Political conservatism - Fear of sticking your neck out where the media might notice you
Social conservatism - Fear that someone might stick it to you in a way you don't like
Political liberalism - Lack of common-sense fear of the media (or a wish to be reelected)
Social liberalism - hippies.
This is why im a centrist.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
On the judicial side of things
Another note on the whole Sonia Sotomayor thing.
The supreme court should be as extremely conservative as possible. while they are responsible for the administration of the law in disputes, those laws should have clear wording that cannot be twisted to any other meaning.
Its it the responsibility of the legislators to ensure that their legislation says what they mean it to say. The judiciary is the filter of the law, since if can be twisted, it has been or soon will be.
A Clarification -
Conservative, as in politically and socially, since the two are often effectively the same thing. The conservative, preservation attitude should serve to temper the liberal force of change.
The relative strength of the wording in laws often reflects the amount of political will behind it. Since this is true, a conservative political view in the interpretation of law serves to stabilize and slow liberalization of the law.
Change in small doses - the key to a stable, forward-looking republic.
The supreme court should be as extremely conservative as possible. while they are responsible for the administration of the law in disputes, those laws should have clear wording that cannot be twisted to any other meaning.
Its it the responsibility of the legislators to ensure that their legislation says what they mean it to say. The judiciary is the filter of the law, since if can be twisted, it has been or soon will be.
A Clarification -
Conservative, as in politically and socially, since the two are often effectively the same thing. The conservative, preservation attitude should serve to temper the liberal force of change.
The relative strength of the wording in laws often reflects the amount of political will behind it. Since this is true, a conservative political view in the interpretation of law serves to stabilize and slow liberalization of the law.
Change in small doses - the key to a stable, forward-looking republic.
Sonia Sotomayor is a racist?
(this turned into a rant on racism in general at some point)
No, she isn't.
It is an acknowledgment that racism exists, not an endorsement of racist ideas. Criticizing the fact that 106 of the 110 supreme-court judges have been wrinkly white guys isn't racist if its the truth. Seriously, the place of racism in the american consciousness is too prominent for it to go away any time soon. Constantly questioning if things are racists allow the meme that is racism to spread and survive. The only way to kill a meme like this is to stop thinking about it.
If noone ever thinks about the racism aspect of the culture, it becomes a non-issue. Seriously, in many civilized countries people don't even consider the race of a person they are talking to, becuase the concept of race is propagted there any more. Special interest groups that hold the rights of their particular race or screed only promote only the idea that they are different, and thats the whole fucking problem.
There is no such thing as race. In a thousand years, everyone is going to be fucking baje anyways. anyone who preserved their 'racial heritage' past that point is obviously racist, since the only reason to to mix to the pointof homogenity is a beilif that any particualr race is better than another.
To sum up - Anyone who idenifies with a race of proclaims themselves part of a race is a racist.
No, she isn't.
"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."
It is an acknowledgment that racism exists, not an endorsement of racist ideas. Criticizing the fact that 106 of the 110 supreme-court judges have been wrinkly white guys isn't racist if its the truth. Seriously, the place of racism in the american consciousness is too prominent for it to go away any time soon. Constantly questioning if things are racists allow the meme that is racism to spread and survive. The only way to kill a meme like this is to stop thinking about it.
If noone ever thinks about the racism aspect of the culture, it becomes a non-issue. Seriously, in many civilized countries people don't even consider the race of a person they are talking to, becuase the concept of race is propagted there any more. Special interest groups that hold the rights of their particular race or screed only promote only the idea that they are different, and thats the whole fucking problem.
There is no such thing as race. In a thousand years, everyone is going to be fucking baje anyways. anyone who preserved their 'racial heritage' past that point is obviously racist, since the only reason to to mix to the pointof homogenity is a beilif that any particualr race is better than another.
To sum up - Anyone who idenifies with a race of proclaims themselves part of a race is a racist.
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