Valin Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The Federalist All of a sudden, the conservative project is not a conservative one, so much as a counter-revolutionary one Mollie Hemingway September 14, 2021 This is the text of the Bradley Prize acceptance speech the author gave on Sept. 13. (Snip) The conservative establishment, its politicians, and its media, don’t lack ideas or people. But too many of its leaders do lack determination and endurance and fearlessness. The people can tell. As it is said, “Men don’t follow titles, they follow courage.” The conservative movement in D.C. has too often been engaged in insincere opposition to progressivism’s march through America’s institutions, both public and private. It has seemed mostly interested in negotiating terms of surrender or managing defeat than preserving the republic. It has stood athwart history impotently suggesting that progressives slow down. Michael Malice has therefore derided conservatism as just “Progressivism with a speed limit.” Institutional conservatism and its alleged leaders have too frequently accepted the propaganda press’s treatment of conservatives as second-class citizens. For conservatism to mean anything now, it has to be about rejecting this rigged system. Don’t just say “stop.” Our duty is to not to say “stop” but then bend the knee in cowardice when the mob comes. That brings even more harm to our more vulnerable neighbors and does nothing to prevent the destruction of the country. It’s not comfortable for conservatives who value order and civility to even think or speak this way. But the fact is that many Americans are alienated from and no longer feel at home in their own country. The moral climate has been degraded as the left has taken over every single one of the powerful institutions in the country and is actively pushing people to lead a life of godlessness, barrenness, selfishness, gluttony, and addiction to outrage and dopamine. All of a sudden, the conservative project is not a conservative one, so much as a counter-revolutionary one. (Snip) ____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDwaters Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 It’s a target-rich environment. Now go out and pick one. This is an attitude that the left should be very concerned about. They keep trampling rights, "closing off social relief valves" and pushing more and more individuals into a "got nothing else to lose" breaking point. If they keep it up, eventually there are going to be explosions, both rhetorical and physical. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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