National Rebuke
Miss Gilbert points us to an interesting recounting of a journalist’s converstaions with conservatives, a good post to make a trilogy on the psychology of conservatives.
” Of course, we need to execute some of these people,” I wake up. Who do we need to execute? She runs her fingers through the sand lazily. “A few of these prominent liberals who are trying to demoralise the country,” she says. “Just take a couple of these anti-war people off to the gas chamber for treason to show, if you try to bring down America at a time of war, that’s what you’ll get.”
I guess that’s how conservatives support the rights of the individual over the collective? Or maybe it’s just that National Review readers “aren’t true conservatives”. Well, actually that’s true, if one narrowly defines conservatism to mean the libertarian-leaning paleoconservatism of the Old Right, and one recognizes the neocons as the descendents of the Imperial Left. But we’re talking about here and now, definitions change, deal with it. One only has to recognize how National Review founder William Buckley is regarded with derision by readers of his own magazine to see this is true.
Hard as it may be to believe, I actually do feel compassion for people like the woman quoted above; it must be hard going through life always in fear and always looking for someone to hate. When negativity practically oozes from one’s pores, the soul is clearly trapped in a toxic mind with which it must be hell to live.
And “projection” isn’t just for movie theaters. The New Republic would do well to remember Stephen Glass when it comes to writing anonymously sourced, unverifiable hit pieces on conservatives like this, now, month old tripe from Johann Hari.
But “truth” isn’t really what mushin no shin looking for is it?
[...] This is a great and frightening read*. Thanks to Jon and Brittney. [...]
Because clearly, Stephen Glass and Johann Hari are the same person. Oh wait, they aren’t. But then no one will ever accuse neocons of attention to facts or details.
[...] Jon pities the conservatives he read about who attended a recent National Review cruise: Hard as it may be to believe, I actually do feel compassion for people like the woman quoted above; it must be hard going through life always in fear and always looking for someone to hate. When negativity practically oozes from one’s pores, the soul is clearly trapped in a toxic mind with which it must be hell to live. [...]