tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post5944393831991397421..comments2024-03-28T09:47:25.719-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: And then they came for white liberalsDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-67937640965747705502021-07-30T13:32:07.793-04:002021-07-30T13:32:07.793-04:00Then explain why Devout Christians are in the same...<i>Then explain why Devout Christians are in the same party as Rednecks whose trucks are decorated with the Silhouettes of naked women (I don't know how much time you've spent in the backwoods, but I have relatives there). My Trump supporting Cousin has a girlfriend that works at Planned Parenthood. </i><br /><br />Because not everyone's cultural preferences have an uncomplicated political expression. And, strange as it may seem to you, people do have intimate associations with people who they're at odds with on abstract questions. Seen that up close and personal.<br /><br />You're assuming that cross-cutting cleavages will generate an array of political parties. Israel at one time had a mess of cross cutting cleavages. You had Arab v. Jew, Zionist v. non-Zionist, secular v. religious, Marxist v. syndicalist v. bourgeois, militant v. moderate. Even there, you didn't have a political faction in every space on the checkerboard. In this country, you have cleavages, but they tend to be highly correlated leaving most squares on the checkerboard nearly empty. There is no Catholic / social democratic segment of the electorate any more, as there was 50 years ago. The idiom of Goldwaterism has largely dissipated in that time and the political party more congenial to the guild interests of social workers is inveterately hostile to the moral teachings of any historical Christian denomination. Jimmy Carter represented in his prime a qualified critique of the stances, emphases, and sensibility of the regnant secular liberalism; he hasn't at any time since leaving office. There are no liberal evangelicals; there are only Vichy evangelicals. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-16042668572179220902021-07-30T07:17:20.786-04:002021-07-30T07:17:20.786-04:00Then explain why Devout Christians are in the same...Then explain why Devout Christians are in the same party as Rednecks whose trucks are decorated with the Silhouettes of naked women (I don't know how much time you've spent in the backwoods, but I have relatives there). My Trump supporting Cousin has a girlfriend that works at Planned Parenthood. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122492268910202737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-73781308238984451012021-07-29T22:54:09.436-04:002021-07-29T22:54:09.436-04:00There's no artificial forcing at all. There a...There's no artificial forcing at all. There are two camps.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-73134039620001417542021-07-29T22:37:17.170-04:002021-07-29T22:37:17.170-04:00It's almost like there's more than two fac...It's almost like there's more than two factions in our nation's cultural wars, but because of the two party dynamic every group gets artificially forced into a Red State-Blue State dichotomy, which has been hugely helpful to the far left, as well as the establishment figures in both parties. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122492268910202737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-60586562764941362212021-07-29T19:42:06.170-04:002021-07-29T19:42:06.170-04:00I was surprised Newsweek covered it, and you can s...I was surprised Newsweek covered it, and you can see the piece pulling punches, hoping it's some sort of ploy. But I think blacks matter to the left as much as women, Jews, Muslims, or anyone. When convenient, they matter. When not, sayonara. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-60912902363202918702021-07-29T19:40:24.001-04:002021-07-29T19:40:24.001-04:00What a tangled web they weave...What a tangled web they weave...David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-21808309211188752202021-07-29T08:23:50.487-04:002021-07-29T08:23:50.487-04:00Blacks account for 13% of the population and about...Blacks account for 13% of the population and about 8% of the human capital in this country. The political class ignores (nay, harasses) much larger and more productive minorities. This sort of thing is of interest only because someone is likely to respond. The onus belongs on white liberals, who are horrible people. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-59834439794313566852021-07-29T08:20:37.331-04:002021-07-29T08:20:37.331-04:00Wait, Dallas Justice is demanding School Choice? T...Wait, Dallas Justice is demanding School Choice? The Teacher's Unions had no idea what they were getting themselves into when they endorsed this stuff, did they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122492268910202737noreply@blogger.com