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Entry: Who Are We? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/who_are_we#26418 Post contents: "In defending an institution’s legitimacy, conservatives appeal less to the head than to the heart and the belly. Sentiment, instinct and affection guaranty legitimacy, not reason." I think this creates a false conflict and concedes too much to conservatism's opponents. It is perfectly rational for conservatives to believe that hastily tearing down inherited authority and institutions will probably do harm to the general welfare. In this sense, conservatives are far more rational than the so-called rationalists, who fail to think through the logical consequences of their desires. Sent at: 2008 12 02