Surprisingly to some, I don't consider leftists to be evil people. I don't consider them, by and large, to be stupid people. Yet I consider leftism to be as dangerous as terrorism to the United States of America.
It is hard for me to understand leftism. I have tried, since I first encountered professors who had opposed the Vietnam War and didn't believe that the Soviet Union was the "evil empire". I had seen people like that on television, but to actually discuss issues with them and ask them questions was a shock.
The first thing I learned was that equality, to them, is actually more important than liberty. They view inequality itself as a form of oppression. Yes, I know, people can be unequal in condition without someone else causing that inequality, but leftists see the condition as evidence of oppression.
Next I learned that leftists are uncomfortable with the idea of the United States as a "superpower". In the eyes of leftists, America is too controlled by corporate interests, which are inherently evil, to be allowed to be so dominant in the world. The Soviet Union actually did a service by keeping some of our more insidious corporate interests in check.
I further learned that leftists have an inherent NEED to look at the world objectively. This notion of the United States of America being "our team", is juvenile in their eyes. They see the hope of a peaceful unified world where there is no need for borders and armies. The entire concept of borders, to them, is inherently discriminatory and xenophobic.
Further, they see differences in viewpoint, rather than good and evil when it comes to relations between nations. Now admittedly, they see good and evil, or rather, oppressed and oppressor, in relations between business and employee or consumer. The United States is too big to be the good guy in their eyes. We fit the part of oppressor much better than the oppressed in their eyes.
Having said this, I still don't get it. They see a nation that has done better at living up to ideals than any other, and they still cringe at the thought of us being "good". They see a nation where economic mobility is the norm rather than the exception, and they still see a negative picture. I know this old country boy isn't the smartest guy in the room, but ...
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The leftists view of "reality" is - at best - skewed, at worst, dangerous and ultimately, fatal. They think that by having a "group hug" between Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda and the US - with all of us singing "Cumbaya" - all the "troubles" the US has (supposedly) created, will all go away and we will be one happy world. Wrong. The liberals forget WE are viewed as the enemy, the "infidel" and WE must be destroyed. No amount of "group hugging" and singing will change that.
WOW ! STEVE , DID YOU EVER NAIL IT OR WHAT ! WONDERFULL WELL THOUGHT OUT PIECE ON LEFTIES ! PLEASE SEND IT TO THE WASH TIMES . FORMER HOUSE BOSS REPUB KUTE G'S, TONY ----?THE ENGLISH GUY ? WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME ,WHO RAN HIS OFFICE ,RUNS THE WASH TIMES AND WILL PROBABLY PRINT YOUR THOUGHTS ! I DAMN SURE WOULD !
SAM E
It seems to me that the reason they dislike Capitalism is that it requires competition. Anytime there is competition, there are winners.... and losers. Socialism and communism may be fine on paper, but human nature precludes them from being fair in reality.
Ambition, laziness, resourcefulness, sloth, pride, greed, loyalty, deceit... all qualities found in humans to one degree or another. There is no such thing as "equality".
The leftists are currently dragging us down a path, where once we arrive, we cannot reverse course. End of life leftists can choose that path for themselves. They should not make their choice, our choice. As we blindly allowed the judicial system to create a monster out of Roe vs Wade, we are at that junction in the euthanasia battle with Terri Schiavo. I refuse to allow leftists to dictate my life anymore. I am fighting back. My war has just begun.
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