Posted on 04/08/2003 4:54:22 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
I have been fascinated watching the meltdown of today’s Leftists as they lose their collective mind over the war to liberate the Iraqi people. I was wondering how long it would take for the left to publicly expose their betrayal of principles they have touted for so long. This war is made, through and through, of the stuff the caring, compassionate, "I’m-For-The-Underdog" Superhero for the Victimized and Disenfranchised Left wing of American politics has always claimed as their realm. Finally, through their own actions, the lie of the morally superior Left has been exposed.
On its face, the condemnation by the Left Elite of a war which represents the classical liberal principle of freeing and empowering people, ending violence and tyranny, seems inexplicable. But it’s not - as I explain in my new book The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left’s Assault on Our Culture and Values (Crown Forum, April 22, 2003); today’s supposed protectors of individual liberty are no longer able to act on principle or on doing the right thing because, for them, there is no right thing. The scourge of moral relativism rules the day for the Leftist elite and commands the rejection of the most basic notions of right and wrong, good and evil.
Ranging from maniacal street protests to vile anti-America diatribes on award shows and news programs by celebrities, Leftists still protest a war which even they know will be ridding the world of a barbaric regime that oppresses, tortures and murders its own people. Women and children, the heralded domain of the feminist establishment, have never been safe from Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical reign, and have experienced the most horrific of lives, which included rape rooms and other torture chambers. It has been nothing short of obscene to listen to the rantings of leftists claiming the war should stop to "save Iraqi babies." In fact, it is only this war which will finally save those babies. How dare American feminists in particular oppose this action. They didn’t even have the moral footing to voice support for Operation Iraqi Freedom when Hussein’s thugs began using children and pregnant women as human shields for soldiers and as hostages in homicide car bombings. It is in his nature to defile and destroy life. We’re now finding out it is in the nature of the Feminist and Gay Elite to not care as they bow to the God of Moral Relativism. That’s why the war to liberate Iraq, and the reasoning behind it, is such a threat to the left: specifically because it highlights a moral standard of decency, a standard which is universal and cuts across religious and political grounds. It reminds Americans and everyone else of the value of acting on what’s right and just. And judgment! That, of all actions, is the greatest sin in the bacchanalian world of the Left. In their moral void, anything which exemplifies virtue and values must be condemned. This is why, even at the expense of the lives of innocent people in Iraq and the frames of minds of our soldiers, they so selfishly condemn and still work to stop the liberation of Iraq. It is also why, I predict, the Left in this country will work to stall, demean, and politically sabotage the post-war rebuilding effort. While that also doesn’t make much sense for the "compassionate" arm of American politics, we know now that it’s not about what’s right; it’s about them, and their reliance on the death of right and wrong. In the effort to secure a culture the Left wrongly think needs to be void of values for their lifestyles to thrive, the Iraqi people are to be sacrificed. Because it would inconvenience the Left to no end should personal responsibility and values come back into vogue. When you consider the recent track record of the Left when it comes to important social issues, their rejection of action which will save lives and make the world a better place doesn’t seem so out of character. In The Death of Right and Wrong, I describe the world as defined by the leaders of the Left Elite, where: *Murdering your children isn’t murder if you’re a woman; it’s post-partum depression. *Sex addiction, compulsion and promiscuity aren’t problems if you’re gay; they’re part of an "alternate lifestyle." *Murdering a police office isn’t murder if you’re black; it’s a "heroic" act. *Vandalizing, degrading or mocking the symbols of a religion is only a hate crime if the object is Islam or Judaism. If the target is Christianity, it’s "art." *Murdering 3,000 American civilians isn’t terrorism if the murderers are Muslims; it’s the Freedom Fighter’s heroic last act against an oppressor. I detail these examples and so many more which exemplify how the left is driven by an agenda to change Americans’ fundamental values and to make discerning right from wrong the new blasphemy. It is an agenda meant to indoctrinate you into the same corrupt moral relativism which rules their world: a Looking Glass world that also absurdly insists freeing the Iraqi people is to be condemned. Where Americans are to sit and do nothing as others suffer. Because you are not to come to judgment. You are to understand that there is no good and no evil. Where the inner child of the depraved and murderous, like Saddam Hussein, is to be "understood" and negotiated with. For far too long, the cynical malignant narcissists who control left-wing special interest groups have worked to convince their constituencies that values are dangerous. It’s time we put a stop to that lie. The war to liberate Iraq has been a terrific first step in reminding the world that America, once again, has the courage to act on what’s right. Whether leftists here at home and around the globe like it or not.
Good and evil is what the left, in each specific case, decides what it is. There is no consistency in moral relativism. The left didn't "understand the inner child of the depraved and muderous" Slobodan Milosevic. They were unconcerned about Serbian babies and supported the destruction of Slobo's regime, no matter what the cost.
Almost 100% of the time, when the right chooses a position based on moral reasons, the left will choose the opposite position. If Clinton were president and opted to fight this battle (a long shot, to be sure), the left would be applauding his every decision.
IMO, you hit the nail exactly on the head with the above. Socialism, in its effort to make "equal" those who are not equal, must by necessity resort to arbitrary decision making and use of law to achieve their vaunted "egalitarianism."
Our American tradition of individual freedom, OTOH, requires the law be applied equally to all.
So I think that socialism and leftist philosophy, by their very nature, require the world to be seen in shades of gray, while the American tradition, which requires a different kind of equality, equality before the law, requires at least some absolutes.
Saddam was evil and it was right to bomb him when Clinton was president. The use of the US Military all around the globe without a single UN approval was fine with the left when Clinton was president.
But now that Bush is president that which was evil 2 years ago is now not evil.
If Person A can be evil on Monday and good on Tuesday with nothing changing other than the party of the President they do not have a belief in right and wrong. They have situational partisanship.
And of course, to the modern day leftist, like Hillary Rotten Klinton, "L'etat, c'est moi." (I AM the state.)
They do not believe it in the "absolute" sense. They believe right and wrong are a matter of pragmatism - whatever works is right, whatever doesn't work is wrong. Liberals do not believe that morals come from God - that is the foundation of all moral relativism. And make no mistake, it really is "moral relativism" in the sense that they do not believe in moral absolutes that come from God. Rather, they believe in man-made morals, e.g. morals are relative to man. The problem with this is: Which man is right? Logically, all must be equally right since no one man has more objective moral authority than another! Therefore, there can be no right and wrong if all are equally right.
Yes, the State is God. That is why Christianity is brutally suppressed. In a godless communist state, the State cannot be accountable to any higher authority, therefore, the perception that there is an authority higher than the state must be suppressed, otherwise, they may demand their God-given right to liberty and life, and FIGHT for it! That was also the reason why Christians were murdered by Rome.
Once again, folks:
Our military is doing a fantastic job over in Iraq – we have a job to do here. Our job is to hold Leftists, liberals and so-called ‘progressives’ accountable for the lies they live and the hate they spread. Our job is to get in their faces and on their cases. And since these people won’t listen to reason; since they will never, ever admit that they’re wrong; since their hatred of this country and everything that it stands for can never be swayed – the only options left for us are to either shun them or go nuclear on them.
We can shun them by refusing to speak to them. We can shun them by refusing to do business with them, no matter what the personal cost. We can shun them by turning our backs on them when they speak. We can shun them by standing up and leaving the room when they open their mouths with their lies and hate. We can shun them by refusing to obey their commands or give in to their demands.
We can go nuclear on them by getting right in their faces with righteous anger - and tell them exactly who and what they are. We can go nuclear on them by encouraging others to stand up to them with the same righteous anger.
We can take back the language they’ve hijacked in the service of their sick ideas and their hatred of our values. For example, most leftists and socialists will never, ever admit that they are leftists or socialists. Instead, they like to use inoffensive terms like ‘progressive,’ thinking that we won’t notice the switch in this verbal shell game. It’s a sidestep that you cannot allow them to make. Halt the conversation and ask, “OK – you say that you’re a ‘progressive.’ Towards what are you ‘progressing?’ If they say something like ‘peace and justice,’ ask them what they mean by that. ‘Peace and justice’ for whom? And at whose expense? Make them define their terms. Press them hard enough with questions like this – make them account for their ideas and their consequences - and pretty soon, all you’ll get from them is name calling and hate. And that’s exactly what you want to expose - the fact that there’s really nothing of substance behind their fantasies but envy, hate and contempt for people of faith and goodwill. We’re in their way, you see.
And if they offer violence as a response, then we can and should use overwhelming force to defeat them.
As the Bradley Fighting Vehicle commander said as he was on the road to Baghdad – “God and country baby! We’re coming in! That’s why we’re doing this and we are going to WIN!”
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