tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414826739553623574.post5030787542239725508..comments2024-03-26T16:06:54.317-04:00Comments on Reflections From The Bell Curve: Exploring A TensionPat Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461263795359198289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414826739553623574.post-1559891992769602782011-12-11T00:49:26.904-05:002011-12-11T00:49:26.904-05:00Good topic, Pat. By the way, it was a gas speaki...Good topic, Pat. By the way, it was a gas speaking with you today. My take on this subject is that there is "conservative" with small "c" and that's what Karen and I came up with after I read your blog aloud here in the kitchen tonight. Keeping a tradition alive has a strong component of emotional pleasure. I think Jung would say that we have a "complex" about traditions. Sorry, lecture mode. Anyway if one is an adherent of a political philosophy, that would be a conservative with a capital "C". Unlike preserving traditions that have an bundance of emotion, big "C" conservatism is about preserving the status quo from a defensive posture and the emotions are usually fearful or distressed. I can be either one or the other but I never have to both at the same time. So that's how it's possible to be a tradition loving conservative and still (mentally) hold one's nose whilst standing too close to Conservative.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838159361836205726noreply@blogger.com