Which term they use is simply a matter of which one has been demonized lately by Rush Limbaugh.What you’re calling liberalism and linking with Jefferson and co. is actually libertarianism, a niche 20th century cult philosophy that gained prominence in large part due to affirmative action from quirky billionaires. What changed is that you supported using it against Nixon and the right and hate it used against you.Bingo.
They like to sound intellectual-like by having endless debates about what to call themselves now that “libertarianism” has lost some cache. All you have to do to beat them is engage them in the marketplace of ideas. Heck, Trump couldn’t even explain what a right-wing ideology is. Can’t seem to find one since 1860.He countered your point fairly easily so you resort to a junior high attempt at sarcasm and sophistry?He just said neoconservatives don’t count as conservatives and I’m the sophist? )For the most part, however, the folks addressed by the letter — the supposed cancelers — have little or no institutional power. Everyone is expected to have undying fealty to the government (although the communists call it “the revolution,” the ongoing revolution is, in fact, the state), to the point of cults of personality. NONE.As for the Founding Fathers, they were a mix of Whiggish conservative and radical classical liberals. Please, if you really think that I have some ocean front property to sell you, it just happens to be in Arizona.It’s an interesting question Tony inspires, though: is the right to vote the one right progressives would respect for those they disagree with?Stop being hysterical. The individual is everything. "Hit dogs holler, in other words. What this has led to is turning Africa into a big lab experiment), censorship, minimum wage…etc. So setting aside one or two minor points, being harsh in the execution of the law, and just gettin’ shit done will save everybody a lot of trouble.If you don’t know who Sulla is, he was a leader in the days of Julius Caesars youth. July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. It’s not even revisionism, it’s outright RE-WRITING.Contemporary progressivism is directly linked to progressivism of 100 years ago.It still adheres to all its tenets. The concept of cancel culture is the antithesis of civil society and free exchange of ideals. Does it support censure of non-conformity? But in reality they are not intellectual-like. Cultural Marxists the lot of them and yes let’s go there and have a debate on why these folks have been peddling hate for 50 years.
So they did….nothing.
They seem to be doing a bang-up job in places like professional sports, video game design, other areas that were at least centrist, if not utilized by the Right.The left has and continues to purge any conservative or anyone on the right from every institution it touches. Arrest and charge, at the state level where they have control if possible, every single person that they can arrest.Encourage citizens to defend monuments and property too. There's no real problem with any of this stuff in the left-of-center universe: It's just that if anyone expresses unvarnished pro-liberal sentiments, they will be cast as a bigot trying to shut up marginalized people, and if you sign such a letter, you may be hearing from HR because your colleagues watching you. Then, finally, there's Emily VanDerWerff, a critic at large for who happens to be trans. Well, for accuracy’s sake, let’s just call it Tuesday.