"Conservatism fills an important role in society. In the body politic, the right hand is as essential as the left. Liberals ask what we can gain from change, while conservatives ask what we can lose. At every moment of crisis, this is a valuable conversation to have—if it is in fact a conversation. Otherwise it evokes a kind of madness, like talking to oneself in the subway. Nowadays, blather rattles the land like thunder. In cabs, diners, and doctors’ waiting rooms, the din of stupid opinion yields only to the grinding of one’s teeth. But for our lightbulbs, we would seem to be entering a dark age."

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/31/william_f_buckley_would_have_loathed_fox_news_inside_the_right_wing_medias_intellectual_downfall/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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