Posted on 08/28/2007 4:07:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
Excellent analysis of the problem. I would consider adding that it is exacerbated by the need for instant gratification, the need for the “quick fix.”
This is like the parent who tries insantly to buy the love of his child with material goodies rather than parenting properly, confident that in the long run it will be better for the child and will be ultimately appreciated.
“...evil would have prevailed. But at least we’d be loved.”
We wouldn’t even be thought of as we wouldn’t exist, so the Left is trying again to make us non existant.
excellent
Prager is wrong.
Liberals are egotistical and greedy. They insult their political competitors at every opportunity. They claim that conservatives are stupid, which means they think they’re smart. They think they are objective about matters, while conservatives are not.
They want their taxes to care for people so they don’t have to lift a finger or donate to humanitarian causes. They believe churches should be taxed just like any other business.
It’s been proven that conservatives donate more.
Liberals don’t want to be loved; that’s pure rubbish.
I agree. They don't want to be loved, they want to LOVE. Even if it kills the target.
The second one is a good read – Liberalism is a Psychology
Upon a quick read, you’re right! That article is on target.
Excellent analysis. There are, of course, worse crimes than “Smother-loving” - but it still really messed my generation up.
I think that parents and countries alike should seek respect first, not love. If you have respect, love will follow.
I agree with Prager only in the context that most libs are more influenced by their “emotional” brains than their “logical” brains.
I have read some of their rants in the Dummie Funnies and of course they accuse Conservatives of not being logical either, but I find their arguments have an emotional basis, rather than a logical one most of the time.
To a lib, being guided by emotion IS logical.
It almost seems like a war-of-the-sexes.
(Male=Predomintantly Thinking and Female=Predominantly Feeling)
This seems to be the fundamental difference between Liberal and Conservative.
The sad thing is that the promise of love if the US abandons our committments and becomes compliant is a false promise. For instance, if Reagan had punted on Star Wars and not pressed the Soviet Union, the US would still have been hated. But then we would have been hated but not feared.
It is a very dangerous thing for a nation to be hated but not feared.
If it were not for the presence of the emotional plague in everyone, this behavior in an individual or particular group of individuals would be easy to deal with. In the current attack the dangers come from those groups belonging on the extremes of the sociopolitical spectrum, the black fascists (Islamic fundamentalists) on the right, and the red fascists (pseudo-liberals) 11 on the left. The black fascist terrorist rationalizes his behavior to his fellow Islamic fundamentalists so well that it is accepted by many of them as something desirable, for the common good. His effectiveness is also enhanced by striking a chord of emotional plague impulses residing in others at the opposite end of the spectrum, those of the liberal and pseudo-liberal character type. Because of pseudo-liberals feelings of guilt, their intellectualism and inability to act aggressively, they are quick to find fault with anything in American life that can be used to morally equate the Islamic fanatics and the United States-a form of moral masochism-thereby justifying the terrorist atrocities. Because contact with their biological core is either weak or absent, they are unable to fully sense the existence and destructiveness of the emotional plague.
While Islamic fundamentalists teach Arab children to hate America, many American high school teachers and college professors on the Left masochistically tell their students to "understand" why Islamic fundamentalists hate America.
The Relationship Between Fanatics and American Liberals
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776500/posts
“The ones that love us best
are the ones we lay to rest
and visit their graves on holidays, at best.
The ones who love us least
are the ones we’d die to please
If it’s any consolation, I don’t begin to understand.”
-Paul Westerberg, “Bastards of Young”
The liberals’ anthem “Imagine” comes to mind, Imagine, no countries, no property, no religion. Also, “All you need is love.” It makes me want to throw-up. When they played Imagine at the Turin Olympics, it made me sick.
...and why not a word of praise for “trolls” — those cyber heros who crave not love [grin]
Personally, think their 'achilles heel' is their desire for power - over others. Their desire to 'create' assuming 'god-like' dimensions parallels their own level of narcissism.
I don't think they care whether America is loved or not; what they want, is for America to BE like these other feudal societies; where kings are kings. . .and the rest of the population, labors collectively to keep living as kings. . .
Their 'caring' about our Military - by wanting to bring them home safely is another ruse. Care about our Military? (They are kidding us - and/or themselves. . .) They want them home because they are a threat to the success of THEIR agenda. They don't want our Military on any world stage; period.
Our radical Lib/Leftists/Demrats are not just 'invested' in defeat. They are committed to it. Our defeat is their 'win'. . .over Capitalism; over Democracy. . .over individual Freedom; individual Rights.
The 'collective' must reign supreme. . .they share a 'dream' which we know in truth; is a nightmare.
Would grant that the 'young' may be caught/snared by their Christian - Universal appeals; but once they recognize the fallacy of their virtues such as 'Charitiy' - or their version of 'do unto others'; they fall away. It can take just a short time; or a life-time.
Those hard-core; who 'never give up' . . .or never 'get it'; are those whose needs are truly reconciled with the inauthentic idiology they continue to invest in and promote.
Maybe Dennis is talking about the 'tweener Libs' the ones who are still caught somewhere in between their promise and their truth.
Prager’s the greatest —I have his book(Happiness is a Serious Problem) right here at my desk so I can reread parts of it at times.
Please ping me when you come across his stuff —thanks.
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