Category: Leftism and Political Correctness
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The Hypocrisy of the HollyWeird Gun Grabbers
Here is the 'viral' video in case you haven't seen it. Violent content. As I argued earlier, the problem is not gun culture, but liberal culture. I listed four characteristics of liberal culture that contribute to violence of all kinds, including gun violence: Liberals have a casual attitude toward criminal behavior. Liberals tend to undermine morality…
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The Problem: Gun Culture or Liberal Culture?
Without wanting to deny that there is a 'gun culture' in the USA, especially in the red states, I would insist that the real problem is our liberal culture. Here are four characteristics of liberal culture that contribute to violence of all kinds, including gun violence. 1. Liberals tend to have a casual attitude toward…
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Why Would Anyone Need a Semi-Automatic Rifle?
A sweet old lady in the pool the other morning asked me this question. Actually, she asked a much stupider question,"Why would anyone need an assault weapon?' I smiled indulgently and refused to engage her. I knew she wasn't baiting me, and I like her, and 'tis the season to be jolly, and so in…
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Extremism in Defense of Liberty?
William Voegli, in this longish piece, was visited by some writerly muse when he penned: Engaging in politics with liberals, it appears, closely resembles conducting arms control talks with the Soviet Union. In both cases one confronts adversaries who insist that what’s theirs is theirs and what’s yours is negotiable.
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Of Rice and Race
Victor Davis Hanson on Susan Rice: We are asked to believe that a multimillionaire African-American woman, who boasts that those who “mess” with her end up badly, is a victim of racism for not being welcomed as a nominee for secretary of state — a position that has not been held by a white male…
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The Source of the Left’s Strength
David Horowitz, It's a War, Stupid: Whittaker Chambers long ago warned that the source of the Left's strength was not the appeal of its theory, but the power of its faith. It is believing in something worth dying for that makes leftists a formidable foe. Reason and experience are neutralized by the Left's preening assurance…
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David Horowitz’s Latest Reviewed
David Horowitz, red-diaper baby, knows whereof he speaks when it comes to the Left. His books are essential reading for understanding the mentality of leftists. His latest, Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion, is reviewed here. I recommend all of Horowitz's books. Radical Son, though not quite at the level of Whittaker Chambers' Witness, comes…
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Chauvinism and Male Chauvinism
In her President Obama's Silly, Sexist Defense of Susan Rice, Kirsten Powers writes, It's absurd and chauvinistic for Obama to talk about the woman he thinks should be Secretary of State of the United States as if she needs the big strong man to come to her defense because a couple of Senators are criticizing…
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Robert Reich on the New American Civil War
Robert Reich bemoans the New American Civil War as he calls it: I know families in which close relatives are no longer speaking. A dating service says Democrats won’t even consider going out with Republicans, and vice-versa. My email and twitter feeds contain messages from strangers I wouldn’t share with my granddaughter. What’s going on?…
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The New Jim Crow Again
Daniel M. writes: Coincidentally, I'm currently a TA for a class in which significant portions of this book have been assigned (a philosophy of law class, focusing on legal punishment). Alexander's main focus in the book is not incarceration (and related phenomena) in general, but the War on Drugs in particular. An important part of…
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Are Blacks Labeled Felons to Keep Them from Voting?
This from a reader: I have been a fan of your blog for a long time. In fact you helped to establish my first wary steps into the discipline of philosophy. I struggled through your entries, persistent and confused, ultimately rewarded for my efforts. Your scathing, surly, incisive political commentary is a great alternative to…
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Left, Right, and Debt
A reader writes, " I enjoy your philosophical and theological views, but unfortunately disagree with your political and economic views. I recommend large doses of Paul Krugman, beginning with Nobody Understands Debt. " I got a kick out of that because I should think that the febrile Krugman is absolutely the last person to convince me of anything. I…
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Chris Mathews, Unhinged, Shamelessly Plays Race Card
Does Mathews really believe what he says here? If he does then he is mentally unhinged. I'll assume he's unhinged just to be charitable. If he doesn't believe what he says, then he is a scumbag. But he seems like a nice guy! Note also the psychological projection. Unwilling or unable to face the hatred…
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Ron Radosh on the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert
Good music, dreadful politics. Excerpt: Unfortunately, the entire event was marred by the hard Left narrative particularly voiced in the most offensive manner by two artists, Tom Morello and Ry Cooder. At least Cooder is a real musician, but that does not excuse his behavior and his leftist rants delivered both in asides and in…