{"id":30872,"date":"2011-10-28T00:11:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=30872"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:27:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T04:27:45","slug":"the-thing-that-used-to-be-conservatism-grasps-again-for-the-one-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/10\/the-thing-that-used-to-be-conservatism-grasps-again-for-the-one-ring.html","title":{"rendered":"The Thing that Used to Be Conservatism Grasps Again for the One Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Dawn Eden writes:<\/p>\n

Michael Walsh, a k a David Kahane, who co-founded the Big Journalism blog with Andrew Breitbart, still banging the same drum\u2013Alinsky is evil, his actions are evil, let\u2019s imitate him <\/a>(for a good end, of course).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Thing That Used to be Conservatism now constitutes a standing threat to serious Catholic discipleship. Leftist consequentialim leaves the hook bare because it treats the Church\u2019s teaching with open contempt.\u00a0 Conservative Consequentialism pretends to be faithful and suckers people who think they are \u2018saving the faith\u2019 by ignoring the Church.\u00a0 And no small part of the threat is that, when you point that out, \u201cconservative\u201d Catholics often regard you as a prima donna for reiterating a Catholic moral teaching that is, if anything, even more fundamental than \u201cabortion is bad\u201d. For abortion is bad because it is a gravely evil attempt to achieve a good end by gravely evil means, as all sin is. But the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism is now dominated by people (like Walsh\/Kahane) who have largely succeed in popularizing consequentialism as the New Hotness while teaching \u201cconservative\u201d Catholics that sticking to ancient moral principles is Old and Busted.<\/p>\n

It will only end in tears\u2013especially for \u201cfaithful conservative\u201d Catholics who whore after this\u2013because they should know better.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dawn Eden writes: Michael Walsh, a k a David Kahane, who co-founded the Big Journalism blog with Andrew Breitbart, still banging the same drum\u2013Alinsky is evil, his actions are evil, let\u2019s imitate him (for a good end, of course). The Thing That Used to be Conservatism now constitutes a standing threat to serious Catholic discipleship. 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