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Entry: Douthat: Rhymes with Oakeshott? Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/douthat_rhymes_with_oakeshott#29588 Post contents: The problem I see is that Douthat seems to confuse a reluctance to change as a refusal to change. A conservative ought to be suspicious of rapid social upheaval, but when change is necessary he should be open to it. So to say conservatives were wrong to oppose desegregation doesn't have to be the same as saying that conservatism by necessity supported segregation. People's bigotries and animosities can mingle with their polics in unseemly ways. Sent at: 2009 01 08