I JUST DON'T GET THE SENSE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE AMOUNT OF INTENTIONAL, WELL-PRACTICED DOUBLETHINK THAT GOES INTO PRESERVING THE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THOSE BELIEFS. I MEAN "STEPHEN" CAME FROM A CONSERVATIVE FAMILY, SO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THESE MENTAL GYMNASTICS FROM DAY ONE, AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT STEPHEN UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND "STEPHEN" IS TOO SECULAR. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CONSERVATISM IS THE WAY OF THE LORD, THERE IS A LEGITIMATE RELIGIOUS FERVOR TO IT. I MEAN FOR THESE TYPES CONSERVATISM AND RELIGION ARE COMPLETELY SYNONYMOUS.
IN FACT, I CAN RECALL SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY ELDERS IN WHICH THE MAIN POINT BASICALLY WAS "NEVER FORGET MY YOUNG GRASSHOPPER, YOU CANNOT BE A CHRISTIAN UNLESS YOU ARE A CONSERVATIVE AND IF YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN YOU WILL GO TO HELL"
THIS IS WHY I DON'T REALLY FIND THE COLBERT REPORT ALL THAT FUNNY, IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE PARODY. IT'S TOO MUCH ABOUT "STEPHEN" AND HIS INDIVIDUAL NEUROSES, AS THOUGH THAT'S WHAT'S FUELING HIS IDEOLOGY, WHICH, MORE THAN LIKELY, IT ISN'T.
THERE ISN'T THE SENSE OF THE, IDK, THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CONSERVATISM. THE IDEA THAT IF YOU DO NOT TOE THE LINE, YOU ARE NOT TRULY A CONSERVATIVE, AND THAT IF YOU ARE NOT TRULY CONSERVATIVE, YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN, AND ARE DAMNED TO HELL.
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AND "STEPHEN" IS TOO SECULAR. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CONSERVATISM IS THE WAY OF THE LORD, THERE IS A LEGITIMATE RELIGIOUS FERVOR TO IT. I MEAN FOR THESE TYPES CONSERVATISM AND RELIGION ARE COMPLETELY SYNONYMOUS.
IN FACT, I CAN RECALL SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY ELDERS IN WHICH THE MAIN POINT BASICALLY WAS "NEVER FORGET MY YOUNG GRASSHOPPER, YOU CANNOT BE A CHRISTIAN UNLESS YOU ARE A CONSERVATIVE AND IF YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN YOU WILL GO TO HELL"
THIS IS WHY I DON'T REALLY FIND THE COLBERT REPORT ALL THAT FUNNY, IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE PARODY. IT'S TOO MUCH ABOUT "STEPHEN" AND HIS INDIVIDUAL NEUROSES, AS THOUGH THAT'S WHAT'S FUELING HIS IDEOLOGY, WHICH, MORE THAN LIKELY, IT ISN'T.
THERE ISN'T THE SENSE OF THE, IDK, THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CONSERVATISM. THE IDEA THAT IF YOU DO NOT TOE THE LINE, YOU ARE NOT TRULY A CONSERVATIVE, AND THAT IF YOU ARE NOT TRULY CONSERVATIVE, YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN, AND ARE DAMNED TO HELL.