The Left's Dirty Secret - They Hate You. Yes, YOU.

Flopping Aces ^ | 02-09-16 | Brother Bob

[Starman417]

One of the more maddening elements of our political debate is how both sides view the individual, and how they treat them. Conservative ideals are based on individual responsibility, and in turn the state showing respect for that individual. On the flip side, as we saw in our last chapter, the Radical Left despises the individual, and will always put the state ahead of individual rights¹. What's maddening is how despite their contempt for the individual, the Radical Left does an outstanding job of exploiting personal stories to push their agenda, while the side that puts respect for the individual first is incapable of using any of the great stories about how individuals have their lives destroyed by the policies of the Radical Left.

A great example that comes to mind is Cindy Sheehan - anybody remember her? She was dubbed "The Peace Mom" for acting as a figurehead for the anti-Bush anti-Iraq war movement. Her son was killed in the fighting in Iraq and, along with Code Pink, launched a number of protests against the Iraq war. Her hatred for George W. Bush made her a natural darling of the mainstream media, and she was everywhere. Never mind that a number of her family members supported the war; they weren't newsworthy. She wound up divorced from her husband, and a number of her family members didn't agree with her antics, either. Whatever your opinion of Sheehan, it's hard to not feel some sympathy for a grieving mother who lost her son. I'm no fan of hers, but this woman needed therapy - and the Radical Left showed it's compassion and gave her exploitation instead. And like all other elements of the anti-Bush anti-war movement, the media lost interest some time around January 2009. And now Sheehan is just a footnote who basically lost most of her family.

You know the names that the left brings out to frame their narratives, often sketchy at best and sometimes simply false - Trayvon Martin, Sandra Fluke, Michael Brown. However distasteful, one can not deny the success the Radical Left has enjoyed in exploiting personal narratives in pushing their agenda, while sadly conservatives can not. Granted, having the benefit of the national media behind whatever story they're pushing is much easier - note how a name like Kate Steinle's gets buried when every element of her death destroys Leftist narratives.

What is even more curious is for all that the Radical Left promotes individual stories how little they care about what happens to actual individuals as a result of their policies. For one prominent example in recent news, look no further than what's happening in Europe. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that importing large numbers of young men who view women as property could lead to the rise in sexual assaults. Even worse is how in the name of political correctness the Radical Leftists in the media downplayed these horrible attacks:

Another is that the broadcasters downplay or conceal events that might rouse the public's emotions. The alleged gang rape of two teenage girls in southwest Germany on New Year's Eve by four Syrian refugees was not reported by any of the main news programs, for example, despite the parallels to the attacks in Cologne and other cities. And then there is the part where law enforcement has taken too light a hand in stopping these violent attacks on the citizens who they've sworn to protect:

Authorities in Sweden are investigating claims that police there covered up sexual assaults committed mostly by immigrant youths at a music festival in Stockholm - attacks apparently similar in style to those carried out on New Year's Eve in the German city of Cologne.

Police documented 38 claims of sexual assault - including two alleged rapes — in connection with the "We Are Sthlm" festival in 2014 and 2015, according to Reuters. They believe the attacks were carried out by about 50 people, most of them young Afghans, Reuters reported, citing Dagens Nyheter, the Swedish paper that broke the news.

And when this mentality manifests over time you end up with years of rape and government cover up, as what happened in Rotherdam. Had this scandal involved Catholic priests or white fraternity brothers it would have been the story of the year. And here in the states we see the callousness of our ruling class when Democratic State Senator Evie Hudak basically told a rape victim that she'd probably have just hurt herself had she been armed. The silence from feminist groups over Sen. Hudak's remarks was deafening.

Which leads to the sad conclusion: Sorry ladies, but for all that leftists say that they are pro-woman, they want you to get raped. Yes, you read that correctly. When bringing rapists into your neighborhood and having their crimes ignored by the media and the police is acceptable in the name of Leftists achieving multicultural holiness, your life doesn't mean a damn to them. The radical left's war on masculinity doesn't make everybody good guys, it just makes mischief easier for predators. It's gotten so bad that Russia has been the nation to assert itself as the adults in the room.

The left cares about young people, and especially those who are minorities, because they tell us they do. Of course, the actions that they support tell another story. There was a recent uproar about Justice Scalia making remarks that placing minority students into a school based on their skin color where they may not be academically qualified might not be a good idea. One would think this should be a no-brainer - I'm not a dumb guy, but putting me into an advanced nuclear physics class where I'll probably fail out won't do anybody any favors. Thomas Sowell explains reality:

[txnativegop]

The feeling is mutual. LOL

[rockrr]

I don’t hate bugs but I squash them when they bother me.

[TMSuchman]

That’s ok, I hate everyone too!

[TBP]

So what else is new,new, NEW?

[TBP]

Not as much as we loathe them.

[tanknetter]

It’s funny, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem that nicely sums up what you describe.

It’s called “Tommy Atkins”

It’s directly about a soldier, but the principles apply to maledom in general.

[RatRipper]

Radical Left despises the individual, and will always put the state ahead of individual rights1.

Correct. That is what makes socialism, Marxism, communism and fascism EVIL ideologies. That key point should be repeated over and over and over again by conservatives.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

You shouldn’t limit it to hate. The Democrat party has become the party of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Vanity - Believing that one is essentially better than others, failing to acknowledge the accomplishments of others, and excessive admiration of the personal self. In this case, they renounce God, imagining themselves in His place. It was the sin of Lucifer, now it is the sin of the Democrats.

Lust - It is usually thought of as uncontrolled sexual wants, which leads to adultery, rape, bestiality, homosexual excess, pedophilism and other unnatural and immoral sexual acts. Importantly, indifferent to the harm it causes others.

Gluttony - Extraordinary selfishness; essentially placing concern with one’s own interests above the well-being or interests of others. Rationing to others so that you might gorge.

Greed - Excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth and material possessions. Hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by Greed.

Sloth - Democrats imagine power as an end in itself, a means to reward their friends and punish their enemies. They reject the very idea that power entails work or effort, thus golf instead of paperwork. Procrastination until others act than criticizing them for their actions.

Wrath - Inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Often associated with both feelings of inadequacy, the idea that by harming others you improve your own lot. It is also closely associated in Democrats with:

Envy - Envy is similar to jealousy in that they both feel discontent towards someone’s traits, status, abilities, or rewards. The difference is the envious also desire the entity and covet it. Thus Democrats demand “equality” in all things, to tear down those better than they are.