There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power

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There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power
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A lot of you people haven't read this, and it shows.

https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/conservatism.html

Ps. You can literally just ask yourself what it is conservatives want to conserve...

Paragraph after paragraph of head canon without any sources. Lovely. And conservatives are delusional.

I mean, tell me you didn't read it without telling me you didn't read it.

I regretfully did. It was quite painful. And as bad as it is, I try to listen to progressive "intellectuals."

I'm sorry every time I do. I should really stop.

I guess your reading comprehension is not so great then.

There are tons of references to other works peppered throughout. He then criticizes them. Maybe you're not familiar with this style of writing? You're allowed to have original thoughts and even write them down and argue for them without simply regurgitating what others say you know.