"This is not to say that some of the resisters are not bigots, just that no human society has been without bigotry, and that many others who are resistant to drastic change are just uncomfortable, or nostalgic, or afraid, or lost. The left responds by reifying all resistance to radical top-down change as 'hate,' and takes it as evidence that even more social engineering is needed. The right, in turn, radicalizes, and starts to justify or excuse that kind of hate. That doesn't explain all of our current political predicament, but it captures some of it. I feel it in myself. I'm a multicultural conservative. But when assaulted by the slur of 'white supremacist' because I don't buy Marcuse, my reactionism perks up. The smugness, self-righteousness, and dogmatism of the current left is a Miracle-Gro of reactionism."
Andrew Sullivan at New York discusses the difference between conservatives and reactionaries as a warning.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment