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September 14, 2004
An Explanation
OK, here's the situation. I am a conservative in spite of the fact that I have spent years (YEARS) in academia and surrounded by progressives, liberals, and lefties of all kinds. I have Marx, the Franfurt School, all manner of deconstructivist texts, you name it, sitting on my bookshelf. But I have never been able to shake being a conservative and now I have decided to hell with it, that's who I am. I listen to Rush Limbaugh and I don't hate W. I got pissed off at the democrats for embarrasing the country with the Florida vote fiasco -- something I intend to write about. And I think that Jamie Gorelick, Sandy Berger, and Dan Rather have each committed sins greater than Nixon was impeached for. Seriously.
I call this blog the Closet Conservative because I feel like a gay guy must feel around straight people all the time. It's beyond a concern for bigotry. What can you do when you are surrounded by people who, to agree with you, have to undergo a religious conversion first? Who will think you are crazy or stupid or evil for not following a party line that they can't even admit to following? Who are so self-righteous in their condemnation of "fascism," which they see everywhere, never having lived in a country without the freedom they take for granted? Who think "freedom" means individual rights at all costs?
No, it's not that I am surrounded by "bigots" -- a stupid word to begin with, reserved always for the Other Guy. It's that I don't belong to the social world I participate in. So this is an outlet. Be warned.
And to anyone, conservative or otherwise, who thinks being in closet is cowardly, believe me, I have expressed my opinions before in the hopes of "honest discussion." It doesn't work. Inevitably someone gets pissed off, and it is not always me. I don't need that. It just alienates people.
Posted by admin at September 14, 2004 02:26 PM
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Thanks for doing this.
I personally believe that it is not possible to be capable of logic, aware of the scientific method, in possesion of the facts, AND be a liberal.
You are bookmarked and will be disseminated.
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