I felt compelled to write about this earlier, but I must admit that I am still in shock regarding the recent events in Tucson, Arizona. It saddens me that a violent individual would attack a crowd of innocent people. It makes me angry that members of the press instantly blamed conservative principles and personalities for the attack. There is only one person responsible for the attack. That is the individual who committed the crime.
Violence is never a tool of social change in the conservative toolbox. In the typical fashion of trying to convince people that up is down and black is white, certain writers attempted to ascribe violence to the conservative movement. From Marx's "workers revolution," to the Bolsheviks and the Holocaust, violence has always been the province of socialism. A look at United States history shows that all major wars were entered by "Progressive" Presidents, with Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy being the most notable examples.
Rather than joining the fray and arguing with the liberal forces, I suggest that we show the true nature of Conscious Conservatism by showing compassion and sympathy for the victims of this unfortunate event. If the perpetrator of this tragedy is indeed mentally ill, he and his family deserve the utmost in compassion also. The Conscious Conservative tools of social change include empathy, civil conduct and logical argument; never violence. I wish the best for all of the victims and family members affected by the events on that horrible day.
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ReplyDeleteI understand that the media is being over-enthusiastic, but don't you think you are acting the same way?
The simple reason that the american conservatives came under attack today is because those who comprise the supporters of liberal gun policies are sided with republican party that currently acts as the body guard of those who call themselves conservatives.
(Ironically the congress woman who was shot was a supporter of liberal gun policies and belongs to so called liberal democrats)
By the way when did the natural human tendencies to express compassion, empathy, civil conduit have become the tools of conscious conservatives? They are simply human- neither liberal nor conservative.