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Entry: What is Paleoconservatism? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/what_is_paleoconservatism#27774 Post contents: As others have pointed out, much of the american history his Protestant, but you might want to ask the Native Americans of North America if the Catholic Missionaries in the west or the Protestants who came from the east were better or more like Neo-conservatives. Same with "Public Schools" where all children learned that the bible only had 66 books, along with english, math, and the other subjects. Of course Catholics responded by forming their own school system. Conservatism ought to conserve what is good - and reject what is bad - like slavery and abortion. Imagine if Bush sent the few abortionists to Gitmo as "unitary executive". The problem with that is that what must be restored and then conserved is the rule of law, not the contradictory whims of three branches of corrupt people. Clinton wasn't convicted so it proved politics over law. Bush and Co. won't be held accountable to a dead letter. Conservatism used to be about preserving those things that encouraged the better angels of our nature. It has devolved into rationalizing acting like brutes because it is pragmatic and convenient. And in that I often see paleos and libertarians tend toward the latter too. The language is high church but the intent and results would be low brow. Sent at: 2008 11 20