+I am utterly convinced that we are headed for a collapse. MAYBE a balkanization at best. But I also believe in fighting for what I believe in to TRY preventing that outcome first.
I want to know what the hell happened to Freepdom in such a short time. I was here at the beginning. A 98er. I remember when EVERYONE here believed in conservatism. Now?
All one need do is see how far astray the political Right has gone when you have so called conservatives not only fighting to back RINOs at all, but ATTACKING conservatives that refuse to follow them into liberalism.
It aint just here by any means but FR is the furthest right of the right. And if we collectively are going squish, then we are infiltrated and headed for said collapse. Because there is no one beyond us willing to take the political steps needed...electing conservatives/purging RINOs...to stop it.
Balkanization and collapse are not mutually exclusive concepts. To wit, the Balkans. Personally I see both coming eventually. Whether I like it or not. The question is the sequence and where you should position yourself to be.
I think that the difference between when I started posting and now is a lot of folks who are obvious operatives are running amok. I also find it a less tolerant place for certain flavors of conservative. Libertarians in particular. I think that’s a mistake, especially for those on the more socially conservative side of libertarianism which FR tends to attract. This is not a friendly place for them, in spite of the fact that they agree with the more classic conservatives on virtually everything.
Shucks, I remember when everyone here thought GW was a conservative.