tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386480362464195754.post6519081043911223608..comments2009-08-06T18:58:19.746-05:00Comments on Front Porch Republic Commentary: Exceptionalism and LocalismJake - but not the onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14594128813538019719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386480362464195754.post-65127903766609242272009-08-06T12:56:48.020-05:002009-08-06T12:56:48.020-05:00Ken, thank you for your comment.
I think I unders...Ken, thank you for your comment.<br /><br />I think I understand your point, but I still take issue with it - local authority is important in some ways, yes, but it too needs constraints, the kinds of constraints that only a national power can provide.<br /><br />As in so many things, countervailing power is the Rx for balance.<br /><br />JakeJake - but not the onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594128813538019719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386480362464195754.post-61502684019356297492009-08-05T17:38:10.402-05:002009-08-05T17:38:10.402-05:00My point was that I am actually in sympathy with l...My point was that I am actually in sympathy with localism because I think that it will protect individual autonomy by combatting the centralization of power, not that I think that local communities should be completely autonomous. I'm less of a 'social conservative' than many of the others who write at FPR.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Ken McIntyreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com