Good will is not to be squandered, but misplaced good will only suggest weakness and poor judgement.

Also, thanks for the words of encouragement that you posted in the comments on my site.

(Also, thanks for the comment you left on my blog.)

You see IMHO, the mere mention of God shows the presence of God… and that REALLY pisses them off!

Go figure???

Suppose you grant this objection for the sake of argument. Since the underlying assumption is that villification is wrong (or unjust), it does not follow that conservatives villifying liberals justifies liberals villifying conservatives. The objection is a non sequitur, but it may be useful criticism if true. There is, after all, a great difference between calling a man malevolent (or stupid) and merely calling him wrong.

'“Those who are good to the bad will be bad to the good.” Or as I’ve also heard it: “Those who are tough to the good will be good to the tough.”

The internal moral compass each of us lives and dies by is similar to a real, directional compass in that it can be thrown off its proper bearings. A defective compass out in the woods is worse than useless, and once it has been compromised, you must either identify the root cause for its defection or obtain an entirely new one. Likewise, possessing a defective moral compass when attempting to navigate through life’s dense terrain is equally worthless.'

Do you read J. Budziszewski? This is fairly similar to his analogy of how a conscience can go bad. Five furies and that. A person who goes wrong will know it at first, and if he suppresses this knowledge, will be driven further into the wrong.

Thanks much for stopping by. Once a week I write an original column here at AVITW and post that (also at nolanchart.com) which is usually around 1200 words or so. Then every other day of the week its a more-regular blog with articles linked and brief thoughts on random topics. I really should get a little disclaimer about that up here cause I know some people stop by the site and are confused when its longer like today's was.

Anyway, hope that clears it up for you and I'd love to hear your thoughts on what I had to say in the future. God bless.

The conservatives are finally making their voices heard around the country. It is one thing to say that liberals vilify conservatives, but it is quite different to say that conservatives do the same to liberals on a macro level. If you watch the major news networks, besides Fox News, there were showings of various left leaning protests across the country during President Bush's term and the networks seemed to support it. When the TEA parties happened on 4/15 the same major news networks came out in opposition to it and did not show it in some cases. This, along with many other situations, shows the way in which conservatives are definitely being vilified to an extreme relative to the other way around.

The current direction of the country seems to be changing back to the core principles, even as our government does not. I do not believe that people have moved away from the right of center ideology, but they have wanted change. Now that they have the "change" they thought they voted for, many are finding out the hard way what that change really means.

Just a thought…Good post!