Comments on: Condescension and leaving the political fold https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Norm Fowler https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-2665366 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:47:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-2665366 Whoa, what I random post to fall on. I stopped voting after the 2000 election. In 2000 I voted for Bush. Noticing ?millions? dead in the middle east I said that was it. I gave in again and voted Trump in 2016. After Trump I was done. I am agreement with the Z-Man and his writings. Especially after 2020-why waste your time.

The Z-Man has a seemingly popular blog and it is how I found Gerard a couple years ago. The Z-Man had a link to his blog in his sidebar. And now it is, I find you through Gerard’s blog, albeit under the saddest of circumstances.

Anyway, my condolences to you for losing your good friend and also my thanks to you for keeping us updated while GVdL was ill and after his passing. I will miss him. Through his writing, he had that gift of making it seem as if you really knew him.

Finally, thanks for wrapping up the lose digital ends, post mortal coil. I appreciate it as I’m sure many of his readers do too. Finally, I had bought a $100 upfront annual subscription last October-Do I see you for a pro-rated refund-after all he’s not writing anymore!! OK…I’m truly just kidding. I write that being positive that GVdL would find great humor in the stinginess of some of his audience.

I guess, I donate my typical $5/Month-which I pay annually one huge lump, really big $60 sum, to you. I think I’ve found more than enough enjoyable posts at this site to make it worthwhile.

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]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-754681 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:26:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-754681 I bet tools like South San Diego were profiting from the arms deals to AQ in Libya as well as the new Californian arms deals to terrorists.

It’s how the tools are rolled from the mold.

Their god Hussein is going to end up sending a SWAT team to your house because one of us told them your address were housing Tea Party activists. No one will survive then.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-754677 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:24:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-754677 Americans thought they were all free thinkers after 9/11. But that didn’t turn out to be the case, hence the names.

]]> By: Hoang Kaizhen https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-754622 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:59:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-754622 Thanks for the insight. The comments here are quite the spectacle. As a (legal) immigrant from SE Asia, it took me a while to figure out the political landscape due to the different usage of words here which are nonexistent or have otherwise different meaning in Mandarin.

Some of the comments that stand out are Roy Conant whose ornate retort (offset by his sophomoric generalization of neo-cons as mostly white, bigoted and well-off) doesn’t say anything to substantiate his moral and intellectual superiority beyond confirming neo-con’s post title that Leftists are too incapacitated by their own reflexive, self-gratifying condescension and sanctimony to recognize the totalitarian aspect of their position on the government and the economy.

But most self-professed “Liberals” I know are more like Doug who wanted universal coverage but is open to a respectful, objective discussion with the opposing view on the empirical and systemic effect of “socialized” medicine.

In any case, I don’t know why you would assume the label of neo-con since many American political labels (on the Left and Right) aren’t self-explanatory and were meant to obfuscate rather than facilitate rational discussion.

It would be more precise to say you’re a Free Thinker.

]]> By: Scott Guthery https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-681282 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:41:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-681282 Neo-neocon’s original March 25, 2005, posting rings true for me. I moved to Boston from Austin. The mere fact that I’d lived in Texas was, I discovered quickly, cause for deep suspicion. Quick example: when people started tearing into evangelicals I’d quietly and respectfully ask “Have you ever met an evangelical?” Incredulous looks all around. It’s a closed-bunker, echo-chamber world that these folks live in. The bitterness verging on hate that these folks harbor can’t make their lives happy places. All’s the pity. A nation divided against itself cannot stand.

]]> By: RAY THOMA$ https://thenewneo.com/2005/03/28/condescension-and-leaving-political/#comment-652752 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:44:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2005/03/condescension-and-leaving-political.html#comment-652752 You demand my name but won’t give me yours. I understand why. Liberals have an unreasoning hatred of people like you and me. I was a liberal WAY back when. I even tried to start an international organization to help those “not as fortunate” as we. But during the Goldwater election I had an epiphany and became one of the most vociferous right-wingers possible. I was sure we only had about 15 years before being ?”taken over” by communism. But the more I learned, the more I realized it wasn’t just communism, which was only one kind of collectivism that was the danger. People who HATE communism still love collectivism because they don’t know what it is. I didn’t lose many liberal friends because I didn’t have many so if any liberals “wrote me off” I didn’t notice (like I didn’t notice when other students didn’t include me in their groups because I didn’t care). You have embarked upon a life-changing experience, just as I did many years ago. I was a “Goldwater Democrat” and even went around wearing a gold-colored donkey wearing black “horn-rimmed” glasses. The more I learned, the less vociferous I became. But at the same time, I was exasperated by the APATHY I saw. I am STILL bothered by that because that apathy is going to be the death of us. I’d really like to be able to have you as a friend and if you’re willing, write me at http://www.raythomas101@yahoo.com. I promise not to bother you too much; only so much as you’re willing to be bothered. I have linked to several of your blog items and would like to link to more. -RAY THOMA$

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