As I sad in another thread...
A Freudian slip perhaps? Or was it just me?
Perhaps. But I am also a really bad typist, and even worse proofreader.
There was an interesting discussion in the comments of that CNS article (betwixt & between the trollish ones) about the practicality, the propriety, and the purpose of such a community. The trolls were there to fling poo, insulting anyone who doesn't think that our present circumstances in Øbomination ain't just the neatest thing. One of them tosses the red herring of "What good did the pubbies ever do?" as a deflection to the 900 pound gorilla which is, "If Øbomination is such a sweet deal, why are so many trying so hard to escape it?"
For the liberal its never enough for them to say " Good luck with that" - You have to want to be part of their tribe, and be derided if you don't. Everyone must want tobe one of the "cool kids" or the Cool Kids' status is threatened.
As for The Citadel project itself, I'm finding that I am perhaps insufficiently radical right enough to qualify for inclusion. Maybe it is just blowback from all the foolishness that has been shoved at us but on many sites I find my opinions of caution and moderation greeted with contempt and derision. I don't really GAS and I'm not inclined to back down or panic-react because someone doesn't agree with me, but I do find the proposition of being out of touch with both the left and the right a bit unsettling.
I am pretty sure the time for moderation is over. They other side has made it clear that absolute tyranny is their goal, and they are not interested in anything but 100% capitulation - and that is probably the basis of any push back you are getting. . Forming a walled community with an in house militia is pretty drastic, but so is the idea of minting Trillion Dollar coins, that one is being discussed seriously, means the other must follow. We have entered a time where the old rules no longer apply, and not one is certain what the new rules will be. Formation of something like this community is the definition of caution.
And maybe I'm reading more into their mission statement than really exists. It sounds to me like right-wingers playing at libertarianism with pure democracy as their model for governance. And jefferson as their inspiration? No thanks.
Jefferson said a lot that was right, but like all men he was flawed. I wouldn't want to live under any system defined by a single founder. We needed that mix. Madison is probably as close as we come to a synthesis. However, I don't think Jefferson would have supported a pure Democracy, even if it had been practical in his time. Jefferson was often times impractical and far too idealistic - but it was probably just that quality that allowed him to give the best voice to the principles we hold dear. But it was also that quality that made him think the French Revolution was a great idea, and to believe a "Natural Aristocracy" of merit, would arise in a Democratic Republic. I have no idea what philosophy will rule at Citadel in the end. The point is, I would rather live in a pure Jeffersonian system and under Obama and what we have now. You can only choose from the choices before you. I am not headed to Citadel myself, but more power to them.
