To my Dear Conservative Brother

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Friday February 04, 2005 · 8:10 AM PST

2005/02/04 · 08:10

This is a letter I sent to my conservative brother and I thought I'd share it with you. We go back and forth every couple of weeks, then take some time off, because the arguements are never solved and it could go on forever. He accused me of Ad-hominem attacks, which I probably do on a regular basis and feel I have reason, but I also provide him with plenty of facts. Enough of the intro, here is the letter.

Dear Brother,

Ad-hominem? I attack the argument, not just the person. I give you facts, and some opinion. Are my words hateful, or just truthful? Inconvenient facts are hard for conservatives to swallow. I firmly place myself in the Reality-Based community, unlike the adoring minions of BushCo. that live in fantasy land with their complete and total cognitive dissonance.
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Wendell Berry, Compromise, Hell!

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Tuesday November 16, 2004 · 10:44 AM PST

2004/11/16 · 10:44

An essay by the farmer, author and social critic, it provides some philosophical groundwork for the type of economic populism that will help the Democrats win Western states (somewhat of a continuation of the Montana Miracle thread from yesterday)
Essay from the current Orion magazine:Compromise, Hell! Read More

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