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Originally Posted by roachboy
this is nothing new, nor is it a function of anything to do with tfp--it's a direct reflection of how political viewpoints have been framed over a considerable period.
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Seriously. You should have seen the Whigs and the Tories going at it.
Hell, when the Abolitionists went after the Anti-Abolitionists, it started a civil war. (Oversimplification, I know, but stay with me.)
Folks: politics is a zero sum game. It's fundamentally competitive. There are winners and there are losers. Has been since a LEAST ancient Rome. To now come along and say "can't we all get along?" is ludicrous. There's no such thing as "post-partisan". There could be a candidate that has broad appeal across party lines, but that's not "post-partisan", that's just a very popular candidate. One guess who I'm talking about.
The fact is, the Democrats won and the Republicans lost. Them's the facts. To whatever degree the Republican Party represents conservatism, conservatism lost.
On a scale of one to ten, if you're a two and you're out BEING a two, you're fine. Life's working. What doesn't work is if you're a ten and you're pretending you're a two, or if you're a two pretending to be a ten. The Republican Party needs to start owning their current minority status. MAYBE from there they can rebuild something that will have some power in the future. But this "silent majority" bullshit they're trying to pull is going to lock in their loser status for the long haul.
A little free advice from somebody who wouldn't mind them doing that.
