Dennis Prager continues his deep dive into what it means to be a conservative. Here are his concluding paragraphs from the Jewish World Review:
Explaining Conservativism II: Why the Left Hates It
. . . The conservative wants to
pass on to every generation the best that human beings have created. Depriving
young people of the greatest art, literature, music and ideas is a form of
child abuse. The result has been generations of ignorant and foolish people,
many of whom are actively working toward the opposite of what the
"progressive" label suggests: taking society backward.
I would wager a serious sum of money
that most American college students could not spell "Beethoven," let
alone recognize any of his music; has never heard of Dostoevsky; and would not
recognize a single sculpture or painting by Michelangelo. Instead, they learn
about "preferred pronouns."
For these reasons, the end of
conservativism must lead to the end of Western civilization. When you don't
conserve the ideas and art, the religious moral values, and even the nuclear
family that made Western civilization the most advanced civilization — materially,
morally, scientifically and artistically — ever devised, you will no longer
have that civilization. You will have morally confused, emotionally broken,
lonely and angry young people — who will eventually wreak havoc on all that is
good and worthy of surviving.
We conservatives want to conserve
the beautiful, the profound and the wise.
What does the Left wish to
conserve? The answer is: nothing. That's why everything the Left touches it
destroys. The less you conserve, the more you destroy.
Read his full column here.
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