Posted by
Ethan S. on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:06:29 PM
To those conservatives that understand and agree I thank you in advance, to those radicals that do not understand I could care less, and to those radicals that want to understand, this is for you. If you want to stand for freedom then you are a conservative, whether you like it or not.
I was once a hard-core radical leftist, a "serious" anarchist, that lived and breathed leftist politics and culture. After years in this "scene" I realized that I believed what amounted to utter nonsense, and turned my back on friends and ideas. You will understand what I am talking about if you understand leftist social sub-culture. As we draw closer and closer to November, leftist thoughts are becoming more and more main stream. Take a look at Code Pink. Take a look at Earth First. Take a look at Obama. We are close to having the antics of Berkeley repeat itself again and again, and become worse and worse. This could not be worse for our country. To those radical leftist looking for truth I implore you in solidarity, to stand up, take a step back, and look at what is going on. Here are three things to think about the next time you are thinking about mixing malox and water, and suiting up in black-bloc.
A Truth: There is one fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives. Conservatives stand for what they think is "good", in that, they define "good" as what they are. Liberals do not stand for anything concrete. They stand for abstract concepts such as "hope", "liberty", "equality", and "social justice." But after asking a liberal to define social justice in a non-cyclical fashion, one begins to realize that liberals stand for "not-conservative." It follows from this that what liberals define as "good" is anything the conservative is not. This amounts to tremendous moral and ethical flexibility and, as one would expect from having no clear definition of what good is, a large amount of hypocrisy. This hypocrisy is most clearly illustrated in the the liberal fascism we see these days;"Freedom of speech as long as it isn't 'racist' 'sexist' 'culturist' 'anti-global warming'...."
A Truth: Liberals, and leftist's especially, have extremely predictable argument patterns. If you argue with them factually, they will simply tell you that your sources are false and that you are a <insert -ist here>. If you argue with them on their own data, they will claim the moral high-ground and tell you that you are a <insert -ist here> for arguing with them. Try arguing with a leftist on an issue, say, immigration and you will quickly understand this to be true. Oh, and they will also always cite something bad that the opposition did, as if to justify their own nonsense. This is a weak argument and should not be tolerated.
A Truth: Leftist usually want to complain about things but do nothing of actual substance, I call this "conspicuous outrage." For example, an Earth-Firster will yell and scream about the timber industry, drop banners, and use PBC to lock themselves to some back-hoe. However, this is really doing nothing to help the forests but it is doing something to help the individual. They are heralded as a excellent non-violent protester and their position in the activism hierarchy is advanced. As anyone who has seen the devastation of forest fires in Montana or Utah or Idaho or California knows, a far more effective way to help the environment is to become a volunteer forest fire-fighter, not lock oneself to some door like every other moron wants to after reading "Eco-defense".
Thanks for reading and more next week.