The Taliban - business barbaric as usual

[xenon]

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

would you care to name a single living "real conservative"

I struggle with that. Maybe it's because politicians these days have to pander super hard to stay relevant.

I think it's the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created.

That's probably my main beef with Trump - everything was so easy with him. I still like George Will and Romney types.

[Renauda]

@larry said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

Boris Johnson isn't an American.

True, his real name is Boris Ivanovich Ivanov.

[Larry]

@renauda said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

@larry said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb

By any chance are they associated with Frick and Frack?

Just curious.

Nah. Frick and Frack were a comedy team potentially capable of rational thought when required. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb were a couple of whacked out fantasy idiots that only Alice could see during one of her drug fueled nightmares....

[Renauda]

@larry said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb were a couple of whacked out fantasy idiots that only Alice could see during one of her drug fueled nightmares....

So you went out and asked Alice after all.

[George K]

@renauda said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

So you went out and asked Alice after all.

LOL

[Larry]

@renauda said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

@larry said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb were a couple of whacked out fantasy idiots that only Alice could see during one of her drug fueled nightmares....

So you went out and asked Alice after all.

Well.. she had nice tits, so........ yeah.....

[Renauda]

That was graceful and slick of you.

[Larry]

She had nice tits too for a while there... but it got to the point where you'd need some of whatever Alice was sniffing to .....,.

Never mind...

[Doctor Phibes]

@larry said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

Boris Johnson isn't an American.

Oddly enough, he was until 2016.

[Renauda]

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

I know you can't define "real conservativism", but I feel naming an example might be within your capabilities.

Nor can you. But at least I have an idea as to what is real conservatism which is more than you can you say as a person who refuses to cast your vote in federal elections. A true conservative would exercise his or her constitutional right to vote regardless of whether or not their choice could be elected to office.

In case you missed it then: Please refer to my response to TG back in November on this question:

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/5044/buyer-s-remorse/57?_=1626371122392

As for real living American conservatives, permit me to add three additional names:

Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney and Jon Huntsman Jr.

While I don't agree with their politics and could not vote for either if I were a US citizen, I can at least respect their commitment to integrity. I felt the same way about the late John McCain and a host of other Republicans no longer around. Scary isn't it?

[Horace]

@renauda said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

I know you can't define "real conservativism", but I feel naming an example might be within your capabilities.

Nor can you. But at least I have an idea as to what is real conservatism which is more than you can you say as a person who refuses to cast your vote in federal elections. A true conservative would exercise his or her constitutional right to vote regardless of whether or not their choice could be elected to office.

Renauda has a principled Full Stop stance against respect for the opinions of those who didn't vote. Duly noted.

Renauda has a lot of Full Stop principled stances. I'll bet not a single one of them is interesting, or worth discussing.

In case you missed it then: Please refer to my response to TG back in November on this question:

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/5044/buyer-s-remorse/57?_=1626371122392

So you don't like to define political labels, and you know a book where someone wrote about them. Duly noted.

[Doctor Phibes]

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

I'll bet not a single one of them is interesting, or worth discussing.

Dude, seriously, let it go. He's easily one of the most interesting people who post here.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

I'll bet not a single one of them is interesting, or worth discussing.

Dude, seriously, let it go. He's easily one of the most interesting people who post here.

I was talking about his sanctimonious Full Stop mode. I'm sure he's interesting in many other modes. But when he's irritated at self-identified conservatives on TNCR, and wants to troll them, he regresses to thoughtless sanctimony.

[Doctor Phibes]

If we're not allowed to troll American conservatives, what are they good for?

[Catseye3]

He's not trolling; he's responding.

[Horace]

I’m glad we’ve had this opportunity to reinforce our TNCR coalitions.

[Mik]

This is still some pretty tame kerfuffle by TNCR historical standards.

But I will confess that I'm more of a William Buckley conservative than a Donald Trump one.

[Renauda]

@horace

Perhaps you would prefer me to go into a impious Full Throttle mode?

[Renauda]

@mik said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

But I will confess that I'm more of a William Buckley conservative

To your credit I might add. I always respected WFB and more often than not, totally agreed with what he had to say on issues.

[Jolly]

@renauda said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

@horace said in The Taliban - business barbaric as usual:

I know you can't define "real conservativism", but I feel naming an example might be within your capabilities.

Nor can you. But at least I have an idea as to what is real conservatism which is more than you can you say as a person who refuses to cast your vote in federal elections. A true conservative would exercise his or her constitutional right to vote regardless of whether or not their choice could be elected to office.

In case you missed it then: Please refer to my response to TG back in November on this question:

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/5044/buyer-s-remorse/57?_=1626371122392

As for real living American conservatives, permit me to add three additional names:

Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney and Jon Huntsman Jr.

While I don't agree with their politics and could not vote for either if I were a US citizen, I can at least respect their commitment to integrity. I felt the same way about the late John McCain and a host of other Republicans no longer around. Scary isn't it?

Romney, the architect of Romneycare, has never been a conservative except on fiscal matters and even then, he has let some things go by unopposed, that I suspect most conservatives could not. Chaney is a neocon. I don't know if that qualifies by your definition. Huntsman might make the criteria...