Comments on: Of Labels and Ideology http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/05/20/of-labels-and-ideology/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MB http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/05/20/of-labels-and-ideology/#comment-47549 MB Thu, 22 May 2008 00:09:16 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=844#comment-47549 And, also . . . CG! You should drop by more often. And, also . . . CG! You should drop by more often.

]]> By: MB http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/05/20/of-labels-and-ideology/#comment-47539 MB Wed, 21 May 2008 01:46:14 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=844#comment-47539 I recently wrote something similar in a private email. I really don't think anyone outside of freshman dorms and hash bars can honestly argue ideology without accounting for its impact on (and influence from) people. Of course, this means that most defenses of conservatism end up being pretty dishonest, I think. I recently wrote something similar in a private email. I really don’t think anyone outside of freshman dorms and hash bars can honestly argue ideology without accounting for its impact on (and influence from) people. Of course, this means that most defenses of conservatism end up being pretty dishonest, I think.

]]> By: CG http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/05/20/of-labels-and-ideology/#comment-47538 CG Wed, 21 May 2008 00:29:47 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=844#comment-47538 Perhaps you can still fault conservatism. There's this *ideal* that people want to live with as little government intervention as possible. ...Until there's trouble in River City. Then they wonder why the government doesn't do more about illegal immigration, gas prices, food prices, health care, education, and terrorists etc. I don't think you can blame just blue state liberals for market forces whether those market forces incur the forces of social intervention rather than just economic. Maybe that is the failure of conservatism. Would conservatism practiced at whatever it’s ideal form is really keep all these areas fixed (read as: keep the people as a whole satisfied) I seriously doubt it. Perhaps you can still fault conservatism. There’s this *ideal* that people want to live with as little government intervention as possible.

…Until there’s trouble in River City. Then they wonder why the government doesn’t do more about illegal immigration, gas prices, food prices, health care, education, and terrorists etc. I don’t think you can blame just blue state liberals for market forces whether those market forces incur the forces of social intervention rather than just economic.

Maybe that is the failure of conservatism. Would conservatism practiced at whatever it’s ideal form is really keep all these areas fixed (read as: keep the people as a whole satisfied) I seriously doubt it.

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