Philosophy and democracy are hardly unique to western culture. But I see how one would be proud of and want to preserve most of these things. But putting that

Philosophy and democracy are hardly unique to western culture. But I see how one would be proud of and want to preserve most of these things. But putting that aside, most of this is modern, i.e. formed after the 17th century. I hardly see how any of this is traditional. Most of the good stuff here was formed in the 20th century—emphatically modern, borderline postmodern. Yes, I'm being facetious. But I really fucking hate conservatives that don't understand what the words they're saying mean.