tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post9107978541969154401..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: In Which David Brooks Looks Upon Imaginary Conservatism's Mighty Works and Despairsdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31236997026291922932021-12-14T12:13:30.508-06:002021-12-14T12:13:30.508-06:00MTG is not wrong - the elite GOP look down on the ...MTG is not wrong - the elite GOP look down on the Proles, just like they look down on all of us. Of course, the worst offenders are Democrats, who try to help the poor and underrepresented Proles and are vilified for it because of...Why again? <br /><br />Oh yeah, because of propaganda and because the poor and underrepresented also includes POC and and other minorities as well as women.<br /><br />Nothing worse than being oppressed by people and being offered help by people who would also help POC and Women. Whatever happened to the inalienable right to have help be offered ONLY to white cis-het Christian men? I tell ya, it wasn't like this in the phoney-baloney, total-made-up time of my grandfather...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47501321659868331152021-12-10T00:32:29.003-06:002021-12-10T00:32:29.003-06:00"Down the centuries, conservatives have alway..."Down the centuries, conservatives have always stood against the arrogance of those who believe they have the ability to plan history..."<br /><br />Brooks willfully ignores that the central tenet of conservatism is that the 'deserving' should rule over the 'undeserving.' Going all the way back to Burke himself, conservatives believed that monarchs, then aristocrats, now capitalists should plan and rule our lives. That is their 'plan' of history and how society should be constructed. <br /><br />It's just as artificial as any other social construct, but Brooks and his ilk claim that this is the natural order of things. They must do this because the only justification they have is 'tradition.' Tradition is the weakest of all reasons, because it means that because we did something before (or falsely remember doing it), we should do it again. <br /><br />Brooks clings to his hagiography of 'true' conservatism so that he never has to reckon with the fact that he has enabled atrocities in its name.Max Chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585515132234325627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-16425104692359459442021-12-09T20:50:16.504-06:002021-12-09T20:50:16.504-06:00From Carl Newman's Twitter feed:
@ACNewman
@A... From Carl Newman's Twitter feed:<br /><br />@ACNewman<br />@ACNewman<br />Love is like this, David. You fall in love w/ a mirage, an idea of the person, and eventually the truth of what they are, what you are, is revealed. And when that happens, you work it out, you don’t throw them away + get a new one. I’m sure you + Conservatism will work this out.<br />Quote Tweet<br />David Brooks<br />@nytdavidbrooks<br /> · Dec 8<br />I fell in love with conservatism as a young man. What the hell happened to it? https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archi<br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pinedinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-53547871780160780222021-12-09T14:35:06.338-06:002021-12-09T14:35:06.338-06:00" "He doesn't get to define Trumpism..." "He doesn't get to define Trumpism," Greene said. "I represent the American people. These are the same people they look down on. "<br /><br />- Last I checked, I am one of those American people. My instinct tells me she doesn't see me as one.<br /> When Banon is not looking down on me. He is looking out from his comfort on that Chinese Billionaires yacht.<br /><br /> " These are the same people that they forget about."<br /><br /> - They don't forget about me. They use me as their American people enemy. There is no consideration of me because it is all about poor them.<br /><br /><br />" These are the same people they can't even relate to because they are so stuck up because they are so highly educated and because they think they are so much better than everyone."<br /><br /> _ "They" cannot relate to me. They are so stuck up, angry, hateful and greedy. So wrapped up in themselves it is all about them and they disregard who they are supposed to represent and absolutely condemn people they disagree with and because they are so immoral and Un Educated they can't relate relate which frustrates them to hate those who they identify as less than American. Which allows their brain to justify not representing people they disagree with but wanted to be elected to represent everyone.<br /><br />Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82262665422119882462021-12-09T14:16:22.089-06:002021-12-09T14:16:22.089-06:00Their use of pronouns is horrendous.
" &quo...Their use of pronouns is horrendous.<br /><br /> " "They are singling you out as the problem," Bannon told Greene during an interview on Real America's Voice, "<br /> <br />- Using , :they" , does it refer to American people?<br /><br /><br />" referring to a column by David Brooks that declared the death of conservatism."<br /><br /> - What other ending result can there be for a death cult?Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36614003986504122582021-12-08T22:39:38.128-06:002021-12-08T22:39:38.128-06:00"can't even relate to because they are so..."can't even relate to because they are so stuck up because they are so highly educated"<br />Really doing justice to the concept of the enlightened statesmenIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226900649585888923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78650979542386937652021-12-08T20:10:45.333-06:002021-12-08T20:10:45.333-06:00Brooks can write his column on how great conservat...Brooks can write his column on how great conservatism is in the largest letter type on his computer.<br /><br /> He can shout the republican lies as loud as his voice, a bullhorn or mic and amp will reproduce it at the loudest volume.<br /><br /> Brooks can use all the flowery scented words to imagine the republican/ conservatism.<br /><br /> They are still lies.Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-44839813401265656572021-12-08T17:07:16.725-06:002021-12-08T17:07:16.725-06:00Greene: *posing in a Christmas photo with a gun sh...Greene: *posing in a Christmas photo with a gun she can't disassemble* YOU'RE RUINING CONSERVATISM!! YOU'RE GIVING AWAY THE GAME!!<br /><br />Brooks: *posing in a Christmas photo with a book he can't disassemble* YOU'RE RUINING CONSERVATISM!! YOU'RE GIVING AWAY THE GAME!!<br /><br />Lit3Bolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407681812425172672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90457779226509685422021-12-08T15:50:31.458-06:002021-12-08T15:50:31.458-06:00Well Gee-whiz. I could only wonder what the Broo...Well Gee-whiz. I could only wonder what the Brooks defining Alphabet soup article on Conservative's deeply held pro life convictions (as Abortion), but also with the latest SCOTUS suit in front of the pack ratted Supreme court of conservatives.<br /><br /> Talking about trying to get a SCOTUS ruling that prohibits Death Row inmates from having their lawyers present new evidence of incense.<br /><br /> Now if that is not Conservative pro life that Brooks can write about. Not sure what is.<br /><br /> But Brooks to will neglect and ignore the Justice Barret doctrine of government in charge of all those babies that will be coming their way after they rule on striking Roee.<br /> Then watch for the insane crying about government paying to raise children no one wants to adopt.<br /><br /> And they can grow up to be on death row with no right to appeal their innocense.Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.com