And There Are Far, Far To Many Of Them

[skews13]

As Poe once sang “You can’t talk to a Psycho like a normal human being.” People we are over the edge of the falls and spinning down the rabbit hole. It doesn’t matter what lunatic theory Drumpf exposes and sputters, his fan base with come charging out to defend, excuse, justify and rationalize it without hesitation, remorse, shame or a lick of common sense.

Trump himself isn’t the heart of the cancerous rot eating away at the soul of America. They are.

And there are far, far too many of them.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/ ... iracy-cult

[a777pilot]

It's too vice to. You mixed your metaphors.

But nice try.

[spacemonkey]

The lack of using common sense is a major part of the Dem's dilemma.

[Spider]

[exploited]

Well... I don't know about that. Conservatism is a necessary and needed part of democracy. Reigning in spending, promoting social traditions that bind different people together as one nation and being extra-sensitive to external threats are all valuable things provided by conservatives.

Ideally what would happen is that conservatives would perpetually exist as an opposition party. They would be able to exercise just enough influence to force liberals to work with them, but never enough influence to define domestic or foreign policy. In other words, conservatives are needed and appreciated as critics, but must never be allowed to govern, because they are utterly terrible at it and confuse their own failings with some sort of universal truth about government.

In the US, I think the best setup would be a Republican Senate, a Democrat House and a Democrat Presidency.

In Canada, the best setup is a minority conservative government.

[John Galt]

the court should be the most conservative aspect of the entire government, not the most liberalizing

also conservatism as you say Spider is about maintaining status quo. common sense I would say is always conservative as it is shared by almost everyone, e.g., close the door when it is cold out. i bet jesus never closed the door though (he was born in a barn! HA!). it was crazy and new and liberal at one time i guess, around the time doors were invented i think

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[John Galt]

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[Spider]