Friday October 21, 2022; 9:46 PM EDT
- Frank McPherson continues exploring the use of the terms "conservative" and "liberal", looking at the current makeup of the Supreme Court, and discussing recent court cases that infringe on the liberty of the people. An interesting article was published on The Federalist web site, putting forward the idea that "conservatives" should stop calling themselves conservatives because of changes in our culture, and should think of themselves as revolutionaries. I disagree with The Federalist - I think many of the people referred to in the article are seeking to attack and hurt our democracy. One last interesting observation on terms of speech - a recent podcast I listened to hosted by Vicki Robin described "category disruption" to not let "conservatives" be the sole definers of the term:#
- From the transcript: "Vicki Robin: Totally. I think another thing listening to you, I think is sort of like a tool we can use is category disruption. For example I’m conservative, I want to conserve nature. I want to conserve relationships. I want to conserve meaning. I want to, you know, I want to conserve intact ecosystems. I����m conservative. So I’m gonna take it. I’ll take conservative, I’ve got it now, you know, and so but I’m liberal because I think, you know, there is no no particular group has a, you know, a purchase on the truth. We’re finding truths together. We’re evolving. You know, it’s like I’m pro life. I want every child to have enough food and security, etc. You know, it’s like we have to be courageous and category mixing."#