On: G.K. Chesterton: The fallacy of success (1909)

[mscottmcbee]

There's a difference between an ideology and a country's political party.

[smacktoward → mscottmcbee]

This line of argument tiptoes kind of close to the "no true Scotsman" argument, though. Don't you think?

"Conservatism is about respect for established institutions!"

"But every conservative I see is running around tearing down those institutions."

"Those people aren't real conservatives!"

[__--__ → smacktoward]

No, the line of argument is that conservative means two different things in two different contexts.