[Dean's World] Aziz P: isms and ians

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Posted by Aziz P:
isms and ians
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1203434533.shtml


   Dean's link to Zakaria's piece about the death of conservatism
   inspired me to blog about how [1]I make a distinction between
   ultra-left "progressivism" (eg. Counterpunch) and mainstream
   liberalism (eg. DailyKos). The same essay was [2]well-received at
   Daily Kos, I might add - look a the poll results.

   Somewhat along the same theme, willem left a rather [3]interesting
   comment on Dean's post which I reprint in full:

     I think Zakarias is describing "provincialism" when he attempts to
     describe conservatism. The proto-marxist meme of conservative vs
     liberal is assinine to begin with. Provincialism is the dominant
     remnant of the preceeding Victorian Era. We have remnants of the
     Victorian era all around us. What passes for "conservative" usually
     falls into one of these three camps; 1) a genuinely Jeffersonian
     originalism; 2) Father Knows Best/Leave it to Beaver fabulists;
     and, 3) neo-Victorian provincialists reacting badly to a changing
     age.

     As a nation we need to get back to our Jeffersonian roots. Neither
     Stalin, FDR or Nixon will take us there. As long as we're
     rhetorically and conceptually trapped by false prophets preaching
     the false meme of "liberal/conservative" the orthodoxy that
     controls things will continue to put government and government
     employees first, and the rest of us, an increasingly distant
     second.

   Food for thought, grist for debate...

References

   1. http://dean2004.blogspot.com/2008/02/progressives-are-conservatives.html
   2. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/19/75527/2642?new=true
   3. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1203360170.shtml#140570