Monday, September 13, 2010

wisdom?

"A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged."
-- common bit of modern American folk wisdom

"A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested."
-- Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, supposedly quoting another common bit of modern American folk wisdom


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3 comments:

  1. RhesusSeptember 13, 2010 at 5:45:00 AM GMT+9

    what about libertarians?

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  2. Kevin KimSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:09:00 AM GMT+9

    Good question. I think you'll have to invent the expression.

    A libertarian is an anarchist who's been...?

    (...taxed?)

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  3. RhesusSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:51:00 PM GMT+9

    a mentally taxed anarchist...

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