2000- David Horowitz:
Progressive Narcissism ".....................Ever since abandoning the utopian illusions of the progressive cause, I have been struck by how little the world outside the left seems to actually understand it. How little those who have not been inside the progressive mind are able to grasp the cynicism behind its idealistic mask or the malice that drives its hypocritical passion for “social justice.” No matter how great the crimes progressives commit, no matter how terrible the futures they labor to create, no matter how devastating the human catastrophes they leave behind, the world outside the faith seems ready to forgive their “mistakes” and to grant them the grace of “good intentions.” .....................Conservatives are surprised because they see progressives as merely misguided, when they are, in fact, morally – and ontologically -- misdirected. They are the messianists of a false religious faith. Since the redeemed future that justifies their existence and rationalizes their hypocrisy can never be realized, what really motivates progressives is a modern idolatry: their limitless passion for the continuance of Them."
The entire “self esteem” movement was a plan hatched by liberals to replace god and country.
Liberals hate god and country.
In the old days, you may have felt small and insignificant but you could feel good about being a part of god and god’s plan and the same about being a part of the USA.
Liberals have bashed god and patriotism. You will not see them in church or waving a flag.
The article quotes “If everyone is special, then no one is special.”
That would be communism, the favorite form of a liberals idea of utopia.
I love Theodore Dalrymple. I think he’s an atheist, but he sure has some interesting insights into a lot of contemporary social problems, and he pulls no punches, spares no sacred cows.