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VDH: "Realism" and "liberalism" are neither

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Posted by Mike 2006-11-27 12:51|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That self-doubt is buttressed by the idea as well that confrontation is always bad, that evil does not really exist, but is a construct we create for misunderstanding, that the worlds ills are remedied by reason and dialogue.

This is why I pray to Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy every day to end war and bring peace. Soon George Bush will see the error of his ways and submit to a Tribunal of the People.

/Polly Anna

Posted by Excalibur 2006-11-27 14:51|| 2006-11-27 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 If you have taught youth for generations that the story of World War II is Hiroshima and the Japanese internment, not Normandy, the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, then how can you expect a nation to fight an enemy without making a mistake? And if dropping the bomb on Japan to stop its daily murdering of thousands in its collapsing empire, and to avoid something that would have made the horrific Battle for Berlin look like a cakewalk is equated with the Holocaust, how can the United States marshal the moral authority to press ahead, secure that its killing of jihadists is a different sort from jihadists killing the innocent or each other?

Posted by KBK 2006-11-27 15:39|| 2006-11-27 15:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, judging from the two comments you've made today, I'd say you're somewhere between Robt KKK Byrd and Teddy LLL Kennedy. Don't fret, no one would put you and neocon together.

BTW, Carter and realistic in the same sentence? Lol.

Posted by .com 2006-11-27 18:00|| 2006-11-27 18:00|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not on the progressive Left, or the neocon Right, but somewhere in the reasoned middle. Let me tell you, this a one helluva lonely place to be these days.

Oh, fuck off.

The "middle" is for people who are too ignorant or too apathetic to educate themselves. Declaring yourself a "centrist" is a way to declare your moral superiority, above anyone who bothers to take a stance.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-11-27 19:28|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-27 19:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I like to think of myself as being a member of the Reasoned Middle, too, Mr. Tyler. It sounds so veddy, veddy refined to my discerning ear. Unfortunately, the Left has moved so far to the left these days that the Reasoned Right is now smack dab where the middle used to be. Quite a queer sensation, to be sure, but part of that whole Reasoning thingy is seeing where reality ends up... which does require admitting that former President James Earl Carter played a large part in moving the Left so far from reality.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-27 19:46|| 2006-11-27 19:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Lol. It's amazing the folks that drop by, certain we've never seen anyone so clever, so hip, so tragically droll... Lol. It's not sophisticated, putz, it's just verbose trollery.

You're a dime a dozen, son.

Posted by .com 2006-11-27 21:56|| 2006-11-27 21:56|| Front Page Top

#7 I am now burning all other viewpoints and philosophies in my possession, and will soon be getting down off this convenient (albeit uncomfortable) fence of reason, so I may choose my righteous leaders in good and clear conscience.

Sounds good. Let us know how you make out.

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-27 22:17|| 2006-11-27 22:17|| Front Page Top

#8 "I am ashamed to have spent so much of my life lost in the vast wasteland of moderate, realistic contemplation."

Too bad you're not ashamed of being a supercilious, dimwitted prig; if you were, there'd be some hope for you.

Enough of this asshole...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-11-27 22:25|| 2006-11-27 22:25|| Front Page Top

#9 You all welcome to join me at the radical center (hat tip Mack Reynolds)

Posted by gromgoru 2006-11-27 22:58|| 2006-11-27 22:58|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Tim Tyler 2006-11-27 17:25|| www.statecraftinformer.com]">[www.statecraftinformer.com] 2006-11-27 17:25|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Tim Tyler 2006-11-27 21:21|| www.statecraftinformer.com]">[www.statecraftinformer.com] 2006-11-27 21:21|| Front Page Top

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