Date: August 5th, 2020 5:38 PM
Author: Mustard Fantasy-prone Puppy
The quintessence of what we’d today recognize as “conservatism," dating back to Burke, is gratitude.
The quintessence of what we’d today recognize as “leftism," dating back to the Jacobins, is ingratitude.
It is a yawning intellectual chasm.
We see this distinction so clearly in the year 2020.
Trump, no matter what you think of his style or mannerisms, imbues a gratitude for what America, at its core, is.
BLM and Antifa, no matter what you think of any substantive underlying issues, imbue a profound ingratitude.
As I wrote in June:
"We are now in the midst of a cold civil war between Americanists, proud defenders and preservers of the American regime and way of life, and the civilizational arsonists who seek to burn that regime and way of life into the ether.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/1290744730708574209
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4598242&forum_id=2#40711555)