re: #93 Varek Raith

Ok, I’ve always wondered then on the next logical conclusion. What do you do if you espouse the ideals of conservatism, but disagree with the mode that some are using (such as JBS, and other right wing kooks)? This is why I’ve taken issue with the phrasing of it as leaving the right like was mentioned before, and instead would call it leaving the fringe right. To act like the average person who espouses conservative viewpoints knows about JBS, or Velaams Belang, or Robert Stacy McCain doesn’t illuminate the problem. Granted I’m all about the Limbaugh/Hannity/Beck stuff because they paint themselves as mainstream, but even people I know who listen to them say things like: “I don’t agree with X, Y and Z, but he makes a good point on A, B, or C.”

One of the problems with tearing down sections of the right, or even people who are kooky is that it’s hard to separate a good idea from a person with overwhelmingly bad ideas also. How do you argue for limited government without getting lumped in with Tea-partiers or the JBS? Especially when so many try to troll everywhere. I think it becomes harder to take some of us on Good Faith.