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Entry: Come Home, Conservatives! -- to the Antiwar Conservative Movement Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/come_home_conservatives_the_antiwar_conservative_movement#25498 Post contents: <i>I’m not entirely sure why the old America is so unpopular, though part of the reason is that few Americans have been allowed to discover it. When they do, many want to recover it.</i> An equally interesting question is why the people who actually lived in the "old America", and certainly knew what it was about, so blithely abandoned it. The answer to this question--a historical question, so it should be right up Mr. Woods's alley--might shed some light on the question he posed. His partial answer--and it's quite to Mr. Woods's credit that he recognizes it as such--is very partial indeed. It's also dangerous because it echoes the self-flattering answer given by prophetic and revolutionary movements throughout the ages: "If only people could actually hear the Truth, they would certainly join our side!" I suggest that the "many" people Mr. Woods knows who were converted to the cause are a biased sample. Does he also meet those who heard at least something about the "old America", but were not impressed by what they heard? We have to face reality. Very few people today agree with the world-view expressed on this site, or would agree with it even if they knew and truly understood it. That's the point from which we have to start. Sent at: 2008 07 06