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Ten Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist
Front Page Magazine ^ | 05 Nov 2014 | Danusha V. Goska

Posted on 11/08/2014 8:17:44 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy

How far left was I? So far left my beloved uncle was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in a Communist country. When I returned to his Slovak village to buy him a mass card, the priest refused to sell me one. So far left that a self-identified terrorist proposed marriage to me. So far left I was a two-time Peace Corps volunteer and I have a degree from UC Berkeley. So far left that my Teamster mother used to tell anyone who would listen that she voted for Gus Hall, Communist Party chairman, for president. I wore a button saying “Eat the Rich.” To me it wasn’t a metaphor.

I voted Republican in the last presidential election.

Below are the top ten reasons I am no longer a leftist. This is not a rigorous comparison of theories. This list is idiosyncratic, impressionistic, and intuitive. It’s an accounting of the milestones on my herky-jerky journey...

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: danushavgoska; democrat; democratic; democrats; eattherich; gushall; ideology; leftist; liberal; liberalism; peacecorps; progressive; progressives; slovakia; socialism; teamster; ucberkeley; wokeup
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To: dhs12345

You got better ;)


61 posted on 11/08/2014 12:57:42 PM PST by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: VRW Conspirator; goldstategop

There is something about leftist/communist philosophies that corrupts people and turns them into people who believe the means justify the end.


I think the cause is just plane old rejection. The commies get this vision of utopia that is unglued from reality and then throw a hissy fit when their wonderful (failed) ideas are rejected.


In my personal experience the road to ruin always starts with these words. “If only they would just DO what I told them to do. Then everything would be just fine.”


62 posted on 11/08/2014 12:58:09 PM PST by The Working Man
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To: dhs12345

The liberalism of my time was all about feelings and guilt. One quick example. I was once aboard a gorgeous yacht, in a fairly rarified MA harbor, getting ready to watch a private fireworks display. The hostess said she was going to “pour” (the champagne). I mistook her comment for a reference to the “poor” - and felt such relief. It was good to know that even in the midst of such opulence we, good liberals that we all were, had not forgotten the poor.

When I realized she meant ‘pour’, I didn’t think, ‘X, you miserable liberal. Can’t you get past your guilt long enough to enjoy one night of fireworks?’ Rather, I thought, ‘What a shame, that we aren’t thinking of the poor after all’.

It’s a mindset where your feelings of guilt comingle with feelings of moral superiority—WE are the ones who think about the poor—to produce a non-functioning brain. Sad but true.

As for a cult, the liberalism that superseded that of my day is much more cultish. It is far stricter, in terms of what kind of thinking is ‘allowed’, and it relies far more heavily on hatred of ‘them’ (vs us). So to me it is the more cultish version of the ideology. Ymmv.


63 posted on 11/08/2014 1:01:14 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
It’s a mindset where your feelings of guilt comingle with feelings of moral superiority—WE are the ones who think about the poor—to produce a non-functioning brain.

You've got their number Fantasywriter...

64 posted on 11/08/2014 1:04:41 PM PST by GOPJ ( MSNBC is left-wing radio with pictures. CNN's anchors are mostly tired, left-wing & smug.. -Nolte)
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To: GOPJ

Thanks.

Btw, GOPJ, I’ve noticed that I keep an eye out for your comments. I really enjoy your input.

Just letting you know.


65 posted on 11/08/2014 1:28:54 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: pbear8

Still the same for the most part. Just smarter.


66 posted on 11/08/2014 1:29:38 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Yashcheritsiy

This was a great opinion piece. We MUST change hearts and minds by staying true to principles. The way to do that is to exhibit a caring manner, but never compromise on principles.....NEVER. Their are people you can never reach, but decent people may hate you, but they end up respecting you.


67 posted on 11/08/2014 1:51:51 PM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: Texas Eagle

“Liberal policies sabotage us.”

That must have been quite a revelation for her. And I just don’t understand why Lefties can’t see it.


68 posted on 11/08/2014 1:52:43 PM PST by Obstinate
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Excellent article! A must read.


69 posted on 11/08/2014 10:18:40 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: Fantasywriter

We should NEVER forget the poor. That is, the legitimately poor and less fortunate.

I my experience:

A conservative is a person who actively helps the poor. On the other hand, a Liberal expects someone else, for example the government, to do it. Actually that is exactly the definition of conservatism and liberalism — the individual helping the individual versus the collective helping the individual and it is pretty obvious which is better.

It is unfortunate that the Democrat party and Liberalism don’t allow true free thinkers. Because that would help to set the party on the right track.


70 posted on 11/09/2014 9:24:15 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

+1


71 posted on 11/09/2014 9:40:33 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

+1.


72 posted on 11/10/2014 5:49:01 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: Navy Patriot
if she had included a list of leftists she had sent to prison with her inside knowledge of the evil segment of the human race...

Now there's an interesting thought. I'm not sure how that would work in practice.

73 posted on 11/10/2014 5:51:22 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: gogeo
I'm not sure how that would work in practice.

The reason I am so hard on Leftists is partially because Republicans, when in power, generally refuse to investigate, prosecute and punish Leftist criminal activity, even when evidence is available and offered. Republicans even fail to fire and replace corrupt and partisan DemoRat prosecutors and political operatives in the "Justice" system, often cooperating with the same Rats to appoint "special" (corrupt partisan) prosecutors demanded by Rats making False Witness bogus charges, and refusing to provide innocent Republican supporters legal assistance (example: scooter Libby).

On the other hand, Rats are allowed to use the Beria method: Show the Rat the man and the Rat will show you the crime.

So anyone who does not actively put Leftists in prison is useless to a free society.

74 posted on 11/10/2014 6:29:59 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: goldstategop

It’s pretty easy to tell you why they believe the means justifies the ends.

There’s a ratio of “costs/goal” that people automatically measure in their minds when they make decisions. If this ratio gets above a certain threshold, then the goal is not worth the costs.

The left defines their goal as perfection, ie, infinity,
so ANY means/costs are justified in order to reach it.


75 posted on 11/10/2014 6:33:50 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Navy Patriot

I think it would be great to ask Boehner and McConnell why there are two sets of rules.


76 posted on 11/11/2014 8:15:51 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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