KLRU
Miles and Miles of McDonald
RECEIVED Fri., Jan. 21, 2011
Dear Editor,
The core psychological force of leftist thought is the empowerment of emotion wherein subjective claims of being right automatically translate into being right. This self absorption leaves objective thought, i.e., absence of personal bias, ignorantly denied. This hubristic subjective mindset creates a totalitarian impulse that’s the wicked dogmatic foundation from where pernicious leftism springs.
Class, race, and gender envy as virtue, “multicultural” moral and intellectual relativism as rational, and utopian “social justice” enforced by police power somehow evolved into a benevolent paternal benefactor as sane are all pathologically believed. Vain leftist self-esteem irrationally rebels against recognition that objective moral and intellectual clarity proves this. And the social deformities and horrors that result are willfully denied. And all leftist horribles participated – Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro, etc.
Then there are leftist apologists declaring leftist tyranny could never happen in America. That’s an unwitting but dark space occupied by people and organizations such as the Democratic Party, MoveOn.org, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and so on. And Louis Black sadly joins this misguided cadre in his January 21 “Page Two.” Now this is no shock. Mr. Black is clearly leftist.
They intend no harm. They’re well-intentioned. Their terrible mistake is insisting that only on a subjective level can humans legitimately offer moral and intellectual conclusions. They pretend to demand that no one “dictate” such realities to others, i.e., objective moral precepts. They’re denying human fallibility. The proof is their own blindness to leftist dogma commanding that a few rule all. Specifically, leftism means government dictating. Their totalitarian impulse unwittingly enables tyranny. Ironically, leftists become the moral dictators they claim to loathe.
Human failing renders emotionally imprisoned subjective good intentions and leftism existentially delusional. Objective thought is this ideological poison’s antidote. Without it all humanity will suffer greatly.
The core psychological force of leftist thought is the empowerment of emotion wherein subjective claims of being right automatically translate into being right. This self absorption leaves objective thought, i.e., absence of personal bias, ignorantly denied. This hubristic subjective mindset creates a totalitarian impulse that’s the wicked dogmatic foundation from where pernicious leftism springs.
Class, race, and gender envy as virtue, “multicultural” moral and intellectual relativism as rational, and utopian “social justice” enforced by police power somehow evolved into a benevolent paternal benefactor as sane are all pathologically believed. Vain leftist self-esteem irrationally rebels against recognition that objective moral and intellectual clarity proves this. And the social deformities and horrors that result are willfully denied. And all leftist horribles participated – Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro, etc.
Then there are leftist apologists declaring leftist tyranny could never happen in America. That’s an unwitting but dark space occupied by people and organizations such as the Democratic Party, MoveOn.org, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and so on. And Louis Black sadly joins this misguided cadre in his January 21 “Page Two.” Now this is no shock. Mr. Black is clearly leftist.
They intend no harm. They’re well-intentioned. Their terrible mistake is insisting that only on a subjective level can humans legitimately offer moral and intellectual conclusions. They pretend to demand that no one “dictate” such realities to others, i.e., objective moral precepts. They’re denying human fallibility. The proof is their own blindness to leftist dogma commanding that a few rule all. Specifically, leftism means government dictating. Their totalitarian impulse unwittingly enables tyranny. Ironically, leftists become the moral dictators they claim to loathe.
Human failing renders emotionally imprisoned subjective good intentions and leftism existentially delusional. Objective thought is this ideological poison’s antidote. Without it all humanity will suffer greatly.
Vance McDonald
