tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post7938034487915027453..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Tidbits from TwitterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-28974753536334639762022-10-10T22:30:05.582+11:002022-10-10T22:30:05.582+11:00puritains, as a later progenitor to freemasons and...puritains, as a later progenitor to freemasons and a retread of gnosticism, were singularly concerned with their bodies and were really just as perverse as the modern left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-48831823520284713412021-01-26T01:01:55.843+11:002021-01-26T01:01:55.843+11:00I think any absolute, either left or right is wron...I think any absolute, either left or right is wrong and so is generalisation.<br /><br />I met morally corrupt conservatives as well as very responsible liberals.<br /><br />Change for changes sake is not only wearing to the soul but is sapping energy away from meaningful development. Political correctness is one of this fashionable changes forced upon the unsuspecting individual.<br />As it was stated at Bond University:<br /><br />"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, and illogical minority, and promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of dung by the clean end." <br /><br /><br />John Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755452881842867217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-35881414984060576342021-01-25T08:21:54.210+11:002021-01-25T08:21:54.210+11:00Actually the variance is between those who seek to...Actually the variance is between those who seek to control themselves and those who seek to control others. Generally those who are liberal seek to control others, because they are at the center of their universe. Conservatives, by contrast who function using a received moral code that is invariant control their own behavior.Michiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312483214870492603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-53432538490929156782021-01-12T16:08:33.342+11:002021-01-12T16:08:33.342+11:00"I think it's the Puritan influence in th..."I think it's the Puritan influence in the US."<br /><br />Except that Puritans and their ilk sought understanding of sin via the Bible, something that provides actual standards of right and wrong. Many people on the Left are appalled at the very idea of moral right and wrong since it implies that someone or something is sitting in judgment of them. This interferes with their autonomy, and of course with their own judgment of others by arbitrary and mutable standards.leadpbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957439101293478340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-7885490242172724572021-01-10T10:09:16.255+11:002021-01-10T10:09:16.255+11:00It seems to me there is a type of person, who will...<em>It seems to me there is a type of person, who will gravitate to the Left, who has somehow absorbed the idea that every instant of the day must be occupied by moral thinking or doing. This type person literally thinks it is wrong to enjoy life for its own sake.</em><br /><br />I think that's more of an American thing than a Left thing. The politicisation of every aspect of life is an appalling development and it's something that seems to have originated in the US. I think it's the Puritan influence in the US. To Puritans everything has to be analysed to see if it's a sin. To American political puritans everything has to be analysed to see if it's a political sin.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-20323537996423719072021-01-09T02:05:49.790+11:002021-01-09T02:05:49.790+11:00It seems to me there is a type of person, who will...It seems to me there is a type of person, who will gravitate to the Left, who has somehow absorbed the idea that every instant of the day must be occupied by moral thinking or doing. This type person literally thinks it is wrong to enjoy life for its own sake. So, for such a person, you can't enjoy art, or literature, or films, or *anything* just for the sake of enjoyment. Art has to "make you think" (about morality), literature must have a "message", even where the author has said there is no message. And of course, when such a person is in charge of making a movie, it is insufferably PC.RobertBrandywinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661602554300651862noreply@blogger.com