Salvete. My apologies for not posting on my political blog; I posted on my gaming blog instead. Consider this a makeup post. The World War post will come soon.
As you all know, I am a social conservative, and I can defend the case of the social conservative as much as the next guy. I'm sad to realize that the social conservative is a dying breed. We are the force of resistance, the brakes to the car of society. We have a crucial role for the safety and culture of society.
There has always been a balance between radical and conservative. They were the gas, and we were the brakes. We never sped too fast to lose our sanity and reason, and we never moved too slow to stagnate. In America, we had a firm grasp on both sides, so we had the greatest start of any faction in the world. We shrugged as the French mimicked us and fell into utter chaos, and we were glad to be free of the tyranny of the European monarchies. Our revolution was supported by all classes, all religions, all genders, and all ethnicities, and we sprang forth together and actually managed to pull it off.
During all this time, the brakes and the gas despised each other, and we wished that our opponent was out of the picture. They just never had enough influence or ruthless ambition to cross the line. Sometimes, there was more gas, while sometimes there were more brakes, and America kept moving at a steady pace.
Now, it's unfashionable to be the brakes. Why should we be the evil, racist, greedy rich guy when we could be the "underdog," the guy who bucks the system and demands change? Well, however you spin the deal, the Republicans and the conservatives are now the underdog, and the Democrats and the liberals are now "the machine." And yet the gas pushes harder, despite the steady brakes of the system.
We've passed our destination. We're at the point where the amount of liberty makes sense. Any further would lose more liberty than it gains. This is the part where the brakes should press hard, stopping the car of society before it falls further into chaos. And yet, it is unfashionable to do so. Christians are mocked, and there is no respect for God anymore. Coal and fracking are the two worst possible societal sins. If you don't want to force businesses to cater to people with whom the business disagrees, you are a homophobe, a racist, and the works.
For sure, there are plenty of conservatives, but they're all fiscal conservatives. They found the social side of conservatism too vulnerable and indefensible, so they abandoned that side. They want change as much as the next guy; they just want the economy as a free market. And don't get me wrong, I'm a fiscal conservative as well as a social conservative. I just find myself far more alone as a social conservative, when there is a sound, logical case for my opinion. Will the social conservative die? Will we become extinct, and will society senselessly speed into oblivion? I do not and cannot know. But I understand that, in terms of mortals, I am alone, that the people who side with me are backed into a corner. I will support the fiscal conservative until my dying day. But the social conservative needs my support.
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