This is a term that Paul Whitaker uses and I think it's dead-on. Respectable conservatives are politically correct, very careful not to offend, and are very eager to maintain the status quo when it comes to issues like race, immigration, and Israel. Abortion is probably the only major issue that some of these conservatives are politically incorrect about (also gay marriage and stem cell research, but those are relatively marginal issues, in my opinion.)
Recently I saw comedian Jon Stewart debate Bernard Goldberg and Rick Santorum (separately) on his show. They're conservatives and they were criticizing today's culture for being vulgar, lacking values, etc. What was depressing was how easily Stewart dismissed them. He basically made two points: 1) Yes, there's a lot of crap in the media and pop culture, but it's nothing compared to what's going on in the government, and doesn't really have that much of an impact in the grand scheme of things. And, 2) When people had these so-called values that you refer to, there was also slavery and segregation. Now our culture is so vulgar, but we don't have segregation and slavery.
I agree with Goldberg and Santorum, but I don't think the mainstream conservatives are either articulate enough, ballsy enough, or even right enough (they're brainwashed, too) to dismiss the liberal arguments. It was sad to see a comedian make such quick work of them. (Indeed, these liberals are very clever and articulate, even when they're wrong.)
Conservatives are in a Catch 22. If they speak the truth (and most of them probably can't because they don't know it) they'll offend the protected minority groups, and will be swiftly ostracized. And so they have to "be nice" in order to protect their careers; that way they just end up contributing to the problem. The only people who are free to speak the truth are people on the fringe of society, like us. No conservative in positions of status and influence can afford to tell the truth.
There's only one way that conservatives can defeat Stewart's arguments, especially the second one listed earlier: they have to be "racialists." They have to be unabashedly pro-white. There's simply no way around it. They can't compromise and be sweet, "respectable" conservatives. The power of the Republican Party does little to help true conservatives. They're not free to be racialists, and that's why they're powerless even though they seem very "powerful."
Only when conservatives can say: "You know what, maybe things really were better before the 60's..." and really mean it, and really go all the way and say that it was better in many ways, including issues like race, immigration, and everything else. But that would mean career suicide. Only when "racialism" and other pro-white values are socially acceptable will things get better... and that may not ever happen.
Okay, rant over, finally!
Recently I saw comedian Jon Stewart debate Bernard Goldberg and Rick Santorum (separately) on his show. They're conservatives and they were criticizing today's culture for being vulgar, lacking values, etc. What was depressing was how easily Stewart dismissed them. He basically made two points: 1) Yes, there's a lot of crap in the media and pop culture, but it's nothing compared to what's going on in the government, and doesn't really have that much of an impact in the grand scheme of things. And, 2) When people had these so-called values that you refer to, there was also slavery and segregation. Now our culture is so vulgar, but we don't have segregation and slavery.
I agree with Goldberg and Santorum, but I don't think the mainstream conservatives are either articulate enough, ballsy enough, or even right enough (they're brainwashed, too) to dismiss the liberal arguments. It was sad to see a comedian make such quick work of them. (Indeed, these liberals are very clever and articulate, even when they're wrong.)
Conservatives are in a Catch 22. If they speak the truth (and most of them probably can't because they don't know it) they'll offend the protected minority groups, and will be swiftly ostracized. And so they have to "be nice" in order to protect their careers; that way they just end up contributing to the problem. The only people who are free to speak the truth are people on the fringe of society, like us. No conservative in positions of status and influence can afford to tell the truth.
There's only one way that conservatives can defeat Stewart's arguments, especially the second one listed earlier: they have to be "racialists." They have to be unabashedly pro-white. There's simply no way around it. They can't compromise and be sweet, "respectable" conservatives. The power of the Republican Party does little to help true conservatives. They're not free to be racialists, and that's why they're powerless even though they seem very "powerful."
Only when conservatives can say: "You know what, maybe things really were better before the 60's..." and really mean it, and really go all the way and say that it was better in many ways, including issues like race, immigration, and everything else. But that would mean career suicide. Only when "racialism" and other pro-white values are socially acceptable will things get better... and that may not ever happen.
Okay, rant over, finally!
