking wrote:Moreno and Only Humean:

The thing about being correct is it makes no difference when you're talking to a wall . . .
Just responding to this as a general idea, rather than about the specific case....
I wonder how much of a forum would be left if we all realized this, I mean in our bones.
There are walls who can respond in a more nuanced way to what you actually write. And then there are walls that are incapable of this. But I seem to reach walls in all directions.


yeah, this house has a lot of walls.

but, when i say that, i want to make it clear it's the partisan stance that is the wall and not always necessarily the people who adopt it.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby Moreno » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:18 pm

uglypeoplefucking wrote:
Moreno wrote:
uglypeoplefucking wrote:Moreno and Only Humean:

The thing about being correct is it makes no difference when you're talking to a wall . . .
Just responding to this as a general idea, rather than about the specific case....
I wonder how much of a forum would be left if we all realized this, I mean in our bones.
There are walls who can respond in a more nuanced way to what you actually write. And then there are walls that are incapable of this. But I seem to reach walls in all directions.


yeah, this house has a lot of walls.

but, when i say that, i want to make it clear it's the partisan stance that is the wall and not always necessarily the people who adopt it.
Ah, ok. It's funny that that stance thinks we haven't really tried 'free' market capitalism.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby ScavengingVulture » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:42 am

The essence of modern conservatism?

Conserve nothing and maintain unsustainable growth even if it means global wars and assassinating individuals abroad.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby ScavengingVulture » Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:29 am

Moreno wrote:Ah, ok. It's funny that that stance thinks we haven't really tried 'free' market capitalism.


Free market capitalism all the way!

Unsustainable exponential economic growth worldwide!

Maybe if we try very hard enough to ignore the consequences of our actions on future generations and the environment everything will be A-ok.
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby Flannel Jesus » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:19 am

How is that different from people who say nobody's ever tried communism?
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Re: The Essense of Conservatism.

Postby Moreno » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:14 pm

Flannel Jesus wrote:How is that different from people who say nobody's ever tried communism?
It's not.
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