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| Leftists: An Increasingly Bitter, Hate-Filled Minority |
| 2005-07-29 |
| Liberal-Leftist-Radical Liberal-Moderate-Wahabbi More than coincidentally, leftists are finding common ground with Islamists. Mostly in their feelings of inadequacy, incapability, a reactionary view of the world, and a profound sense of denial in the face of endless object lessons. Lessons that demonstrate their way, their path, is a dead end. The two also find common ground in their response: vandalism. Islamists seek to destroy more than western civilization, they seek to destroy modernity itself. Science and technology, art, culture, all that is not intellectually simplistic. Much as they destroy the artwork in mosques, wanting only plain white walls, an escape from the complexity and confusion of reality. "Radical leftists" choose violence and destruction against those same targets. They cannot belong to or profit by society, so they seek to destroy it. "Moderate" Moslems are both bullied by Islamists, and yet feel guilty that they lack their spiritual purity. They rationalize their behavior, many giving it overt sympathy, with none willing to criticize it. "Moderate leftists" lend support to the violent, giving money, publicity, and intellectual guidance to those who throw rocks, spike trees, seek the authoritarianism of socialism, and angrily denounce that which they hate in the most vulgar of terms. "Liberal" Moslems can neither abide the bad behavior of their fellows, nor are they willing to do anything against it. They cannot bring themselves to leave their religion, so they lead lives of denial, contorting violent and hate-filled doctrines into something more acceptable. "Liberal" leftists would never countenance violence, embrace "peace at any price", no matter who is President, and have reached the conclusion that socialism, per se, doesn't work, so perhaps maybe socialism lite might. But nothing too dramatic. They are totally bullied by the more radical, and prefer to follow rather than lead. To continue with the comparison. The Moslem of all stripes is outraged at merely seeing the Israeli flag; the leftist, by merely seeing the American flag. In both cases, they have been trained to want to vandalize it on sight. The leftist rationalizes this as his "patriotic duty" to "assert his first amendment rights". Moslems are also raised to despise the symbols and institutions of America, be they McDonalds, Levis or Coca-Cola. Liberals religiously believe in attacking American symbols and institutions, such as the Boy Scouts, war memorials, military parades and even funerals. (N.B.: I would put Fred Phelps with the Moslem vandals in this circumstance, rather than the liberals). To evidence this, note how often around the country there are news items like these: war memorial vandalized, US flag prohibited, teacher encourages students to write anti-war letters to soldiers, US military compared to Nazis, etc. These are the leftist equivalents of car and suicide bombings, kidnappings, and roadside bombs. The only difference is the degree of violence expressed. The intent to cause hurt, harm, vandalism and destruction are the same. The response against Islamist murder is deadly. But as yet there has been no great social sanction against such repulsive acts by the left. Their misbehavior is still treated as petty criminal lawbreaking or extraordinarily mean and impolite, and ignored. But at some point, citizens of good character will have to respond immediately to such violations. Only with Pavlovian conditioning will the radical left learn that when they express their hate and rage at others with acts of violence against their precious symbols and possessions, they can expect equal or physically greater violence back, directed at their persons. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 The Lefties and dedicated Policrats are angry cuz the Blogosphere are revealing their lies, hypocrisies, andor conspiracies, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-07-29 22:46 |
| #8 The Clintons are enemies of both the GOP-RIght and their own DemoLeft - America is in a war where the endgame is whether America as we know it continues to exist, or else becomes just another Cold War/Soviet-style SSR whose independence and sovereignty from Moscow-Beijing is more propaganda than actual reality. Regardless of their PC rhetoric as alleged "centrists", the Clintons are de facto enemies of America and America's existence. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-07-29 22:44 |
| #7 Bloody California? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-07-29 17:00 |
| #6 If the Dems have a "night of the long knives", let me know. Otherwise, I think we're headed to 'Bloody Kansas' soon enough. |
| Posted by: Elmaitch Unomort5930 2005-07-29 16:48 |
| #5 Well said, I can't in my memory recall liberals being as aggressive as they are today. The blind hatred of Bush, the "peace or we'll kill you" attitude, the name calling, the public witch hunts, throwing pies in the face of conservative speakers. I didn't like the direction Clinton was taking the country, but I didn't ever behave like a spoiled child, or denounce my country and it's people, or blame every bad and evil thing in the world on Clinton. They have not gotten their way and now comes the tantrum, I for one have had enough of it. I hope to hell another conservative gets in the White House in 2008. Even Hillary is trying to distance herself from these idiots; after all, why does a rat desert a ship? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-29 16:06 |
| #4 Verrrry interesting perspective, Mr. Moose! I'd been noticing some similaraties along those lines, in a vauge sort of way, but you've done a dandy job of bringing it into focus! Both groups say "My way or the highway" and really can't seem to understand why everyone doesn't just get up and follow along. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-29 15:35 |
| #3 Ah! The fog clears. Thanks. AR |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2005-07-29 14:54 |
| #2 The link is to an example story of the vandalism of a war memorial. The article text is original. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-07-29 14:43 |
| #1 Anonymoose. Would you be so kind as to post an accurate link to this article? I would like to have the whole original. Thanks in advance! AR. |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2005-07-29 14:35 |