Caricature of Conservatism

IT is a continuing mystery how the contemporary Liberal, committed as he is to political concepts and programs that aggrandize the coercive state, can continue to pose as the champion of freedom and to castigate conservatives as its enemy. This is a feat that can be accomplished only by blindly embracing ideological shibboleths and totally ignoring reality. Yet it is a feat that is accomplished constantly—one which is repeated more and more often as the challenge of a resurgent conservatism forces upon the Liberal Establishment an attempted confutation, in place of the bland ignoring of serious conservative thought which has been its tactic until recently.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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IT is a continuing mystery how the contemporary Liberal, committed as he is to political concepts and programs that aggrandize the coercive state, can continue to pose as the champion of freedom and to castigate conservatives as its enemy. This is a feat that can be accomplished only by blindly embracing ideological shibboleths and totally ignoring reality. Yet it is a feat that is accomplished constantly—one which is repeated more and more often as the challenge of a resurgent conservatism forces upon the Liberal Establishment an attempted confutation, in place of the bland ignoring of serious conservative thought which has been its tactic until recently.

Meyer