Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Mendacious Neo-Rightist Delusions
RECEIVED Mon., March 20, 2006
Dear Mr. Black,
The vehemence of your response to Patrick Caldwell's March 10 letter [“Postmarks Online”] regarding your misunderstanding of conservative thought exposes a deep subconscious fear of the precepts of conservatism, e.g., individual freedom constrained by moral clarity. You intuitively grasp that if these principles ever penetrated your consciousness you would be forced to realize your mendacious neo-leftist delusions.
You reveal an inner sense that neo-leftist utopianism offers no rational solutions to the crucial issues of our time. Take the most serious of your complaints – the war in Iraq. Hussein was a megalomaniacal tyrant collaborating with and training al Qaeda and Palestinian terrorists. Moreover, he was feverishly acquiring weapons of mass murder. Before September 11, 2001, tolerating Hussein in his nation prison was acceptable, albeit barely. But post September 11, that was no longer existentially rational.
Yet when confronted with these mortal realities, neo-leftists such as yourself collapse in hysteria. A mature resolve to defend America and the free world becomes impossible. Specifically, because moral relativism is the dogmatic foundation of neo-leftism, its advocates cannot comprehend the necessity for defensive military action to defeat the forces of genocidal Islamist tyranny. This moral confusion is the reason for the absence of a coherent neo-leftist position regarding the war against Islamist terrorism. And it is a perfect metaphor for the irrational essence of neo-leftism in general. You know these truths, yet your conscience remains unmoved.
You are intrinsically aware that if you abandoned your moral denial to allow your conscience to be honestly exposed to these facts your soul searching would be enlightening. Instead, the power of popular neo-leftist groupthink emanating from the fashion gurus of Hollywood, academia, and Washington perversely reinforces your denial rendering enlightenment a distant hope. Until this moral schizophrenia is overcome, you and your neo-leftist ilk, especially within the Democratic Party, offer nothing that is positive or helpful to America or humanity.
The vehemence of your response to Patrick Caldwell's March 10 letter [“Postmarks Online”] regarding your misunderstanding of conservative thought exposes a deep subconscious fear of the precepts of conservatism, e.g., individual freedom constrained by moral clarity. You intuitively grasp that if these principles ever penetrated your consciousness you would be forced to realize your mendacious neo-leftist delusions.
You reveal an inner sense that neo-leftist utopianism offers no rational solutions to the crucial issues of our time. Take the most serious of your complaints – the war in Iraq. Hussein was a megalomaniacal tyrant collaborating with and training al Qaeda and Palestinian terrorists. Moreover, he was feverishly acquiring weapons of mass murder. Before September 11, 2001, tolerating Hussein in his nation prison was acceptable, albeit barely. But post September 11, that was no longer existentially rational.
Yet when confronted with these mortal realities, neo-leftists such as yourself collapse in hysteria. A mature resolve to defend America and the free world becomes impossible. Specifically, because moral relativism is the dogmatic foundation of neo-leftism, its advocates cannot comprehend the necessity for defensive military action to defeat the forces of genocidal Islamist tyranny. This moral confusion is the reason for the absence of a coherent neo-leftist position regarding the war against Islamist terrorism. And it is a perfect metaphor for the irrational essence of neo-leftism in general. You know these truths, yet your conscience remains unmoved.
You are intrinsically aware that if you abandoned your moral denial to allow your conscience to be honestly exposed to these facts your soul searching would be enlightening. Instead, the power of popular neo-leftist groupthink emanating from the fashion gurus of Hollywood, academia, and Washington perversely reinforces your denial rendering enlightenment a distant hope. Until this moral schizophrenia is overcome, you and your neo-leftist ilk, especially within the Democratic Party, offer nothing that is positive or helpful to America or humanity.
Vance McDonald
