The Value of Honest Debate

What Pete Seeger said here was undoubtedly true during his day, i.e., the last quarter of the 20th Century, when conservatives had defensible values.

As a progressive, I didn’t agree with those values, but I enjoyed worthwhile discussions with intelligent individuals on the rightful role of government in our lives, equal rights for all, the legitimacy of the military-industrial complex, the regulation of free trade and the use of subsidies, trade-off between and the use of America’s strength in protecting our financial interests at the expense of the world’s people.

Now, most “conservatives” can’t spell “military-industrial complex.”  Today’s issues are banning abortion, rejecting climate science, locking up Dr. Fauci, covering up the actual source of the January 6th insurrection, and protecting George Santos’ seat in congress.  I’d rather have a root-canal operation than a protracted conversation on any of these subjects.