9:54am July 7, 2014

➸ In which I am both conservative and progressive, and this is not a contradiction.

madeofpatterns:

youneedacat:

In my own way, I am extremely conservative. Most people would laugh to hear it, but hear me out. I believe in long roots and family traditions. I believe in things that go back, and back, and back into the depths of time. I don’t believe in doing new things for the sake of new things. I believe in…

This. So much this. Me too.

I feel that way about valuing the USA, too. The snark bothers me. Because yes, the USA is founded on and still guilty of horrible things. And that’s important and something that we can never, ever ignore. But it’s not the *only* important thing. There are also traditions that are tremendously valuable and important.

It’s also religion. And the Bible. And how *old* and long and complex and deep a lot of this is.

It’s also words. Even for words-fishes, there is far, far more to traditions than anyone has ever been able to explain. But some people think the only things it’s ok to believe in or value are the things you have words for. Not so. 

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