Liberalism's Imaginary Enemies

The Wall Street Journal ^ | November 30, 2015 | Bret Stephens

[EveningStar]

In Paris, it's easier to battle a climate crisis than confront jihadists on the streets.

Little children have imaginary friends. Modern liberalism has imaginary enemies.

Hunger in America is an imaginary enemy. Liberal advocacy groups routinely claim that one in seven Americans is hungry--in a country where the poorest counties have the highest rates of obesity ...

The campus-rape epidemic--in which one in five female college students is said to be the victim of sexual assault--is an imaginary enemy ...

Institutionalized racism is an imaginary enemy ...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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[MeshugeMikey]

#imaginarylivesmatter

[EQAndyBuzz]

True blue Americans are an imagined enemy.

[MeshugeMikey]

imagined? the progressives are indeed my enemy..

i would suspect that I and others with similar views must be seen as the enemy by that end of the “political spectrum”

[equaviator]

Liberal imaginary enemy:

A sense of humor.

Because there’s nothing funny about using too much toilet paper.

[EveningStar]

Alternate link:

http://www.wsj.com/article_email/liberalisms-imaginary-enemies-1448929043-lMyQjAxMTI1MjA0MTkwNjEyWj

[Rumplemeyer]

Liberal imaginary enemy:

A sense of humor

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On a serious note, a very good observation, I find they have no sense of humor about anything.

[TBP]

It’s amazing how badly they NEED enemies.

[uncitizen]

CLIMATE CHANNNNNNGGGEEE!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!

[driftless2]

It is the job of liberals to convince people that they are oppressed while living in the richest country in the world with the best chance for improvement and success.

The liberal narrative is that non-white, non-male Americans are helpless pawns in a rigged shell game with no hope for success. Nobody (except, of course, for white males) is responsible for whatever plight they find themselves in.

And so far, it's looks like the left has done a great job convincing gullible people they're victims.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

“Liberals” chose safe enemies. “Climate Change” isn’t going to slit your throat, and Christians may press for legislation “liberals” don’t like but they aren’t going to wound society by committing suicide bombings against it.