I think what is so frustrating is that the left fails to engage in critical thinking.
I thought they were all about ‘speaking truth to power’, but they never self reflect.
I worry about their tendency to worship cult leaders and their lemming-like reactions. No matter what leftist site you’d visit, they have the same talking points.
My mother knew of a time and place where such occurred and no good came from it.
I’ve found that folks on the far left can be broken down in to three general categories:
The Uninformed-
Folks who don’t pay much attention, and only get in passing mainsteam media headlines, and don’t get much deeper in to it. The “Oprah hates Bush, so I guess I should, too!” crowd.
The Hopelessly Uninformed and Willfully Ignorant-
Rachel Maddow worshippers who refuse to listen to any inconvenient fact that runs counter to what the Left Media has told them to believe.
And, The Easily-Manipulated Whacko Orwellian Hypocrite, Mentally Ill, Dangers to Society—
The Carlos Hartmann’s, Jason Lee’s, and Pat Bedell’s of the world, who get so wrapped up in the rhetoric of hate that they take it upon themselves to kill, try to kill, or take hostages, to try and make whatever insane point they had put in their diseased heads, by the hate-pimps on the Left.
Unfortunately for us all, there are a hell of a lot more of the latter than we like to think.
Did you ever notice the things liberals say are so important; like critical thinking, being fair to both sides, and on and on only seem to apply when they agree on the topic? If it is their candidate or their issue, we must think critically, be fair, compromise. If it is not their candidate or issue then they are so closed minded it is not even funny. We are just wrong and they don’t want to hear any more about it.
Self reflection isn't part of the rules...
"Obama learned his lesson well. I am proud to see that my father's model for organizing is being applied successfully beyond local community organizing to affect the Democratic campaign in 2008. It is a fine tribute to Saul Alinsky as we approach his 100th birthday." --Letter from L. DAVID ALINSKY, son of Neo-Marxist Saul Alinsky