The concession I'd make is guns. We've lost that battle anyway, never mind the text of the Constitution and Miller v. US (holding that the right to bear arms is not individual), let the gun nuts and the rural states arm themselves to the teeth under the protection of the 2A. As we used to say in the CWP, until we got blastd at Greensboro by people who knew how to shoot, If guns are outlawed, only the law will have guns. I've never shot a gun in my life, but I think we should fully support those to whom it is important.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>
> >I'm inclined to be supportive for various reasons,
> but the talk about
> >"closing the border" and the alleged cost of
> providing public services to
> >illegals is a big problem. It's common for
> populists to make some kind of
> >concession to conservatism. This one is not a good
> choice.
>
> Concessions? Or is that "conservatism" part of the
> populist
> territory? Has there ever been a populist movement
> that wasn't
> nationalist? It seems inseparable from the Us
> against Them,
> Insider/Outsider psychology of populism.
>
> Doug
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