January 22, 2004
Whose War?
Even the bigoted, narrow-minded and ultra-conservative Pat Buchanan gets what this war is/was truly about. This in fact is a dilemma for the more progressive and liberal camp to not allow its message be mixed with those who may offer a similar point of view on the surface, but theirs is coming from the backwards protectionist and "White Christian" standpoint.
I often check my own point of view with those on the far right, just to get a perspective and also distinguish my angle on things. I strongly believe that the political spectrum is in fact a circle and its easy to go so far left or so far right, that you'd find yourself in the total opposite camp.
Remember, they may get the problem, but their solution is exactly opposed to what any freethinking and tolerant person would stand for. With that in mind, enjoy reading Pat and others in his group.
Posted by Pedram at January 22, 2004 10:24 PMHow is he a biggot?
Posted by: A.H. at January 23, 2004 04:19 AMEh, I'm not so sure about the circle idea, since there are different reasons people switch parties... sometimes its internal party corruption, or maybe it was race issues, or maybe it was a war.
What I see similar in all extremists is that, once you get to a certain amount of desired change, you begin stop wanting to change the system, and begin wanting wholesale replacement, sometimes even criticizing the current system just because its wrong, not because the crticism is important.
Posted by: Josh Narins at January 25, 2004 12:21 PM