Cristina
2009-02-26 16:49:27

Mr Moran:

“There must be a reckoning with those who violate the very nature of conservatism by obstinately adhering to exclusionary, anti-intellectual precepts that have thrown classical conservatism over in favor of ranting, ideological tantrums.”

Since you never spell out exactly what those “violations” are and what the presumably true “nature” of conservatism is, sorry to say your column is not an argument, but a rant, an ideological tantrum.

Plus, as someone especially sensitive to language that indicts “deviations from the (Party/dogmatic line),” I’d like to know what “true conservatism” has to say about such “violations” of doctrine, what to do about them, if there are any prescriptions regarding such.