My parents-as Ive said time and again-marched on Selma and Washington. Not for themselves, but, like many people of many races in this country of ours, for others. I wont catalogue my Dads career in New York politics, but I will say that he was a lifelong Democrat, senior Protestant Chaplain for the Prison System of the State of New York, and, well, a liberal (notably with a small L) and that most of the things he and others like him achieved in his life were inarguably good things.
Liberal, however, has become a bad word, and it should be. :angry:
What has happened? Ill tell you what I see, from my perspective, now. Radical leftists who are not liberal at all, hijacked the liberal, equal rights movements that we knew in the 60s and early 70s. They have slowly put their Marxist and atheist philosophies into place, so that nowadays, people think they are liberals. They arent.
I can give you an example, using only three words: Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is a radical leftist, not a liberal. They demand conformity, not liberal, independent thought. They confuse equality with bland sameness. A recent letter to the editor of a local paper proves my point. The writer criticized the paper for having the Best Of Santa Fe, as elitist, and said were all the best.
Well, no, we're not.
Thieves, child abusers, rapists, murderers, etc. are not the best. Selfish, insensitive louts are not the best. Incompetent clods who perform haphazard, shoddy work are not the best. If you ever need a surgeon or a good attorney, youll find out soon enough that theyre not all the best. Why is that so difficult for some people to see? Their vision of our future is the drab grayness that characterized life in the Soviet Union, East Germany, and every other place that these peoples destructive philosophy has held sway.
To have an opinion that contradicts their political correctness is not judgemental, intolerant or racist. It is just common sense. Here is another example. Once, in a bookstore, someone asked me if Id read a new book on display. I replied, Oh yes, its a very good book, just like all her work. Shes a hero of mine. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I was almost physically spun around. There, facing me was a person Id never seen before. She reminded me of a female Janet Reno. She snarled, Its heroine, its heroine, not hero. I was too stunned to respond, but not too stunned to quickly back away. This is why Ive tried giving up politics and sometimes call myself a recovering Democrat. (Hey, you neo-conservatives: its interesting that the neo conservative movement began in the Democrat party-another hijacking)
Liberal politics have been co-opted by these dour, humorless, severe, Stalinist commissars of politically correct conformity. Religion in this country is, for the most part, no better, being controlled by 21st Century Inquisitors. The Republicans are the same, only in the other direction, being dominated by radical rightists. This is why I say that politics and religion dont have the answers, but are instead, the root of the problem. When they try to take your personal power, resist. Dont give in. When they attack you, take that as a sure sign youre doing something right. Not long ago, I wrote that saving the world is easy, but saving yourself is hard. Keep that in mind as you ponder the solutions to the problems in the world today.
Liberal, however, has become a bad word, and it should be. :angry:
What has happened? Ill tell you what I see, from my perspective, now. Radical leftists who are not liberal at all, hijacked the liberal, equal rights movements that we knew in the 60s and early 70s. They have slowly put their Marxist and atheist philosophies into place, so that nowadays, people think they are liberals. They arent.
I can give you an example, using only three words: Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is a radical leftist, not a liberal. They demand conformity, not liberal, independent thought. They confuse equality with bland sameness. A recent letter to the editor of a local paper proves my point. The writer criticized the paper for having the Best Of Santa Fe, as elitist, and said were all the best.
Well, no, we're not.
Thieves, child abusers, rapists, murderers, etc. are not the best. Selfish, insensitive louts are not the best. Incompetent clods who perform haphazard, shoddy work are not the best. If you ever need a surgeon or a good attorney, youll find out soon enough that theyre not all the best. Why is that so difficult for some people to see? Their vision of our future is the drab grayness that characterized life in the Soviet Union, East Germany, and every other place that these peoples destructive philosophy has held sway.
To have an opinion that contradicts their political correctness is not judgemental, intolerant or racist. It is just common sense. Here is another example. Once, in a bookstore, someone asked me if Id read a new book on display. I replied, Oh yes, its a very good book, just like all her work. Shes a hero of mine. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I was almost physically spun around. There, facing me was a person Id never seen before. She reminded me of a female Janet Reno. She snarled, Its heroine, its heroine, not hero. I was too stunned to respond, but not too stunned to quickly back away. This is why Ive tried giving up politics and sometimes call myself a recovering Democrat. (Hey, you neo-conservatives: its interesting that the neo conservative movement began in the Democrat party-another hijacking)
Liberal politics have been co-opted by these dour, humorless, severe, Stalinist commissars of politically correct conformity. Religion in this country is, for the most part, no better, being controlled by 21st Century Inquisitors. The Republicans are the same, only in the other direction, being dominated by radical rightists. This is why I say that politics and religion dont have the answers, but are instead, the root of the problem. When they try to take your personal power, resist. Dont give in. When they attack you, take that as a sure sign youre doing something right. Not long ago, I wrote that saving the world is easy, but saving yourself is hard. Keep that in mind as you ponder the solutions to the problems in the world today.
