Reply #122: The problem is movement conservatives.

[Cary]

You seem to me to be saying that they should just spontaneously change. I agree, they should. I agree on all of your reasons too.

I don't see that ever happening and I also don't believe that people just change like that. You have no control over the actions of another person--just your own. Therefore, I believe, it is utterly irrational to have any strategy other than to adjust your own behavior to deal with the actions of others.

One strategy certainly involves weighing the relative importance of having 1/2 of the cake. In your analogy, you're really talking about 1/4 of the cake. Is that a hill to die on? Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. You really don't say whether it is. Do you?

So what am I missing here?