tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513219332286952805.post8713042402571195570..comments2023-04-10T05:41:08.804-04:00Comments on Soxlosophy: Tampararily Resting... [ugh]Soxlosophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297442834435511006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513219332286952805.post-46370192992450179922008-09-11T17:52:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:52:00.000-04:00Jonah,I'm definitely not a social conservative. Y...Jonah,<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely not a social conservative. Your observation is largely accurate.<BR/><BR/>Now, I have to google John Stuart Mill... <BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting the link -- interesting read.Cartman's Left Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492345604711825591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513219332286952805.post-29063196157352082792008-09-11T12:38:00.000-04:002008-09-11T12:38:00.000-04:00thanks for the kind words, cartman's.of course, po...thanks for the kind words, cartman's.<BR/><BR/>of course, posting something political, i risk getting into a whole area of contentiousness beyond the yankees sucking. oh well. <BR/><BR/>i'm more inclined to think the author's ideas are less comprehensive than incorrect; that is, i think they do cover some, even many, but just but not all folks who vote republican. <BR/><BR/>some like to distinguish at least 3 ideological factions within the republican party; social conservatives (e.g. religious right), fiscal conservatives (free-marketers), and libertarians <BR/><BR/>i tend to think that something like that sounds right, though of course lines are never all that sharp. i think the article probably just covers a psychological pattern of social conservatives, but not the others. <BR/><BR/>it sounds to me like your views are less social conservative and more of the libertarian sort, even related to the views of John Stuart Mill, who makes a cameo in the article, if i recall, as someone opposed to the sort of morality system the author is talking about.<BR/><BR/>but anyway, i liked the article for floating some conceptually interesting stuff, even if empirically it doesn't accout for everything. <BR/><BR/>that's how i roll.Soxlosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297442834435511006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513219332286952805.post-34252951612841970502008-09-11T11:13:00.000-04:002008-09-11T11:13:00.000-04:00Jonah. Love your blog. Regarding the link to "wh...Jonah. Love your blog. Regarding the link to "why people vote Republican" -- very interesting and obviously written by a smart dude. However, he presents a deeply flawed argument. His reasoning is based on assumptions that are incorrect. <BR/><BR/>For many of us secular, well educated people, it is a matter of lower taxes, smaller govt and personal accountability.Cartman's Left Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492345604711825591noreply@blogger.com