Category: Leftism and Political Correctness
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Obama, the Imaginary Man
Outstanding analysis by Andrew Klavan. Excerpts: The mystery Obama—the hollow receptacle of out-sized fantasies left and right—is not a creation of his own making, political chameleon though he may well be. It emanates instead from a journalistic community that no longer in any way fulfills its designated function, that no longer even attempts the fair…
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The Delusional Left and ‘Voter Suppression’
Here is a TNR piece that proves once again that lberals live on a different planet. I call it the planet Unsinn and I sometimes speak of the 'planetary' difference between left and right. The difference is between nonsense and sense. The author asks why principled conservatives won't denounce 'voter suppression.' 'Voter suppression' is leftist code…
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Imagine No ‘Imagine’
Imagine no 'Imagine'It's easy if you tryNo more lefty lyricsAbove us only sky. You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope some day you'll join usAnd Lennon's song'll go unsung.
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Buckley’s Axiom: The Intolerance of Liberals
As reported by George Will (emphasis added): Barack Obama, knight of the peevish countenance, illustrated William F. Buckley’s axiom that liberals who celebrate tolerance of other views always seem amazed that there are other views. Obama, who is not known as a martyr to the work ethic and who might use a teleprompter when ordering lunch,…
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Leftism: The World’s Most Dynamic Religion?
Dennis Prager answers in the affirmative: For at least the last hundred years, the world’s most dynamic religion has been neither Christianity nor Islam. It has been leftism. Most people do not recognize what is probably the single most important fact of modern life. One reason is that leftism is overwhelmingly secular (more than merely…
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The Schizoid Left: OK to Bash Mormons and Christians but not Muslims?
Many liberals in the West have become, and many more are becoming, radical leftists out to subvert the very principles that they as leftists supposedly support. Thus arises the phenomenon of the schizoid Left. For example, from the time of the French Revolution on, the Left has been anti-clerical and ever more anti-religious. But now…
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Why There Cannot Be a Decent Left
Ronald Radosh ends his piece as follows: The truth is that the Left in the West, including our own Left, is largely anti-American, favorable to extremist radical social movements, and sees any one or group who is not on its side as not only incorrect, but morally evil. The answer to Michael Walzer’s own query…
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Shysters of the ACLU At It Again
"Following a complaint filed by the ACLU, school officials in Cranston, R.I. have ended gender specific activities like father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with state gender discrimination laws." Story here. I've often wondered about the etymology of 'shyster.' From German scheissen, to shit? That would fit well with the old joke, "What is…
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The Unholy Alliance With Islamism: Does the Left Have a Death Wish?
Mike Liccione's name came up over dinner with John Farrell, who has met Mike. Small world. (It also turns out that John now lives on the same street only a few doors down from where I lived for part of my time in Boston. Small world again.) Mention of Mike put me in mind of…
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Liberal Bias
Liberal bias leads those in its thrall to deny that there is — liberal bias. Liberalism curiously insulates its acolytes from self-recognition.
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Montaigne on Why Language Matters
Allan J. writes, You often speak of the importance of using language responsibly, i.e. not like a librul. So I thought you would enjoy this: “Our understanding is conducted solely by means of the word: anyone who falsifies it betrays public society. It is the only tool by which we communicate our wishes and our…
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Systematic Deracination
To deracinate is to uproot. W. K. sends this: That article about political correctness in the universities you linked to reminded me of David Conway's comments in A Defence of the Realm about the 'systematic deracination' of the citizens of western liberal democracies since World War Two: Through changes in educational curricula, plus other cultural…
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Political Correctness and Left-Wing Bias in the Universities
Liberal profs admit they would discriminate. Captive Minds: Conformity and Campus Intellectuals Excerpt (emphasis added): Working for four years at this prairie college, I had many opportunities to see political correctness in action: in our so-called “equity” hiring practices, in changes to our course offerings to highlight racial and sexual diversity, and in the unfailing…
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In the Face of Totalitarians
In the face of totalitarians one cannot retreat into one's private life for they, being totalitarians, won't allow any private life. So the conservative is forced willy-nilly to become an activist against his natural tendency. He must draw a line in the sand and say "This far but no farther." A minor example. My friends Peter…
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Photo ID: Eric Holder’s Assault on Common Sense
I was shocked (shocked!) to hear over breakfast a while back that my friend Peter L. will vote for neither Obama nor Romney. All my posts about how politics is a practical business, how it's always about the lesser of evils,and about how foolish it is to let the best become the enemy of the good…