I wrote what follows as a response in Mrs. du Toit's blog. Then, I decided to post it here, as the thought is one I wished to share. Since I arrived at the following conclusion I get fewer headaches, and that seems worth sharing with friends!
Liberalism and leftism (not the same thing) behave far more like a religion than anything else, including many recognized religions!
They both call for acting on faith, believing their leaders without question, ignoring factual data, and crushing unbelievers.
Start treating Liberalism like a religion in your own mind, and it's far easier to 'understand', if I may use that word.
It's based almost solely on emotion, so fact checking is a waste of time.
There's no point treating a duck like a goat, no matter how much it might say it is one.
Liberal leaders behave as they do without limits because they are 'high priests' of their religion, and above question.
To a 'faithful' liberal, there is no problem with Eco-Gore having a pool house using more energy in a month than most American homes use in a year.
Algore is a high priest, and above question.
To a 'faithful' liberal, there is no problem at all with gun banning Teddy Kennedy having machine gun toting body guards on the Capitol steps.
I could go on, but the point is simple. We should stop expecting the pig to sing opera, and getting headaches when it doesn't act as expected.
The fault is ours for expecting them to make sense, and believing what they say more than what they DO. We should judge liberals by their actions and stop whining when they ignore reality and facts.
2 comments:
I agree with most of what you said, but I think you've got the terms reversed.
"Liberal" used to mean "open minded" and "in favor of individual liberties." Unfortunately the Left actively infiltrated and overran the true "liberals," and now that they've co-opted that term to the point that everyone understands that "liberal" = "Leftist" they are attempting to move on to another word: "Progressive."
To a faithful Leftist there is no problem at all with gun-banning Teddy Kennedy having machine gun toting body guards.
A true liberal would merely want everyone to have the same access to machine guns, not have them restricted only to the military, law enforcement, and the rich.
Good point, and the issue is one of language evolution.
Words and their meanings evolve over time, especially when they are changed on purpose by those who understand words have meaning and power.
It was once explained to me the most powerful person at a newspaper is not necessarily the idiotor, but the person who writes all the headlines and titles. THAT person controls the words that set the whole tone and meaning of every story.
In it's most classic term, I am a liberal. It's ironic that many that would call themselves 'conservatives' today espouse the viewpoints that would have been clearly 'liberal' generations ago.
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