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diff --git a/_posts/reply-tim-bray-conservatives.rst b/_posts/reply-tim-bray-conservatives.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e22461c --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/reply-tim-bray-conservatives.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +title: Reply to Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For” +categories: + - culture + - faith + - sociology +date: "2012-12-05 12:17:06" +tags: +--- + +(reply to `Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For”`_) + +.. _`Tim Bray’s “What Conservatives are For”`: + http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/10/Why-we-need-conservatives + +To avoid “nobody tried our ideals really” argument (which I have heard +from both Communists, Catholics, and conservatives) I would suggest +clearing up a classification a bit. One of nice systems how to +distinguish libertarians (or liberals in the European meaning of the +word), conservatives, and socialists (or liberals, if you are an +American) I’ve heard about is to find out which person(s) they are +suspicious of. Socialists are suspicious of the big business, +libertarians of the big government, and conservatives (being quite often +Christians, so having some opinions about the sinful nature of humans) +are suspicious of both. + +This classification conveniently allows me to disown self-labeled +conservatives like Mr. George Bush II. (the largest spending **before** +the Iraq war begun) and on the other hold my stand against socialist, +Communists and similar creatures (I have been born in the Communist +Czechoslovakia, enough said). |