re: #172 FurryOldGuyJeans

I live by the philosophy “You can kill me, but you can’t eat me”. A despot can kill me, all they will have is my dead body. But they will never take away my freedom of conscience.

That’s a commendable philosophy, FOGJ. (no sarcasm intended)

For my part, I don’t claim to have perfectly lived up to my principles, such as they are. The conservative mindset recognizes human beings as limited and fallible (a fact of life, not an excuse). That strikes me as more realistic than much of what I see from the left.