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Old 13th August 2009, 04:16 PM   #1
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" The Conservative Republican Who Saved Woodstock"

With the upcoming 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I wonder if the lsm will mention that Max Yasgar, the man who made the event possible, was a conservative?

In August of 1969, my 49-year-old conservative, Republican, pro-war businessman father invited tens of thousands of his hippie friends to our farm in the tiny hamlet of Bethel, ninety miles distant from the village of Woodstock.

"In describing my father, I emphasized the word conservative because it had a much different meaning to him than it does to so many people now. To him, being a conservative meant defending the rights of others to be heard even if they expounded ideas with which he did not agree. He believed that if he wanted to be heard he had to be willing to listen. A very rare notion today."


http://www.intellectualconservative....ved-woodstock/
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Old 13th August 2009, 05:11 PM   #2
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The Yasgars of the world are being shouted down by the Boehners and the fat deaf pill-popping eunuch and the DirtTea Baggers.
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Old 13th August 2009, 06:34 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Cicero View Post
With the upcoming 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I wonder if the lsm will mention that Max Yasgar, the man who made the event possible, was a conservative?
Did you even read the quote you used?

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"In describing my father, I emphasized the word conservative because it had a much different meaning to him than it does to so many people now. To him, being a conservative meant defending the rights of others to be heard even if they expounded ideas with which he did not agree. He believed that if he wanted to be heard he had to be willing to listen. A very rare notion today."
That's the same definition (and opinion of modern conservatism) that I held to. Political ideology aside, it's a damned shame more of this doesn't take place today, even in this subforum.
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Old 13th August 2009, 06:51 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by GreNME View Post
Did you even read the quote you used?
Are you just grazing with this question or did you actually have anything substantive to say?

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That's the same definition (and opinion of modern conservatism) that I held to. Political ideology aside, it's a damned shame more of this doesn't take place today, even in this subforum.
You mean leftysergeant's post wasn't an example of Yasgarism?
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Old 13th August 2009, 08:01 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Cicero View Post
Are you just grazing with this question or did you actually have anything substantive to say?
I said it in the next part of my post.

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You mean leftysergeant's post wasn't an example of Yasgarism?
Nope, and neither are yours.
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Old 13th August 2009, 08:12 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by GreNME View Post
I said it in the next part of my post.



Nope, and neither are yours.
Since neither are yours, I guess it's a trifecta.
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Old 13th August 2009, 08:41 PM   #7
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Old 13th August 2009, 08:56 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Cicero View Post
"In describing my father, I emphasized the word conservative because it had a much different meaning to him than it does to so many people now. To him, being a conservative meant defending the rights of others to be heard even if they expounded ideas with which he did not agree. He believed that if he wanted to be heard he had to be willing to listen. A very rare notion today."
That is definitely not what conservatism means today. Indeed, it is not a particular tenet of either party. But with the conservatives shouting down speakers at town halls these days, it makes it quite clear that Max Yasger wouldn't have been associated with their type of "conservatism". Indeed it is sad that what could have been a lasting monument to "compassionate conservatism" is drowned out by the shouts of today's partisans. If they had had their way, I doubt Woodstock would have occurred.
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Originally Posted by Tricky View Post
That is definitely not what conservatism means today. Indeed, it is not a particular tenet of either party. But with the conservatives shouting down speakers at town halls these days, it makes it quite clear that Max Yasger wouldn't have been associated with their type of "conservatism". Indeed it is sad that what could have been a lasting monument to "compassionate conservatism" is drowned out by the shouts of today's partisans. If they had had their way, I doubt Woodstock would have occurred.
The hilited portion is a fair assessment, but what do protesters at health care town hall meetings have to do with open air rock concerts and why would they want to prevent the Woodstock Festival from occurring?
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Old 16th August 2009, 02:01 AM   #10
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Here is Max himself onstage at Woodstock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R4yv63TaAI
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