re: For years I have used the same phrase to explain Prog Motives

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You don't have to abandon Classical Liberalism.

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The election of Trump was an absolute abandonment of classical liberal values.

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Others of us have made the decision that we have to get down in the mud with the Leftists while we still have a semblance of our culture remaining.

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I would argue that you are killing your culture, not in an attempt to save it, but as a path to some ridiculous notion of political victory.

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It's the classic Idealist - Pragmatist struggle and I have declared for the pragmatists, considering the vile nature of the organizing Left. Say hi to Bill Kristol and David Frum for me.

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Pragmatism doesn't mean you wholly abdandon your priniciples. What you are engaging in is political nuclear war.