Originally posted by: Painman
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
My dad attended the "stand in the gap" Promise Keepers event in DC back in the 1990s.
Photo of the event.
This crowd was estimated to be between 1-2 million.
My dad also attended last Saturday's event, and he estimated the crowd to be closer to 100K-200K max.
Conservatism has always been, and will always be, the smelly ass-end of history that everyone ultimately wishes to forget, and will deny having any part of, if they wish to maintain a shred of credibility. Like the teargassing and fire-hosing of Blacks in the Southern United States not much more than 40 years ago. From the dawn of history itself, to present day, it has not differed one whit. The Ratchet of Progress shall click forward, notch by notch, despite your protests. And the clicks are irreversible. And relentless.
Conservatism knows this. Despite its intent to maintain stasis, it cannot. It must morph. It must take the shape of the most quaint, most provincial, most believable forms of complete bullshit that it can get away with in order to survive, given the current set of circumstsances. It is, fundamentally, a Lie, despite its predictable grasps at Flag and God.
Progress, and progressivism, has always thwarted Conservatism, and it always will. Progressivism is the Ratchet itself. Progress can only move forwards. The ratchet can only "click" in that direction. It can only embrace the new discoveries, and leave old ideas behind like the garbage that they are.
Progressivism brought us Heliocentrism.
It brought us Democracy.
It brought us workers' rights.
It brought us Womens' Rights (tragically, we're still working on completion of that).
Hopefully, in the future, Homosexuals/Transexuals will have equal rights as well. This is the new Sexual front, and it's bloody.
In the end, Progressivism has had to fight, tooth and nail, Blood and Tears, to bring to Humanity practically ALL of the things that it takes for granted now, and enjoys quite greatly.
Scientific Theorems.
Human and Labor rights.
Boy, the opposition to this stuff is still FIERCE! Isnt it now? Don't let that Ratchet click! It only goes one way... Forwards! Gotta stop them FAGS! Gotta stop them STEM CELLS! All that GLOBAL WARMING mumbo-Jumbo!
Hell! Our very way of life is... in DANGER!!! OMFGTEAPARTY!!!
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(Hey, maybe your shit is just, like... Obsolete?)
Conservatism = Fear, but also Arrogance. But mostly Fear.
Fear of Change.
Mostly, Fear of Change that Directly Disfavors The Conservative.
Gee, whiz. Whouldathunkit?