on the lamentable state of the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism<\/a>.<\/p>\nHeretic-burning \u201cconservatism\u201d can only conceive of criticism as an attack by Outsiders since it is obsessed with trying purge heretics and can no longer conceive of anyone critiquing it because they want a better conservatism.<\/p>\n
Without a better conservatism, we will get, forever, dumbells like Kevin Williamson calling for hanging post-abortive women: one of the greatest gifts braindead conservatism could ever give Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n
Me: I continue in the quixotic hope that conservatism might attempt to conserve something.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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