tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post1715314345346354357..comments2023-12-08T02:29:07.687-06:00Comments on Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance: Michelle Obama, DNC 2008RobertDWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-41320463317052801572008-08-30T14:50:00.000-05:002008-08-30T14:50:00.000-05:00In that we firmly grasp an ideological purity and ...In that we firmly grasp an ideological purity and try to fit everything into our vision of a perfect fallen world?<BR/><BR/>Heh. It's cause we know it will never happen.RobertDWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-36886539456785576352008-08-28T08:38:00.000-05:002008-08-28T08:38:00.000-05:00I suppose libertarians and the Christian Right are...I suppose libertarians and the Christian Right are not truly Left-wing, but I feel they share the main fault of the Left in their idealistic, as opposed to realistic approach to society.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-5775964114597643892008-08-27T08:30:00.000-05:002008-08-27T08:30:00.000-05:00Matt, I like that analysis as well. Its weird thin...Matt, I like that analysis as well. <BR/>Its weird thinking of libertarians and evangelicals on the left in a sense though. <BR/><BR/>Joel, thats what they taught in my government class as the difference. <BR/>And leftist societies are disasters.RobertDWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-13696570134975927132008-08-26T13:59:00.000-05:002008-08-26T13:59:00.000-05:00What scares me is what they mean when they say the...What scares me is what they mean when they say the "world as it should be." What they think "should be" and what I think "should be" are diametric opposites. If they got everything they wanted, the world would be a nightmare. <BR/><BR/>One big difference between conservatives and liberals is their view of man. They believe man is basically good, while most conservatives have a more biblical view of the fall of man and its effects.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-82887765950465595662008-08-26T09:14:00.000-05:002008-08-26T09:14:00.000-05:00I think perhaps the difference is more that the Le...I think perhaps the difference is more that the Left starts from the position of how it would like society to be and then moves on to talking about changing society to get it in that direction, while the Right starts from the position of how society is and how to preserve what is good in that society. <BR/><BR/>You see that in all Obama's sickening speeches about 'change' and 'dreaming' and all that starry0eyed nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Its the difference between realism and idealism.<BR/><BR/>I see myself as being on the Right in that regard.<BR/><BR/>I regard those radical libertarians who talk about reducing government to practically nothing to be Left-wing in that sense. They make the same mistake of the Left in starting from how they would ideally like society to be and seek to move it in that direction.<BR/><BR/>I think probably some of those on the Christian Right also make the same mistake in wanting to re-model society according to some supposed Biblical blueprint/<BR/><BR/>Every Blessing in Christ<BR/><BR/>MattMatthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.com