tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1600769526633593804..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: G. K. Chesterton goes canvassingJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-10233348042747599912014-04-12T20:55:31.801+01:002014-04-12T20:55:31.801+01:00Happily, Chesterton evolved to become above the di...Happily, Chesterton evolved to become above the dichotomy of liberal/conservative (as was plain from his written work, see the Grey Monk and the Lamppost analogy). <br /><br />In either case, he would have shunned the intellectual snobbery of liberalism (which is certainly not liberal in the classical sense) and held hands even with grubby middle-class conservatives if that's what it took to save innocent life. <br /><br />Set your left-wing right on the issue of abortion, and then there may be a meeting of minds.Jacobitesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03723557335968316270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-20317163959506001502009-10-28T23:28:49.621+00:002009-10-28T23:28:49.621+00:00It is a reminder that Chesterton was a Liberal.
U...It is a reminder that Chesterton was a Liberal.<br /><br />Unfortunately, his memory is being held captive by a bunch of right-wing Catholics for whom "liberal" is a dirty word. They are very keen on making out that GKC was a conservative like them.<br /><br />He never was, and he needs saving from that bunch.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.com