tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post7376545847737326349..comments2023-12-30T05:22:27.108-05:00Comments on The New York Crank: David Brooks’ goes off the political deep endThe New York Crankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post-83598798182688932182016-11-29T14:54:48.263-05:002016-11-29T14:54:48.263-05:00Conservatives are primarily motivated by what they...Conservatives are primarily motivated by what they are against, which is mainly any change that they perceive will threaten their socio-economic and political hegemony. So, they long ago created the left-wing strawman and equated it with an all-powerful, oppressive State to create "the enemy within" that must always be resisted. Even their notion of freedom is negative; it is freedom from regulation, freedom from taxes, freedom from having to respect other citizen's rights. Its success crucially depends upon the average American's ignorance and apathy towards political engagement.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post-85477258946188830712016-11-29T13:08:24.412-05:002016-11-29T13:08:24.412-05:00Welcome to the world of BDS! (Brooks Derangement S...Welcome to the world of BDS! (Brooks Derangement Syndrome) Though it seems to me that in a column where Bill Kristol and Milton Friedman represent the "center", "alt-left" ought to mean Senator Schumer, or maybe Napoleon III. Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com