tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post5908808887355625096..comments2023-12-29T15:25:46.925-05:00Comments on "THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE MY TINY WINDOW": Post No. 186h: Whose Life is It Anyway?Inspector Clouseauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-87312437473712878822013-06-15T08:40:55.344-04:002013-06-15T08:40:55.344-04:00I would say there are as many as there are observe...I would say there are as many as there are observers in any situation. When it comes to national issues, there could be millions of different ways to view an issue (though I would limit it to dozens of unique viewpoints).Douglas4517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-25211393508020204662013-06-14T19:24:26.169-04:002013-06-14T19:24:26.169-04:00That makes sense, forgive my inferring something l...That makes sense, forgive my inferring something less reasonable. Had you considered that people might move gradually away from an former stance and, as he/she grew more familiar and comfortable with the new outlook (and as friends and associates changed), moved further still? One does wonder why people seem to move from liberal to conservative more than the inverse but I am not so sure they do. Goldwater, for example, did move from strong (hard core, if you will) to liberal as he aged. But I suspect he was more libertarian than traditional conservative when younger. I think that move to the left is not one that seems as "newsworthy" thus, it is not reported often.Douglas4517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-14720269115714256032013-06-14T15:25:46.909-04:002013-06-14T15:25:46.909-04:00Douglas:
Thanks for your comment. In our view, ...Douglas:<br /><br /><br />Thanks for your comment. In our view, there is nothing wrong with being a conservative or a member of any other political group or status on the political continuum. Let us see if we can articulate our fascination with this transition or personal evolution in another manner.<br /><br /><br />Let's say that an extreme or hard core liberal is at Point A on the spectrum or continuum, and that an extreme or hard core conservative is at Point Z. In theory, we might expect a person at Point G to move to perhaps Point I or J, or even L or M; or for a person at Point L or M to move to Point J or I, or even G. What we don't understand quite as well is the movement of a person from G to S, or S to G, because the movement reflects an ultimate position so far removed from their original position that it calls into question the foundation upon which the original position was based.<br /><br /><br />Since a personal, philosophical set of values is in issue, it is not like changing allegiances, say by a pro basketball player switching teams and moving to another city, or a lawyer moving from one firm to another, or an auto worker at Ford going to work for Toyota.<br /><br /><br />During her captivity, Patty Hearst underwent a radical transformation. It was the radical nature of that transformation that made people question whether she was forced to participate in the criminal activity, chose to do so, or was incapable of appreciating her actions.<br /><br /><br />Extreme moves are generally more attention grabbing that small, subtle moves.InspectorClouseauhttp://www.theviewfromoutsidemytinywindow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-56636144404809845692013-06-14T14:39:30.999-04:002013-06-14T14:39:30.999-04:00May I ask a question that arose while reading this...May I ask a question that arose while reading this post this time around? The question involves your comment about so many liberals becoming "hard core" conservatives and you wondered " Why have so few traveled the opposite road?" <br /><br /><br /><br />Since I am one of those former liberals (of the 60's) who turned (I like to think <b>re</b>turned) into a conservative, I wonder why you think there's something wrong with being conservative. I inferred that you did so from how you used the descriptive phrase "hard core" and that you appeared to lament that that a possibly equal amount of conservatives had not become (I'll say it) "hard core" liberals.Douglas4517noreply@blogger.com