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Entry: McCain is even worse than you thought Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/mccain_is_even_worse_than_you_thought#31997 Post contents: Leon, “Conservatism may be defined (OK, roughly) as “the disposition to defend, or increase the power or influence of, the existential particularities of one’s communally formed identity; that is, one’s people, nation, culture, psyche, way of life; within the bounds of universal, immutable moral law.” I agree with much of what you have said, particularly in regards to the immigration of inassimilable alien elements. However, I believe your definition of conservatism is the very root of our problem because it fails to necessitate a Dual Code of Morality. A dual code of morality means having separate moral codes for the way we treat insiders and outsiders. Your definition declares that our actions must be conducted within the strict moral perimeters of some universal, immutable moral law. It is this understanding of morality more than any other that has been twisted and used against us. I remember cringing when I heard Mike Huckabee announce to an applauding audience that he supported tuition assistance for the children of illegal immigrants because “We are a better people than that.” Better people indeed. We are too good. We are suckers. It is precisely because we are unwilling to put our interests above the interests of outsiders that we have become the Mecca of the scavengers of the world. Until we turn off the welfare pipeline and until we quit subsidizing illegal immigration, we will continue to attract more and more scavengers of a civilization who are incapable of building or sustaining the American way of life. Conservatism, true conservatism, means putting the interests above the interests of outsiders by practicing a dual code of morality. Our adherence to a universal code of morality has been the cause of nearly every single problem we face in this country at both the domestic and international level. Sent at: 2008 12 01