Posted on 05/20/2021 10:05:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
Have you noticed that the left in America seems to be even more detached from reality today than in years past? I have.
I hear various theories all the time. The left is just “misinformed.” They’re “brainwashed.” They have a “psychological block” that prevents them from seeing the truth. While all of these have bits of evidence that could support them from a biased perspective, we’ve all known leftists who are fully informed, not brainwashed any more than the rest of us, and with seemingly valid reasons for their ideology.
Before we get into why it seems America’s left is often immune to facts and logic, let’s get a couple of things cleared up. We are addressing the ideological left because they seem to have the highest propensity for ignoring blatant facts and bulletproof logic that runs contrary to many of their basic worldviews, but let’s be honest. There are plenty of people on the ideological right who have the same characteristics. I just had a social media chat with a conservative acquaintance who is certain Israeli agents run Hamas and are launching the rockets at themselves so Benjamin Netanyahu has justification for taking over Gaza. There was no convincing him otherwise.
The other thing to get out of the way is the spoiler alert. Just so nobody complains that I had them read something without denoting that it has a supernatural conclusion, let me state up front that I believe the strong delusion currently shielding most on the radical left (and some on the right) from the truth is not of this world. I believe there are Powers and Principalities, a la Ephesians 6:12, at work with a spirit of derangement preventing people from comprehending reality. I believe this because we’ve all seen otherwise lucid and intelligent people deny unambiguous facts and ironclad logic in order to keep their unhinged worldview intact.
With that said, let’s look at three examples of facts and logic that cannot seem to penetrate the mental shields placed around America’s left.
Defund Police
This is a horrible idea prima facie. There is absolutely zero evidence that reducing or even eliminating police budgets will make the streets safer. With less than two dozen police killings of unarmed Black people per year, defunding police will increase the number of crime victims exponentially compared to the lives that are “saved” by taking cops off the streets.
Today, law enforcement officers are considered by millions of Americans to be their enemies. And it’s not just criminals who feel this way. There are people who truly believe they will be safer if all police officers were eliminated. Facts deny this. Logic definitely denies this. But the “Defund Police” movement continues to grow.
Hamas
Let’s be crystal clear about this. Hamas is a terrorist group that provoked attacks by Israel on Gaza through the launching of thousands of rockets aimed at Israeli civilians. They started this current conflict. But you won’t convince the millions of Pro-Palestinian American activists of this. In their eyes, Israel is the aggressor.
One does not have to agree with how Israel has handled the situation to realize that they clearly did not start the conflict. Yet Israel gets lambasted by world media and radical leftists for killing civilians when the reality is right there in front of us all. Nearly every civilian in Gaza who is killed can be directly attributed to the Hamas practice of using human shields. There’s a reason they launch their rockets from heavily populated areas and civilian centers, including schools, hospitals, and private buildings. It’s all part of their playbook. Israel uses their weapons to protect their people while Hamas uses its people to protect their weapons.
Racism
This may be the most blatant delusion we’ve seen in years. The radical left is currently fighting racism with… racism. For example, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently declared she will only do interviews with “persons of color.” Imagine if a White mayor said he would only do interviews with White journalists. Would that be racist? Of course! But too few on the left see a problem with Lightfoot’s policy. It is 100% racist by definition, yet the delusion makes it seem acceptable to leftists.
Another example is opposition to the Georgia election integrity law. Media, celebrities, politicians, and “woke” corporations have claimed it’s racist. They claim this because they believe that since the law requires identification in certain voting instances and has forms that must be filled out for absentee ballots, that it’s harmful to Black voters. One does not need a Masters in Socio-Economics to realize that what they’re claiming is that Black people are less capable of getting ID or filling out forms than White people. Again, the left somehow misses the obvious reality that they’re being racist in their attempts to allegedly fight racism.
Strong Delusions
As I noted before, I cannot accept that tens of millions of Americans are too stupid or brainwashed to see through these blatant lies without a supernatural force compelling them. You don’t have to believe me. You can attribute it to the progressive education system in America indoctrinating people into blind leftism. You could say the constant barrage of leftist talking points on mainstream media has taken away critical thinking. You could even argue that endorphins prompted by social media affirmations that follow leftist virtue signaling has changed the wiring in their brains. All of these things are correct to some extent, but the lies that are believed without question by millions of leftists are so obvious, I’m sticking with my “spirit of delusion” theory as the underlying cause.
Even if you don’t believe me, we’re still in the same boat. What do we do about it? If facts and logic aren’t working, does that mean we have to give up? Should we all move to compounds in deep red states while we still can? For some, the answer to that last question may be “yes.” For me, I’m going to keep fighting.
First and foremost, we must arm ourselves with the truth. As I’ve said previously, social media is no longer the place to find the truth, if ever it was. I am reliant on conservative news aggregators and I strongly encourage readers to bookmark their favorites. Here are mine:
The Liberty Daily
Uncanceled News
63Red
Conservative Playlist
Press California
Second, we need to tell the truth to all who will listen. This is more than just Tweeting out articles or leaving comments. We have to talk to people. It’s time to start “red-pilling” as many as we can. If I’m right and there’s a strong delusion spreading across the nation, then getting to people with the truth so they can protect themselves is important. If I’m wrong and it’s all just the evolution of politics as usual, then the need to spread the truth is even greater.
Lastly, and this is for my faithful readers, we must pray without ceasing. It’s becoming a lost art in America, especially with many churches still limited in reach through Covid restrictions and the decline in church attendance that has been increasing for years. Praying for our nation as Daniel did for his can have the most dramatic impact on our current situation.
It may seem futile, but we must not give up this fight. This is our nation and there are no viable alternatives. Stand up to the radical left with courage, faith, and truth. They want us to give up, to believe it’s all futile. When we believe it’s over, it will be.
Liberals are utopians. They will not change their minds, until it is they who get dragged off to death camps.
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Do away with Math in schools.
Teach Logic.
Voices of the left have been recorded endorsing a LIE, CHEAT, STEAL ethos to seize power.
A lefty sees anything that obstructs their grab for power as a target to be taken out by any means possible.
Ernst Röhm ....................
<< I just had a social media chat with a conservative acquaintance who is certain Israeli agents run Hamas and are launching the rockets at themselves so Benjamin Netanyahu has justification for taking over Gaza. There was no convincing him otherwise. >>
He’s not a conservative; he’s a deranged radical who sees Jews behind every conspiracy.
Who cares now? KTF
And they'll write disbelieving letters to Uncle Joe Biden, just like the Russian true believers wrote despairing letters from the gulag to Uncle Joe Stalin, begging him correct "the mistake" that sent them there...
Leftists are driven and controlled by raw, blind rage. There is no penetrating that insanity.
Dude..
Substitute left for bush league chamber of commerce worshipping republiCANT’S, and you arrive at the same answer...
The deep state must be destroyed...
All of it...
In order to clean other people’s houses, we must clean our own first...
It will be painful, but it must be done.
Reasoning doesn’t work when the reasons given are not the real reasons, when the real agenda is hidden and the other side does not want to reveal it.
I think that has a lot to do with it. Morally superior to you and I; and advocates of utopia.
No matter what nor how widespread the short term pain or destruction on the path to utopia, there is an imagined place beyond any temporary turmoil that will eclipse any interim strife. They are the ones who should be credited with being able to imagine it and will ultimately deserve to abide in it, while you and I are not and never can be. They’re so prescient that they can righteously and justifiably pre-eject you from utopia even now, long before utopia is actually achieved. They’re actually doing you a favor notifying you early that you’ll not be welcome in their imagined paradise...yet another thing for which they deserve awards.
“Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe...”
I ignore people like that.
Insane.................
Yep!
bfl
It thrives because there are a ton of conformist, useless tools that believe anything no matter if it goes against there own ability to thrive. In other wards a lot of weak, stupid, idiots followers.
Keep math. Keep all subjects that are required.
Do away with the indoctrination.
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