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Entry: Rules for Radicals Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/rules_for_radicals#32301 Post contents: The problem is, and I hope you would agree, Dr Gottfried, that "conservatives" are family men and their wives. We just don't particularly care, nor do we have the time (or the money), to attend conferences in foreign (meaning not where we currently reside) cities. I can remember myself, as a "conservative youth". Ronald Reagan was "THE MAN", GHW Bush was "THE MAN", and Bill Clinton was a "liberal". As I've matured, I realized that both Reagan and GHW Bush were "liberals", and Clinton was simply the logical conclusion of their presidencies. Kind of how either Obama or McCain are the logical conclusions of GW's presidency. Mainstream "conservative youth" will only blow up in the face of a "conservative movement". The youth are more apt to support neo-conservative liberalism because it fits their "time preference". Quick anecdote: I got pissed off when the Georgia State Patrol made me wait in line with everyone else to go through the metal detectors at a GHW Bush rally in Woodstock, Georgia back in 1992. By God, I was a DONOR to GWH Bush's re-election campaign, why should have to wait in line?!? Well, OK, by then I was headed down the path toward "libertarian youth". Luckily I was "saved" by the Church. If the "conservative movement" wants youth, the only place to find it is at traditional Latin Mass parishes. The next challenge is to get these kids to be militants. It's going to take some knocking of skulls to advance any cause, be it liberal or conservative. Right now, only the liberal kids, because they don't particularly care about their own future, are willing to knock skulls, because they don't care about their own. The only way to convince the conservative youth to risk their own skulls is to convince them martyrdom is glorious. Good luck. Sent at: 2008 12 01