{"id":4684,"date":"2018-03-15T16:41:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/the-lefts-misplaced-moral-enthusiasm\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:41:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:41:57","slug":"the-lefts-misplaced-moral-enthusiasm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/the-lefts-misplaced-moral-enthusiasm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left&#8217;s Misplaced Moral Enthusiasm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Among the leftists who profess deep concern over the effect on children of the President&#39;s salty talk are&#0160; leftists who endorse the killing of disabled unborn children.&#0160; I call that misplaced moral enthusiasm. Which is worse: mocking a disabled reporter as Trump is alleged to have done, or the late-term abortion of the disabled unborn?&#0160;&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">The hypocrisy is unbearable. Leftists who have worked tirelessly to normalize crudity and wanton self-expression well beyond the bounds of social responsibility now have the chutzpah to complain that POTUS is crude, obnoxious, and lacking in gravitas?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/ruth-marcus-and-the-morality-of-the-ruling-class\/\">Leftists are moral idiots<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">And you are <em>still<\/em> a Democrat?<\/span><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; 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