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Entry: The Ron Paul Revolution Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_ron_paul_revolution#8733 Post contents: <i>I believe in William Penn’s kind of ecumenicalism [sic] and tolerance</i> This isn't a matter of tolerance. I don't expect the RCC to die or even shrink, but just get weirder and weirder. It will continue abusing its loyalists for years to come. And it will remain a friend of social justice. I don't see Catholicism as conservative because I see what the followers actually DO, rather than what apologists want to believe. Catholic influence is going strong south of San Diego. It isn't pretty. By contrast, the European Right seems to be weakly religious or downright anti-Christian. My point is that a tiny group of ultramontane romantics now claim to be the true American right. Supposedly real conservatives convert to some traditionalist sect, whine about the "state of the Church," and dream about Latin Masses. This is as absurdly fetishistic as the neocon's obsessions. (The dream died in 1965, people. The "state of the Church" sucks and will continue to suck. Get over it!) Some of these people can't hide their resentment of the Old Republic that they pretend to admire. Thomas Fleming doesn't even bother faking his populism anymore. And when your drinking buddy, the professional paleoconservative, starts whining about racism and the evils of George Wallace, I smell a rat. Sent at: 2008 11 20