10 quotes that shred progressivism from a best-selling British author who left the Left

The Blaze ^ | 2/20/14 | Benjamin Weingarten

[Impala64ssa]

The below quotes come from award winning British journalist and best-selling author Melanie Phillips’ “The Guardian Angel.” “The Guardian Angel” tells the story of how Phillips started her career in British journalism on the Left in the late 1970s, only to become a stalwart Liberal culture warrior, as reflected in her positions on Islam, Israel, feminism, education, economics, environmentalism and a whole host of other issues that have earned her the wrath and contempt of European Leftists, particularly among media peers.

1. The “Chicago Way” (in London) ”I always believed in the duty of a journalist to uphold truth over lies, follow the evidence where it led and fight abuses of power wherever they were to be found. I gradually realised, however, that the left was not on the side of truth, reason, and justice, but instead promoted ideology, malice, and oppression. Rather than fighting the abuse of power, it embodied it.

[Impala64ssa]

Seems like Melanie Phillips is a British version of David Horowitz.

[skinkinthegrass]

Seems like Melanie Phillips is a British version of David Horowitz.both former Marxists, Who've "seen" the inside of Marxism...good people/ citizen

[Richard from IL]

Thanks for posting this.

[kidd]

An EXCELLENT read.

[Timocrat]

Another leftie mugged by reality. Good read.

[grobdriver]

So are we doomed? Melanie Phillips says:

“All, however, is not lost. A culture can pull back from the brink if it tears off its suicidal blinders in time. This can still be achieved — but it requires a recognition above all of the paradox that so many fail to understand, that freedom only exists within clear boundaries, and that preserving the values of Western civilisation requires a robust reassertion of the Judeo-Christian principles on which its foundations rest. And that requires moral, political, and religious leadership of the highest order — and buckets of courage.”

In other words - we're doomed.

[virgil283]

excellente amigo!

”Moreover, while there were undoubtedly serious differences, the distinction between tankie totalitarians and the soft left served to mask the fact that the soft left was also totalitarian in its instincts"........

let the be no doubt...

[Steve_Seattle]

"and buckets of courage"

These days, the MSM call someone "courageous" if he or she utters something they agree with, such as speaking out for gay marriage. But it takes real courage these days to OPPOSE gay marriage.

[Vigilanteman]

Superb read. There was a time in my life when I felt the left were well meaning people with good intentions just blinded by their utopian dreams. That may still be true of some of the dupes and useful idiots who serve as foot soldiers in the movement. But the leadership is just plain evil to the core.

[Steve_Seattle]

To me the Left are, in no particular order:

1. Elitist
2. Authoritarian
3. Deceitful in a systematic manner
4. Arrogant
5. Cynical
6. Nihilistic
7. Ostentatious
8. Smug
9. Greedy
10. Envious
11. Slanderous

There is a bit of overlap in some of these terms, but each word has a slightly different connotation for me. And I am not claiming that conservatives never exhibit any of these traits, only that conservatives do not typically seem to embody the entire package.

[Roses0508]

Bump

[hosepipe]

The left WILL release power from their COLD DEAD hands...

The right had better learn to be violent.. -OR-

Nothing will change..

[Organic Panic]

What would the FCC minder say about this when FCC minders are required in all news rooms?

[outofsalt]

pfl

[Oatka]

She also has a book called "Londonistan" which should prove interesting, since we have our own version in Dearborn, MI and elsewhere.

[Tainan]

OOPS!
Thanks Impala64ssa

GMTA...this is the article I just PMed you all about.

[little jeremiah]

Placemark

[skinkinthegrass]

certainly describes, pResident 0'Muslim, to a "T"...

[ProgressingAmerica]

Ping......

The view from England, the home of Fabian Socialism, is not all that different than the view from here in the US.

[Trailerpark Badass]

And David Mamet.