The basic pitch of the Left is based upon a Blame & Envy Cocktail. Those who ascribe to the egalitarian/collectivist fantasy that makes a grievance out of other people's success, and blames the successful for every failure, feel justified in cutting corners--in altering the rules, because they have bought the myth that the rules were made to keep them--or those with whom they identify--down.
Unless you confront this mindset, you are naively assuming that everyone has certain basic ideas of fairness in common. There is, in fact, a figurative ocean of difference in what different factions mean by "fairness."
William Flax
I agree 100%. Ignoring illegal acts or any kind of wrong behavior merely invites increasing amounts of the same and worse. It helps escalate the wrongdoing. It’s being an enabler and helper, in fact.
The basic pitch of the Left is based upon a Blame & Envy Cocktail. Those who ascribe to the egalitarian/collectivist fantasy that makes a grievance out of other people's success, and blames the successful for every failure, feel justified in cutting corners--in altering the rules, because they have bought the myth that the rules were made to keep them--or those with whom they identify--down.
Unless you confront this mindset, you are naively assuming that everyone has certain basic ideas of fairness in common. There is, in fact, a figurative ocean of difference in what different factions mean by "fairness."
Great post and blogs, Ohioan. In my fantasy ideal world, you and many like you would be outstanding political science professors, teaching college students that they are playing with fire if they allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the left. Such an education would dovetail neatly with what they are seeing all around them in the age of Obama.