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If you would like to challenge and be challenged then I'm up for it, but if your idea of diologue consists simply of you trying to "educate me, the brain dead neocon" then I'll pass. It's up to you.
Alright, this comment is fair enough. I'll admit that I did come off as condescending. I sincerely apologize. I was probably being a bit defensive and also trying to get people charged up about the discussion.
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Are you familiar with teh logical falicy of holding a student responible for the beliefs of their teachers (If everything you posted was true.)
Now this comment makes sense. It is true that a student can disagree with their teacher. But, from the research I have done about Strauss and the Straussian, people involved with the PNAC and the Bush adminstration seem to exhibit the political behavior advocated by Strauss. I'll elaborate more on this further, but aside from this point, don't you think that Strausses ideas are distrubing and that we should be at least a little suspicious about politicians who espouse this ideology?
I do want a legitimate response from people who disagree with me. Maybe I'm wrong about this stuff and I need to be corrected.
It's a shame everyone let this part of the discussion die seeing as how the philosopy of Leo Strauss is key to understanding the neoconservative phenomena as well as the politics of fear that we're all living under.
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." - George W. Bush State of the Union speech Jan 28, 2003
"mission accomplished" - George W. Bush May 2, 2003
It does not require a majority to prevail but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in peoples minds". Samuel Adams said that. Pretty deep for a guy that makes beer for a living - The Boondocks
"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead" - Leo C. Rosten
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