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" I was reading Nick's Blog website, like I do everyday, when I came across an article that I want to comment on. John Derbyshire tries to lay out why conservatives are pessimistic. He points out several things that "in your heart, you know he (conservatives) is right.""
Actually, no. Derb was (tongue heavily in cheek) pointing out the difference between European Conservativism and American Conservativism, by way of noting that American Conservatives are always optimistic, whereas good European Conservatives tend to take a Hobbesian view of human nature (or, as I like to refer to it, an 'accurate' view of human nature). "In your heart, you know he's right" was the slogan of the 1964 Barry Goldwater campaign, and wasn't meant to apply universally to Conservatism; Derb does so as a joke. Honestly, some people can be so humorless...
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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