tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post2339429979326963861..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: One Foot in the GraveWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-23620724427065000402008-07-18T14:04:00.000-05:002008-07-18T14:04:00.000-05:00spaceghoti, I think when we call people "conservat...spaceghoti, I think when we call people "conservative" these days we mostly mean socially conservative. Usually what Greenwald denounces as "radical" is efforts by both parties to undermine the bedrock principles upon which our government is founded, as set down by the Constitution. While there are certainly passages of that document that are open for debate, usually the issues Greenwald discusses are not very nit-picky like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-56520457747295157602008-07-18T13:06:00.000-05:002008-07-18T13:06:00.000-05:00I mostly agree. In fact, my only point of disagree...I mostly agree. In fact, my only point of disagreement is semantic. "Radical" is usually used to denote extremism, being outside the mainstream. That's why "radical change" isn't redundant.<BR/><BR/>However, "reactionary" <I>is</I> more accurate in this case.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-19942590591697621092008-07-18T12:53:00.000-05:002008-07-18T12:53:00.000-05:00I have always wondered at the insistence of the me...I have always wondered at the insistence of the media (and even liberals; Glenn Greenwald does it to my surprise) of labeling conservatives as <I>radicals.</I> A radical is someone who wants drastic change to something new, and as you point out here conservatives never want something new. They want to return to something old. Conservatives who want drastic change to something old are called <I>reactionaries.</I><BR/><BR/>There's never been anything new about the change that conservatives in power have been trying to effect other than its packaging. They want to return us to old values of yore when monarchs ruled by fiat, women were second-hand citizens and the poor were properly kept in ghettos where the sight (and smell) of them wouldn't offend the delicate sensibilities of the elite.SpaceGhotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966275517866561166noreply@blogger.com