The only proper place for a character such as that is as a comic foil (fool?) on a sitcom based on Conservative values.
Posted on 12/11/2018 10:32:01 AM PST by huckfillary
#1: Unearned guilt. Unearned guilt is a feeling of responsibility for something that’s not your fault. Healthy people see the unearned guilt for what it is, and correct it. Others become overly humble and self-effacing. Leftists do neither. They become angry and hostile. They rage against the unearned guilt of others rather than face their own. It absolves them of their own perceived guilt, by condemning others in a way they don’t have to condemn themselves.
# 2 A need for the approval of others. Leftism is socialism. Socialism is all about the group. The self-esteem of a leftist depends heavily not on achievement or knowledge, but of approval from the group. The group consists of other self-righteous, hostile people like themselves. Hence all the virtue-signaling. Being virtuous is not the real goal of a leftist, because “virtue” implies a definition of a concept. For leftists, it’s not about concepts or rational thought. It’s all about emotion and perception. Approval by the peer group is essential to a leftist.
# 3 A lack of meaning and purpose. Socialism and “social justice warriorism” are a faulty attempt to gain a sense of purpose. Leftists can be bright, intelligent and even accomplished people. Many are not, of course, but many are. Look at all the leftists in industry and the creative arts. But psychologically, they feel no meaning. If they did, they would never endorse socialism. If they really felt a connection to the sense of self and purposeful productivity that their work should bring them, they would never espouse a society based on the bland, mindless conformity and thoroughly unproductive, poverty-stricken routine of socialism. They mistakenly think they’re doing something meaningful by supporting nationalization of the means of production and things like turning it into a felony to use the wrong pronoun for a transgendered person. It started with recycling, another meaningless act disguised as purpose, and later it led to environmentalism and all the other pet issues leftists cherish today. Clearly, it’s irrational. But they have to feel like they’re doing something.
#4 A sick glorification of the use of force. Most leftists are not forceful people. Most of them probably don’t own guns or mean to physically harm someone. Some, like Antifa members, do; but many do not. Yet everything about leftism requires the use of force. Social Security and Medicare are mandatory, not voluntary. Ditto for Obamacare. Ditto for high taxes. Regulations are not suggestions. Gun control and the increasing calls among leftists for outright gun confiscation require the very use of force they condemn when it comes to an innocent person defending him- or herself against a violent criminal. Guns and violence are bad, leftists have always insisted. Yet everything they advocate — absolutely everything — depends on the use of coercion. Their ability and willingness to lie to themselves about this fact is stunning — and frankly sick.
# 5 A frightening lack of boundaries. Leftists think they’re sophisticated and civilized. But they’re actually less civilized than others. You saw how one of their favorite politicians, Maxine Waters, came out and openly told Democrats to shun, intimidate or even outright terrorize people who voted for Trump. Those of us who live in leftist communities know this isn’t an isolated or extreme case. You have to understand: The typical leftist sees disagreement with his or her views as a violation of personal space and rights. “If you disagree with me, you are threatening me.” That’s literally how they feel. And that’s actually how the younger generation of leftists — especially in Antifa and on college campuses — openly think. Their leftist and openly Marxist professors validate them daily. It’s the exact same mindset as a terrorist. What do you think any kind of terrorist (right-wing or left-wing) feels? A right to attack in retaliation against the fact that others disagree. Disagreement and dissension — to a leftist — are like acts of war. More and more of them are prepared to follow through on this premise, as we’ve seen in their response to President Donald Trump, who’s nothing more than a Republican who actually challenges them and fights back.
# 6 A malevolent universe premise. What’s a “malevolent universe premise”? It’s a term that originated with Ayn Rand, a philosopher and the author of Atlas Shrugged. Rand wrote,
If men hold values incompatible with life—such as self-sacrifice and altruism—obviously they can’t achieve such values; they will soon come to feel that evil is potent, whereas they are doomed to misery, suffering, failure. It is irrational codes of ethics above all else that feed the malevolent-universe attitude in people and lead to the syndrome eloquently expressed by the philosopher Schopenhauer: “Whatever one may say, the happiest moment of the happy man is the moment of his falling asleep, and the unhappiest moment of the unhappy that of his waking. Human life must be some kind of mistake.” …The altruist ethics is based on a “malevolent universe” metaphysics, on the theory that man, by his very nature, is helpless and doomed—that success, happiness, achievement are impossible to him—that emergencies, disasters, catastrophes are the norm of his life and that his primary goal is to combat them.
I used to think some leftists were not like this. Some of them seem benevolent, on the surface. They seem to enjoy life and not believe that people should live their lives in misery and despair. But as you get to know leftists better, you discover an ugly truth: Yes, they are living lives of self-fulfillment and liberty, or are at least trying to. But instead of seeing this as a good thing, they see it as a bad thing. While you and I may cherish our lives and liberty, leftists despise themselves for wanting these things. They can’t endure the contradiction. The rage, anxiety and energy over living such a contradiction has to go somewhere. And that somewhere is into leftism: A self-righteous, violent and essentially puritanical way of thinking designed to bring upon us all the misery they subconsciously believe they deserve themselves.
It’s not pretty. And neither is leftism and all its manifestations — fascism, socialism, Communism, and so forth. That’s why we’ve got to fight it with absolutely everything we’ve got.
The intolerance of leftists serves a sad and sick psychological purpose: To shut down the inner contradictions these deeply conflicted people feel. We can’t let their increasing insanity be the reason we give up our individual rights and liberty.
Envy,entitlement and a false sense of intellectual superiority.
Bttt.
5.56mm
More like ‘psychotic’ make up.
“false sense of intellectual superiority.”
You got it RIGHT! Our brother in law is a liberal and when he makes his case for something it is always ESTABLISHED SCIENCE! and everyone else is just WRONG!
LOL
AMEN! bunch of PSYCHOS!
A set of new oxymorons for us to propagate;
“Self-sufficient Socialist!”,
“Self-effacing Socialist!”,
&
“Rugged-Individualistic Socialist!”
Didn’t we just hear the other day from the “hey-why-uhn” lady senator about how much more smarterer they are than us lame brains out here? You know because weir two stoopid to understant wut they be sayin’.
Forgot to mention. I highly recommend freepers to regularly check out the “Daily Dose of Reason” on www.drhurd.com
It’s always a mind-expanding experience.
Best....Huckfillary
The only proper place for a character such as that is as a comic foil (fool?) on a sitcom based on Conservative values.
I don’t see anyone analyzing “why zombies eat brains”. Who cares? Just smoke them!
Amazingly precise description of a Progressive ideologue!
This is the best article on Leftist psychology I have read.
Leftists are eaten up with guilt and obsessed with the group. Of course they will lash out and those who don’t feel their painful guilty feelings. I should be just like they according to them but thankfully I’m not.
“Approval by the peer group is essential to a leftist.”
As a teenager and almost all the way into my 40s, I used to think that way, but now I know that being sincere in trying to win people over is not necessary. Trying to win people over is a ‘uge pain in the ass, especially when it’s the wrong people.
An empty head with moths flying around in the empty space.
Also life requires gaining and keeping values. Altruism is the sacrifice of values, When life is the standard of evaluation, altruism is anti-life.
FWIW,
Leftist’s and Muslims are very similar.
They both reject Facts.
I’m watching “Live”, right now, Christian Prince destroy both Islam and Feminists.
“6 Facts About Islam No One Ever Told You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2eq6Z38eu8
Liberals: Cult of the Easily and Perpetually Offended
What a superb article! Thank you for posting it.
I had not heard of Dr Hurd before, and I now look forward to reading more from him.
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