re: #21 marjoriemoon

In short, things could be a hellofa lot worse than Mubarak. We have to wait and see.

Well, yes. This is the selling point of conservatism, of course: the future might be worse, so let’s hold onto the present (if not return to the past).

note I’m using conservatism as antonym to progressivism, not liberalism, though the two latter terms are often interchanged. The progressive’s selling point is the future might be better than the present.