Posted on 06/15/2012 5:53:24 AM PDT by arthurus
In politics, it is the idea that counts. So also in philosophy, pop music, pedantry and philanthropy. The idea is everything. And between the idea and the reality, there lies that vast uncharted terrain of promises unfulfilled, of lies and deceit and of naked hypocrisy, all of which account for the failure of the public discourse and of public life. In short, this self-inflicted deception accounts for the failure of society.
Rather than “Compassion” I favor JUSTICE!
Compassion without abandoning reality; that’s the difference. The phrase “compassionate conservative” is surrendering to the leftist premise that honestly embracing the truth is cruel.
The Left speaks of tolerance but is intolerant, of liberty but destroys liberty, of diversity but demands conformity, of justice but produced injustice. The Left IS everything that it purports to denounce.
Compassion is freedom, liberty, the freedom to do whatever you want--to think whatever you want--to pursue happiness any way you want.
Compassion is free market entrepreneurial capitalism, a form of liberty, and it has produced the greatest amount of wealth and prosperity and the greatest amount of opportunity for the most people of any system ever devised.
It made the U.S.A. the greatest, richest, most prosperous nation the world has ever known.
It caused millions of people to flock to American shores.
It educated millions.
It made a house for every family, a car in every garage, an abundance of healthy food, and a good education available for everyone.
It produced the post-war miracles of Germany and Japan as the communist nations sank into desperate poverty.
It conquered polio and smallpox, produced safe blood transufion, made heart transplant possible, reduced death from childhood leukemia from 100% to a small percentage.
It put a man on the moon.
That's compassion.
When the Left speaks of compassion it means the exact opposite.
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