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Powerline ^ | 06/17/2022 | John Hinderaker and David Horowitz

Posted on 06/17/2022 8:15:44 AM PDT by DFG

In this bracing essay, David Horowitz calls out the Left for what it is–criminal, racist, and sometimes fascist. David argues that conservatives need to understand the utter bad faith with which the Left conducts itself, and stand up bravely to defend our country from the ravages of the Left.

The crisis currently facing our nation is a crisis of faith – faith in the Constitution that has shaped our destiny, faith in the rule of law, and faith in the principle of equality before the law. The root cause of the lawlessness that is consuming our country is the monopoly of the executive power in Washington by a political party that has fallen under the control of the radical left. This left describes itself as “progressive,” but is focused on the goal of “re-imagining” American institutions and principles, in other words of dismantling the constitutional order that created the prosperity and freedoms that have shaped this country since its beginnings.

Having been born into this political left and then rejected it, I have acquired an intimate perspective on its nature, and the threat it poses to the American future, which is grave. I was raised by Communists who always referred to themselves as “progressives,” and were sworn enemies of America and its institutions, as was I. We saw ourselves as warriors for social justice, acting on the “right side” of history.

We could not have been more mistaken. The “moral arc” of history is not “bent towards justice,” as progressives like to say. If it were, the 20th Century would be the most enlightened instead of the scene of the greatest atrocities and oppressions on human record. Worse yet, for this progressive myth, these atrocities and oppressions were perpetrated by progressives in the name of “social justice.”

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KEYWORDS: communist; davidhorowitz; democrat; horowitz; progressive
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1 posted on 06/17/2022 8:15:44 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

For, Behold !
The Lord will come
With Fire !
.
ISIAH 66:15


2 posted on 06/17/2022 8:21:53 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: DFG

It is a great piece, but Horowitz fails to mention that we are in this mess because the Constitution was violated with the swearing in of a British subject/Kenyan national in direct violation of that Constitution.

Obama is NOT a natural born citizen and is precisely who the founders were excluding when they insisted on someone who could only be an American, naturally a citizen because they could not be anything else.


3 posted on 06/17/2022 8:22:43 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DFG; numberonepal

Fear porn.
Ignore.


4 posted on 06/17/2022 8:24:56 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: DFG

5 posted on 06/17/2022 8:25:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DFG

It’s a corrupt government mafia laundromat 🤪

They have no qualms about stepping on anyone. Most dangerous and immediate threat to the republic and survival of the constitution


6 posted on 06/17/2022 8:32:14 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree
Most dangerous and immediate threat to the republic and survival of the constitution.

Agree 110%.

7 posted on 06/17/2022 8:33:40 AM PDT by stevio
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To: DFG
Biden chose people for his Administration based on skin color, 'DC elite progressive status' and their exulted place on the 'sexual weirdo' scale.

(It's why they don't understand little things like 'supply and demand', business, children, fairness and decency.)

8 posted on 06/17/2022 8:43:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump said "if Biden's elected markets will crash and gas could go to $7.99 a gallon.")
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To: DFG

I like David Horowitz.

He’s a genius.

I like this essay.

I just don’t know if it does much good.

He’s writing for liberal professors to read.

They won’t read it…..except to argue with it.

Liberal professors are snobs.

They know their jobs are mostly useless and certainly over paid.

They cannot bear to contemplate, for even one short moment, that their beliefs might be wrong.

It would cause them to crash, and they are doing exceptionally well in this country and culture.

There are few true communists.

There are few true communist professors.

Look at Obama.

If he was a true communist, he would have given his wealth away to work pulling turnips in a commune.

How many mansions does a communist need?


9 posted on 06/17/2022 8:46:36 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Well, Cletus - back to living up to your pen name, I see.

I would believe Horowitz long before any of us would take your word for anything.

10 posted on 06/17/2022 9:07:49 AM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: Chainmail

I’m not trying to make a buck like Horowitz.


11 posted on 06/17/2022 9:11:23 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: NWFree

I have taken in conversations with my liberal friends to call the Democrats what they are: the COMMUNISTS. Other than Manchin and Sinema in the Senate and Henry Cuellar in the House, there are no “moderate” or Blue Dog Democrats - on the fringe when their vote doesn’t matter, they may be allowed to vote against Pelosi but on every key vote you will see them side with the leftists.


12 posted on 06/17/2022 9:12:56 AM PDT by laconic
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To: blueunicorn6

If one is the leader of communists there is no limit on their wealth.


13 posted on 06/17/2022 9:22:15 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Yeah - well Horowitz is worth paying for. You - not so much.


14 posted on 06/17/2022 9:36:42 AM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: DFG

Excellent post.

I really admire David Horowitz.


15 posted on 06/17/2022 10:19:20 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: blueunicorn6

Tolstoy approves.


16 posted on 06/17/2022 10:42:01 AM PDT by OKSooner (The Bedford boys say "Hi, Brandon".)
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To: DFG

Great find, thanks for posting.


17 posted on 06/17/2022 10:42:37 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Fear porn.
Ignore.

Wish that were true but it is not Cletus. We have been saying for a couple hundred years, that could never happen here as we watch it happen.

18 posted on 06/17/2022 2:19:57 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: DFG

This is a masterful piece of writing, review of events, and corrective account of the moral wrongs of the language-distorting, history-rewriting left.


19 posted on 06/17/2022 7:34:49 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Fear porn. Ignore.

You are an idiot.

20 posted on 06/17/2022 7:39:37 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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