Getting Even The Enlightened Way

I will admit it.  I don't have a whole lot of compassion for Rush Limbaugh and his acknowledgment of a five year addiction to prescription painkillers.  He was too hard on drug addicts in statements made on his show, and purposely alienated Libertarians who would have agreed with him on other issues anytime they would bring up legalization of marijuana.  People who live in glass houses need to be careful what they toss.

That being said, the level of glee and frothing bloodlust from liberals regarding this issue is disgusting.  Liberals claim to have the market cornered on compassion.  No person is too bad to be unworthy of assistance and help.  Liberals claim to be more enlightened and open minded than conservatives.  That enlightenment doesn't extend to Rush, though.  We shouldn't be surprised.

Liberals' treatment of Rush actually shows us liberalism at its core.  Liberalism, their protestations to the contrary, is the politics of getting even.  Rich people must have cheated or oppressed someone to obtain their wealth.  Thus, we must get even with them.  White people have oppressed minorities for centuries, so we must get even with them.  Employers have oppressed employees, so we must get even with them.  Men have oppressed women, so we must get even with them.

Amazingly, though, with all this need for getting even that liberals have; this all changes when it comes to street crime and foreign policy.  Street criminals are always entitled to compassion.  Foreign enemies are entitled to that compassion as well. Liberals believe that street criminals and foreign enemies have been oppressed by the United States, so they are simply getting even, too.

Like I said, liberalism is all about getting even.