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Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by stephenhopewell

stephenhopewell — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:08:32 +0000

Yes, that seems like one possible response to the situation.
Oklahoma seems to have more relatively sound politicians than most states, but I guess in the bigger picture it’s headed in the same direction as the rest of the U.S.

Comment on More Important than the Right to Life by stephenhopewell

stephenhopewell — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:06:13 +0000

Are you saying this as a conservative sympathizer or a liberal antagonist?
Can a Western society and its culture and values exist without the people who created it?

Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by Terry Morris

Terry Morris — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:36:19 +0000

Y’know, I have considered switching from registered Republican to Independent as one way of making a statement. I forget the exact numbers, but I read a story in the Tulsa World newspaper sometime back in which it was reported that in Oklahoma Democrats have been steadily losing numbers for I think two decades, while Republicans have been gaining numbers during the same timeframe, and Independents, although still solidly in the minority, have outpaced the Republicans in gains over the last several years. Somebody is apparently trying to tell somebody something.

I wouldn’t be able, as an Independent, to vote in the primaries, but since I don’t vote anymore anyway, what is that to me? Yep, I think I’ll do it. And try to get everyone I can to join me. :-)

Comment on More Important than the Right to Life by Zap

Zap — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:07:05 +0000

So conservatives should be openly racist, is that it?
Wow i’m sure glad YOU’re not running for office any time soon!

Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by stephenhopewell

stephenhopewell — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:09:53 +0000

I think voting can still be a kind of statement. But I certainly don’t think it obligatory, as I once believed in accordance with what I saw as my patriotic duty. It’s like the census: as a white person, should you refuse to participate, knowing it will be used to oppress you? Or do you make the statement, “I am here!”

Comment on Lawrence Auster by stephenhopewell

stephenhopewell — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:05:01 +0000

“Vile sycophant,” your experience was similar to mine. Lawrence Auster was a remarkable thinker and his dedication to understanding the true and the good were as you describe. Father D’s assessment is overly harsh; but I know him well as a commenter and his is not a case of not understanding Mr. Auster’s thought, but of being put off by his persona. Father D is about as traditionalist as you can get!

LA had his blind spots, as in his dispute with the Vanishing American blogger, for which he bore the primary responsibility, in my view, though that might not be apparent from reading the VFR side of things.

That said, I miss LA terribly too. His commentary was a kind of daily bread. One felt one didn’t need anything else. And even with the negative quality of much of what he was saying, there was a beauty in seeing the truth described, and a hope brought by the revelation of the false foundations of so much of what is believed in the modern, liberal world.

Comment on Lawrence Auster by A Vile Sycophant

A Vile Sycophant — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:08:41 +0000

I think, Father D, that you are one of the many who did not see what lay behind Mr. Auster’s apparent unreason/argumentativeness/narrow-mindedness.

Lawrence Auster was, first and foremost, in search of the truth. This was his “argumentative” side. He did not care whose feathers he ruffled, as long as he got to the truth, which exists independent of him. Certain personality types find it easy to approach ideas as ideas, independent of those who think them; he was one of them. Other people are more attached to their ideas, and get personally offended when errors or other shortcomings in the idea are pointed out to them.

His “narrow-mindedness” was his focus. He knew, deep in his bones, what was right, what was just, what was good, and he refused to compromise. This was a great strength.

“Unreasonable” is the least apt description I have ever seen of him. He was all about reasoning things out. He thought things through logically, trying to explore the connections and ramifications. When his position was mistaken, he was able to be reasoned into a modification or correction.

He was able to see many sides to an issue, but also knew that most of those sides were somewhere between misguided to flat-out wrong. He defended the correct side of the issue.

As it so happens, when I started reading VFR, I, like you, was put off by it. I certainly saw how he could come off as abrasive, but that was because he was uncompromising in his pursuit of the truth. He was never going to go along to get along. As I read more, I found myself drawn in, in spite of myself and my disagreement with many of his positions. Inchoately, I sensed that VFR was a window into something greater than myself: the truth. He converted my thinking on many things, because he was right and I was wrong.

I miss him and his writings terribly.

Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by Terry Morris

Terry Morris — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:11:53 +0000

Well, I still write letters to the editor challenging sacredly held liberal notions of “family values” and things like that. But for me personally, refusal to participate in an election system that I know is rigged in such a way by the powers that be so as to ensure the forward march of liberalism/progressivism no matter which candidate you vote for, is the only right thing to do.

Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by stephenhopewell

stephenhopewell — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:14:04 +0000

Terry, thanks for the comment. Actually I got rather caught up in the bombing story after I wrote that – I felt so horrible for the victims – but as a whole this is how I feel. What can you even say about our society these days? NBA player comes out as “gay,” White House commends him for it on the SAME DAY? Cloud Cuckooland.
I did vote in the last presidential election (my mother-in-law really wanted me to vote for Romney, and this was supposed to be a state in his reach) and I still do things like calling my politician to oppose Amnesty. But at the same time it’s largely true the game is fixed and I only do things like this because they’re the right thing to do, and only as energy allows. Hope you and your family are well.

Comment on The Sadness of the Days, the Treasures that Remain by Terry Morris

Terry Morris — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:44:03 +0000

We seem to be on similar paths. I received a text message from a nephew the day of the bombing informing me of the event. I expressed little interest in learning the details, and he kindly refrained from sharing anything further. My only reaction at the time was that “this means more police and para-military police units; more “security” and less liberty.” That is the only “answer” that liberal society can allow itself to consider.

I don’t vote anymore because, well, really, what would be the point? If one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then I think I must have once been insane to think that my vote would ever make an ounce of positive difference, even at the local level. We can’t possibly outnumber the loons and half-wits, the moral degenerates and government dependents in this society so long as “one man, one vote” universal suffrage remains a ruling principle. When I was in the military I often complained about having to work for people “stupider than me,” not that all of my superiors fit into this category, but a significant number of them did. Now my main complaint is being forced to live under the rulership of stupid people, especially the morons the aforementioned people elect to govern our cities, states and nation. But anyway,…

Kindly pardon the rant. :-)