[day10]

Good article, but author may wish to fix “navel officer”. :-)

[Liz]

(HAT TIP JOHN HAWKINS/TOWNHALL.COM)

WHO DO DEMOCRATS REPRESENT?

<><> If you’re a man, Democrats accuse you of perpetuating rape culture.

<><> If you’re white, they accuse you of being privileged.

<><> If you’re a Christian, they accuse you of being as bad as radical Islamists.

<><> If you’re a non-liberal woman, you’re told other women hold you in contempt and don’t represent your views.

<><> If you’re a moderate, Democrats tell you to shut up and do as you’re told.

CONCLUSION--The coastal-only Democrats would rather offend a million Americans in flyover country but at some point they have to at least make an attempt to address issues they care about in a way that can be appreciated.

Predictably, Democrats have abandoned this idea and have adopted a new rant----telling Americans that they’re too stupid to know what’s good for them.

[fruser1]

Most importantly, providing charity “up close and personal” provides a spiritual joy that simply writing a check won’t achieve.

This is due to experiencing the love of God.

Having government provide “de facto” charity removes the ability to experience this as most won’t know what they’re missing and figure they’ve “done their charity”.

This is why I have always argued that socialism is actually evil.

It’s an insidious way to keep people from finding the love of God.

[Little Ray]

Folks don’t seem to get it.

It isn’t about “Compassion.” It is about Control.

That is what Progressives, Liberals, or whatever you want to call them, are all about.

[mjp]

President Donald Trump's budget blueprint is that it lacks "compassion" for the poor, for children and for the disabled.

stealing from the rich to give to the poor is still stealing

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

government, by its nature, is not compassionate. It can't be. It is nothing other than a force. Government can only spend a dollar to help someone when it forcibly takes a dollar from someone else. At its core, government welfare is predicated on a false compassion. This isn't to say that government should never take collective action to help people. But these actions are based on compulsion, not compassion.

Government can’t be compassionate because government is bureaucratic, and government cannot “suffer with” the object of its attention. The more powerful the government is, and the more numerous the objects of its attention, the less able it is to be compassionate.

The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky.

[TigersEye]

As one Buddhist teacher put it it's Idiot Compassion.

[GOPJ]

Nonprofit ‘compassion’ is almost as bad as government ‘compassion’ - - variations on the same evil.

In today's culture honorable people suffer without asking for help while the perpetually dependent soak up institutional ‘compassion’. It's why the suicide and drug addiction rates are so high.

What we're doing is not working - and this man does not have the answer.

[GOPJ]

Nonprofit ‘compassion’ is almost as bad as government ‘compassion’ - - variations on the same evil.

In today's culture honorable people suffer without asking for help while the perpetually dependent soak up institutional ‘compassion’. It's why the suicide and drug addiction rates are so high.

What we're doing is not working - and this man does not have the answer. Look to past patterns of dignity for clues Stephen Moore ...