[marktwain]

I think it is a little simpler than that, and a little more desperate. The left invested their entire intellectual currency in the superiority of Socialism and Communism, and the evil of Capitalism and America. To admit that capitalism and America are superior leaves them intellectually bankrupt. The one thing they can not do is admit that they were wrong. To admit that would be to admit that their entire life was a sham and a disgrace, and that they have lied and cheated and stolen for nothing. It would be to admit the truth, that they are morally bankrupt.

They cannot do this, so they grab at any little thing, any little straw adrift on the tide to try to show that America is evil. It is their ownly way to avoid total meltdown of their philosophy of existance, the only way for them to lie to themselves that they were "doing the right thing".

[copycat]

Bravo!!! You have nailed it, and explained why they cling to their ideology so violently.

[Robert-J]

To admit that capitalism and America are superior leaves them intellectually bankrupt

True. And they still argue that communism is good in theory. They haven't given up on communism.

[copycat]

The left invested their entire intellectual currency in the superiority of Socialism and Communism, and the evil of Capitalism and America. To admit that capitalism and America are superior leaves them intellectually bankrupt. The one thing they can not do is admit that they were wrong.

This rings true. Why does the Left battle so hard? Fear is a powerful motivator.

[screed]

Interestingly, this is very similar to an excerpt I read here on FR, written by D. Horowitz. Where he expounded on why liberals lie. I wish I could find it again, or knew its source.