A RIGHTEOUS SATURDAY NIGHT RANT

Powerline Blog ^ | 8/10/2019 | John Hinderaker

[T-Bird45]

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Pretty soon, America might have to start asking: what exactly is “progressive” about going insane? I think we’re getting close to answering that, and the answer is: nothing. The Left has managed to drain the meaning from the word “progressive.” We will not be able to take it seriously for generations to come (if there are any generations to come). The Left has applied every possible gimmick from the bad faith trick-bag to disable thinking in this republic generally, and the language that serves thinking. But its contorted maledictions are working mainly against itself as one preposterous idea after another bursts out of its collective pie-hole and into the blue-checked Twitter windows.

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Above is Hinderaker quoting a rant by James Kunstler on his mostly liberal website. Language warning!! If the F-word or its variants disturb you, do not click to read the entire article. If you're made of sterner stuff and enjoy critical introspection by leftist partisans, you'll find this interesting.

[T-Bird45]

Best line: "Any decent psychological detective can conclude why the Left, including especially the Democratic Party — formerly a pillar of our political system — has gone insane." Trump has them right where he wants them and seems perfectly capable of keeping them there thru 11/20.

[Steely Tom]

They’re vulnerable to an “Emperor’s New Clothes” moment.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The split in “progressivism” happened around the start of the 20th Century. In Europe, the “National Socialists” became Nazis, and the “Internationalist Socialists” became communists.

In the United States, Teddy Roosevelt led the Nationalist Progressives”, and Woodrow Wilson led the Internationalist Progressives.

Though there was not yet a translation in English, TR spoke German and translated the works of Frederick Nietzsche, then plagiarized them in his speeches.

For his part, Wilson had a philosophy of Idealism in international relations, that was as bad as it sounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism_(international_relations)

[Rummyfan]

After watching the debates, or reading about them as I could not abide watching, one must conclude that they are all insane.

[Robert DeLong]

Just watching & hearing them on a day-to-day basis confirms that. Even a blind deaf man like myself, can see and hear that. 8>)

[kaehurowing]

If you’re against insanity you must be a hater.

[KrisKrinkle]

"But I do think that Americans are unlikely to vote into power a clinically insane party, as long as their votes are counted honestly." (Emphasis added.)