Posted on 02/22/2004 3:50:51 AM PST by backhoe
The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Lefts Assault on Our ...
... The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Lefts Assault on Our Culture and Values
by Authors: Tammy Bruce Released: 22 April, 2003 ISBN: 0761516638 Hardcover ...
Excerpt:
In this informative and disturbing book, Tammy Bruce starts out with a traumatic episode from her youth to describe her personal and political journey. It is an honest account of the people and events that shaped her beliefs and convictions. At the same time it reveals some horrific aspects of popular culture, politics and the media as they operate today.
Bruce exposes the rank hypocrisy, soul-destroying motives and malevolent mind-set of the Left in chapters dealing with the Academic, Black, Gay and Feminist Elites, plus some destructive tendencies in the arts, the media and the justice system in the United States today. Some of her examples make harrowing reading, whilst her insight is often tinged by a bit of humour, for example when she identifies the gangster rapper as the current equivalent of Rousseaus "noble savage" in the eyes of the Left.
Bruces diagnosis rings true. She discusses the mental disease called malignant narcissism and explains how it is rooted in trauma that never attempts recovery. These individuals, instead of seeking psychological help, are focusing on social change. In other words, they want the rest of society to mirror their own hurt and pain.
She makes a very convincing case for the fact that an entire wing of politics is invested in the victim-hood of its constituency, the leaders of which are trying to work out their demons on society. This is scary stuff, but easy to recognize from the examples in the book or by taking a critical and discerning approach towards trends in the media.
The most shocking example of just how far this worldview has penetrated our society is the fact that many of these Left elite groups actually think that sexualizing your children for their own perverted benefit is a good thing! For example, GLSEN and their cartoon STD characters (page 115), or the ongoing work of the ultimate in mainstream pedophile supporters, Judith Levine, who states that "Sex is not harmful to children...there are many ways even the smallest of children can partake in it" (page 193). As outrageous as this sounds, it is not some fringe group of marginalized pedophiles that want this evil perpetrated to rationalize their depravity, but rather the leaders of the "special interest" groups on the Left, sponsored by their friends in the media. Well-documented facts throughout the book reveal this agenda clearly.
The book is essentially a direct assault on the "Looking Glass" world of moral relativism. Within this worldview, there is no right or wrong, therefore all behaviors and all results of that behavior cannot be condemned. Of course the hypocrisy of the Left condemning others is clear to everyone, and she outlines it in example after example. Whether this is glorifying cold-blooded killers, pedophiles, and rapists, or whether it is hypocritically attacking and silencing those whose views would judge the actions of convicted murderers as "wrong" the source is the same. The cause is the "malignant narcissism" of the damaged people who comprise the Left elite, in particular those who lead the various "special interest" groups. Unfortunately, through this agenda to destroy value and virtue, everyone is painted through the lens of the worst offender, even those within those groups who are good and decent people.
I received back one surprising reply with a link to Ms. Bruce's homepage, where the very first paragraph of her bio introduces her as ...an openly gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, voted-for-President Reagan progressive feminist..
I concluded that she is one mixed-up lady. I sent out a retraction and did not attend her speech.
In the same vein it was recommended to me that I could conscientiously vote for a certain female candidate running as a Progressive for local office because she was a strong supporter of my right to keep and bear arms. A very small amount of time in research showed she was also an extreme promoter of abortion as a 'right.' I did not vote for her, and, thankfully, because of the lesson I had learned with Tammy Bruce, did my research before I sent out info praising her for her stand on the 2ndA.
While I would happily engage in conversation with either of these women - it would be my honor to have them over for dinner - and while I would be delighted to use our 'common ground' on some issues as a springboard to discussion of those issues on which we disagree completely, I can not hold them up as role models, submit myself to their 'instruction,' nor vote them into postitions of power in my government.
Tammy Bruce may be on her way to enlightenment, but she is not there yet. Receiving her into our tent is a given as far as I'm concerned, but allowing her a forum to move the tent pegs is not acceptable to me.
PS - Tammy Bruce voted for Bill Clinton twice.
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