I read the whole thing and I would love to dismantle this screed but I'm at work and I don't have enough time.  So, I'll take this part.  Get out your exacto knives and start cuttin', friends.

"This essay is based on the belief that the truth of an idea is not the primary reason for its acceptance."

i.e.: Truth is not what IS, but what is generally perceived as true.

So, what he's saying is that the right wing needs a better Public Relations machine. I'm just wondering what you can do to make Social/Cultural Conservatism look more appealing?  Here's some ideas.

1. Pretty Spokeswoman:  Get all the young boy's and their hot blood boiling over the new Hip and Now conservative Right with a spokesmodel.  Make her devoid of overt sexuality and replace it with religious fervor, make sure she's OK with a submissive feminine role and willing to stand up and fight (if her husband says it's ok) to shake us pinko commies to our knees.  Carrie Nation comes to mind but she's been dead for, gosh, nearly a hundred years.  The upside of this, is maybe we'll see less of Britany Spears.

2. A Fight Song:  Get Lee Greenwood on this one right away.  

3. Rework network Television: Make TV Land the only network. I'd promote the 700 Club but they need to get rid of that Sex Pot Wendy Griffith. (I'm going straight to Hell for that one, I'm sure of it!)

4. Restrict all forms of speech and communication: Make the right wing's views, the only views.  Eliminate moderates like myself because no one likes a fence rider.

5. Eliminate Social Welfare: If you believe in the same stuff the Right Wing does, you'll have plenty of food.  If you don't, God doesn't like you and you should starve.

6. Place a Faith Based Para-Military Group in every community to inforce new social "norms."  Get them some jungle gym equipment to crawl around on for training and make sure they're as fearless and dedicated as other such groups have been historically.

7. Find someplace to hide the bodies: Any time something like this happens, lots of people die.  Leaving the infidels hanging from light posts gets stinky and attracts pests (although this could eliviate the food problem that will be caused by eliminating social welfare policies)so start digging big holes. (Stalin did it, so can we!)

8. Sit back and wait for God to give you the big thumb's up: Better find a comfy chair, it's going to be a while.  


Don't get me wrong.  There are lots of things in this world that are allowed by this permissive society that I don't agree with personally.  But I know that humans aren't really good at drawing a line of morality and sticking with it.  There's always someone who wants to go farther into the Twilight Zone.  So if we restrict an arbitrary 300 words from the English Language and start making kids pull their pants back up then next week Joe Nutball Conservative Senator from North Carolina is going to slash another 300 words and pull everyone's pants up even farther.  Next thing you know, none of us can say anything and we've all got a wedgie.

I'll bet I lost you all on that last one.

Happy Holidays!

PRH