tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1109165395757007327..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: “I Can’t Hear You!”Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-52120050750542432952019-08-17T21:39:13.989-04:002019-08-17T21:39:13.989-04:00If a truism that one adopts the evil methods of on...If a truism that one adopts the evil methods of one's enemy, let it be done with eye wide open and quickly so that we can defeat them and get back to civilized society.Andy Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930212556020086701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-57585261226160329102019-08-17T10:35:27.716-04:002019-08-17T10:35:27.716-04:00Whenever I run into a critique of the left by some...Whenever I run into a critique of the left by someone on the right, or vice-versa, I ask myself, "Could the accusations apply equally well to the critic's own side?" Usually the answer is yes.<br /><br />I have to admit though, that the right does seem a *tad* more inclined to consider the evidence. After all, they have largely reduced or stopped their earlier saber-rattling behavior, and the tendency to send young men to fight for the crony class and for Israel, and the usual response to throw everyone in jail for possessing some "illegal" substance, and they seem to like free speech better now than in the past, or to homeschool their kids more frequently. But of course the last two tendencies are a reaction to socialist control of the government schools, and to being de-platformed by leftists. If the shoe were on the other foot, leftists would be in the same situation conservatives find themselves in now.<br /><br />I don't know for sure, but the current rightist reasonableness may mostly be a reflection of circumstances, and nothing more. It's easy to be decent when you are on the sidelines. As Lincoln noted, "Nearly all men can stand adversity; but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." A test Lincoln himself failed, by the way.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-59112492716769630862019-08-17T09:14:46.982-04:002019-08-17T09:14:46.982-04:00I just got into an on-air argument (discussion) wi...I just got into an on-air argument (discussion) with a friend who, on her radio show, said she wants to have a rule in place to force the media to attend to the Constitution and not misconstrue the truth.<br />She was waiting to have Professor William Wagner come on the air and I told her I'd wait to see what he thought.<br />Thank God, he agreed with me.<br />I couldn't get her to see that she wanted to adopt the tactics of the Obama administration that tried the same thing.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.com