Posted on 04/30/2025 8:33:15 AM PDT by bitt
David Horowitz has sadly passed. He helped us discover what went wrong in America. Horowitz cracked the DNA code of the Left when most tony conservative print publications were chained to wonky policy, never fully understanding who opposed their ideas.
If Horowitz wasn’t the first to crack the Left’s DNA code, he did it the best. After all, he was well-positioned.
A self-admitted “red diaper baby,” Horowitz was raised by communist parents in Queens. Zealous fans of Joseph Stalin, David’s parents immersed the future conservative revolutionary in the deepest darkest recesses of communist ideology.
He understood the nexus between American left-wing politics and their role as progeny of Marx, Lenin, and the Gulags in a way nobody on the right could.
That’s what made his gradual transformation from Marxist to a leading conservative so dangerous for the American left – he understood them, he saw through the charade.
He knew what the Left was capable of.
David shattered their central premise: The institutional Left – and their partners in the Democratic Party – didn’t really exist to help people like they claimed. They did not exist to do good, he said.
In reality, David Horowitz would repeat, the Left hurt people. The policies of the Left resulted in carnage – carnage on the streets, in the American family, and in the culture. They left victims in their wake.
He insisted we stop using the term “liberals.”
“The only things they are liberal about,” he retorted, “are sex and drugs. Everything else they are totalitarian.”
I first encountered the work of David Horowitz when I started getting unsolicited pamphlets in the mail in college called “Heterodoxy.” It was his attempt to blunt political correctness on college campuses before I had ever heard the term political correctness.
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The Leftist Code is the sprit of antichrist - subtle, deceptive, and deadly.
It is a sad day INDEED!
RIP David!
“Liberalism is nothing more than the ideological disguise of the ‘will to power’ of SOME people who could not themselves BE less liberal.”
Albert Camus
I’m sad about this. David’s book, “Radical Son” was the most important and influential read of my life.
RIP
It is impossible to understand the left without figuring out their final goal...
Their boot on your neck.
Everything else is just noise.
Awww...sad to hear he’s gone. I used to enjoy him a long time ago when I would see him on Fox and various YouTube clips. And to read his articles. Thanks for putting up the conservative fight, Mr. Horowitz.
He is correct. I ran into their ideology in the Federal Government AND the public schools. They ARE Godless, totalitarian, ruthless and despotic.
“He insisted we stop using the term “liberals.”
“The only things they are liberal about,” he retorted, “are sex and drugs. Everything else they are totalitarian.”
Definitely an excellent quote to remember.
Memory Eternal!
(By the way, some Orthodox priests don’t like it when I say “Memory Eternal” for a non-Orthodox. But I do it anyway. I may be right; I may be wrong. Lord have mercy on me a sinner!)
Yes that is a great book. I read it in my younger days and helped shape my world view.
I was a red diaper baby. My parent’s never had a private sector job. Mom barely worked and stayed home mostly to be programmed by daytime TV, dad worked for the government his whole life. There was never a tax or regulation they didn’t support and ALWAYS voted for the democrat or local commie. They were shocked how conservative myself and my siblings are.
Just went on Amazon and Thrift Books to purchase several of his books. They are flying out the door.
By the time I finished, there were none of his used books on Amazon.
This is the first that I have heard of his passing.
I enjoyed his book, Radical Son. At the time it spoke for a generation that was disillusioned with their former radical Leftism. I identified with it. My father was a hardcore Democrat / anti-Republican who never changed his stripes. Even at a young age, his ranting and raving against Reagan didn’t make sense. To me, the Democrats always were corrupt zealots with no original ideas. Sometimes the Republicans were corrupt and had no ideas too. But the Democrats were horrible. So I kind of made the same journey but at a much earlier age. Rest in peace, David.
It looks like DH’s son and daughter-in-law were very big donors of the left and leftist causes...they too had a turnaround like their dad/father-law and are now our MAGA.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/16/felicia-ben-horowitz-party-switch/
Horowitz was original SDS yippie
Big turnaround
I read radical son long ago
I was similar though a bit younger
Jerry Rubin changed too a good bit before his untimely death
Abbie never did and fame left him behind
Amazing how many of the leadership were middle class Jewish kids
Some from lefty stock
Some not though
Anyhow I liked Horowitz
He deserves good praise
Thank you for posting this. I followed him after reading his book Radical Son. May he rest in peace. Good man.
Sad news. RIP David!
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