Do not be deceived: Leftism is an enigma. We need a theorem that explains not one or two aspects of Leftism, but all their traits.
The theory must explain, first, the honest decency of the modern liberals combined with their astonishing indifference, nay, hostility to facts, common sense, and evidence; second, it must explain their high self-esteem (or, to be blunt, their pathological narcissism) combined not merely with an utter lack of accomplishment, but with their utter devotion to destructiveness, a yearning to ruin everything they touch; third, it must explain their sanctimoniousness combined with their applause, praise, support, and tireless efforts to spread all perversions (especially sexual), moral decay, vulgarity, and every form of desecration; fourth, their pretense of intellectual superiority combined with their notorious mental fecklessness; fifth, it must explain both their violence and their pacifism; sixth, the theory must explain why they hate the very things they should love most; seventh, the theory must explain why they are incapable of comprehending an honest disagreement or any honorable foe.
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"their high self-esteem (or, to be blunt, their pathological narcissism)"
"it must explain both their violence and their pacifism"
"seventh, the theory must explain why they are incapable of comprehending an honest disagreement or any honorable foe."
Do not be deceived: Rightism is an enigma. We need a theorem that explains not one or two aspects of Rightism, but all their traits.
The theory must explain, first, the honest decency of the modern conservatives combined with their astonishing indifference, nay, hostility to facts, common sense, and evidence; second, it must explain their high self-esteem (or, to be blunt, their pathological narcissism) combined not merely with an utter lack of accomplishment, but with their utter devotion to destructiveness, a yearning to ruin everything they touch; third, it must explain their sanctimoniousness combined with their contempt for actual (that is, consequence-based) morals; fourth, their pretense of intellectual superiority combined with their notorious mental fecklessness; fifth, it must explain both their violence and their pacifism; sixth, the theory must explain why they hate the very things they should love most; seventh, the theory must explain why they are incapable of comprehending an honest disagreement or any honorable foe.
Wasn't that wonderful, class? For his next act, John will sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow falsetto, while riding a unicycle.
Leftism is an enigma.
Correct; what only exists in some paranoid minds is, indeed, an enigma.
We need a theorem that explains not one or two aspects of Leftism, but all their traits.
You could start with providing some evidence that encompassed everyone you perceived to be on the left. But that would be pointless, as "Leftism" is no more than a rhetorical tool for describing people you don't like. Otherwise a united left is the same as a united right; a complete fantasy. Indeed, if I were to attribute any trait to many on the extreme left, it would be their intense antipathy to others on the left.
Has this person ever left their basement and spoken to an actual person?
Oh, and John? Don't say 'nay'. Just don't.
Yet you have not given a definition for the faceless concept you call "leftism."
It looks to me a lot more like conservatism, honestly.
I must say I've met my share of leftists fitting the portrait.
Of course, many conservatives(or whatever else) also fit the portrait. The point is : there are bad people on every side(and also amongst neutrals). denying their existence in your own side, while generalizing all your opponents to their worst elements, is in my book Some kind of fundyism.
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@Missingno
Sorry, I don't mean to label you all but the major support for Wright type idealism is in the South. All you Southerners who have been offended by my regular attacks (exposure really) on the Bible-Belt please know I am speaking of the rather large voting base that continually votes in racist theocrats and follow the fundie preachers every fear-conditioning command.
For you that have freed yourselfs from this, I commend you. Now if you can just get enough numbers to vote in sensible politicians and bankrupt a few megachurchs, that will be encouraging.
their astonishing indifference, nay, hostility to facts, common sense, and evidence;
You've obviously never debated a creationist.
fifth, it must explain both their violence and their pacifism;
Does not compute.
seventh, the theory must explain why they are incapable of comprehending an honest disagreement or any honorable foe. [
You mean like villainizing their ideological “opponents” by building elaborate strawmen of them and making long and windy lists of their perceived faults? Or comparing them to crack addicts and claiming that they have “abandon[ed] their innate intelligence and moral stature and [have] deliberately [made] themselves to be stupider than average, less moral and upright and decent than average, who at once combine the worst features of a self-deceived fool and a self-deceiving conniving con-man.”? Or even calling each one of them “a Judas, who betrayed all he holds dear”?
Maybe I am wrong, but whenever I see someone claiming that the other side “wants to destroy America, Christianity and/or the Western World” they are not on the left side of the political spectrum, if you know what I mean.
@ UHM
So everything in a dictionary ipso facto exists? Congratulation, you've provided proof for the existence of god , phlogiston and teleportation . That's the great thing about language; we can make things up and even use dictionaries to define them.
"Do not be deceived: Leftism is an enigma."
Followed by ten rambling, incoherent pages showing how only he understands it perfectly.
This sounds ridiculously funny, from a non-American perspective. To most people, Liberalism is a right-wing concept. To (some) Americans, it's a left-wing concept.
So, it's the ones who believe in freedom for all that are "pathologically narcissistic", but the Every-Man-For-Himself Conservatives are real humanitarians, right? I'd say it's much more moral decay and perversion to let poor children starve, than to allow consenting adults to marry.
This all seems like a huge "Shiny Mirror is Shiny".
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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