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Why are liberals suddenly opposed to citizens protesting their government, even calling it fascism and treason? - eelfins - 02-03-2013 02:32 AM
Has something changed?
- Obanocchio - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
This will explain it all
Alex Knepper’s recent run-in with American University’s radical and rabid campus left seems to have taught him some surprising and invaluable life lessons about the true nature of American politics.
Lesson One: Leftists and so-called progressives are illiberal, dogmatic, and closed-minded. They believe in and promote censorship. They work assiduously and underhandedly to demonize their political opponents and thus will brook no dissent.
This means that leftists and “progressives†cannot be reasoned with or deterred. They must, instead, be defeated outright in the political, cultural and public-policy arenas.
Lesson Two: Liberals are not leftists. Liberals may harbor left-wing public-policy ideas. They may, for instance, wish to promote universal health insurance coverage. However, liberals believe in the foundational principles of the American republic; leftists and so-called progressives do not.
Liberals, moreover, believe in intellectual tolerance and free speech, the American military, the defense of U.S. national security interests abroad, markets, and private property. Leftists and so-called progressives, by contrast, believe in none of these things.
Lesson Three: American conservatives are the true liberals. This is quite literally true in that the political ideas and principles espoused by classical 19th Century liberals are today championed by American conservatives.
These ideas include limited government, protection of private-property rights, equal treatment under the law, and economic growth precipitated by entrepreneurs and businessmen.
But American conservatives also are the true liberals in that they are far more intellectually and socially tolerant than are leftists and so-called progressives.
Indeed, the greatest incidence of censorship in America today occurs not in small towns and villages, but at allegedly cosmopolitan college campuses. American University’s social and cultural jihad against Mr. Knepper’s column is a prominent case in point.
Lesson Four: Far from being a hotbed of intolerance and reaction, Middle America is instead wonderfully tolerant, open minded and good natured. In fact, the idea that racism, homophobia and bigotry lurk deep within the American soul is a slander on the American people.
Mr. Knepper, who is himself a gay man, knows better. “The outpouring of support that I have received from Middle America has been heartening and reassuring,†he wrote at David Frum’s website, FrumForum.
The essence of my argument — don’t engage in volatile, risky situations unless you’re prepared to deal with the consequences of your actions — is a common sense, mainstream argument among everyday Americans
Yes it is. But although the Left dominates American colleges and universities, it doesn’t believe in commonsense; nor is it part of the mainstream. The Left believes in destroying its opponents through intellectual bullying, intimidation, and character assassination.
Unfortunately for the Left, when they decided to make an example of one campus apostate, Alex Knepper, they picked on the wrong man. Thus their bullying backfired and they themselves have been exposed. But it wasn’t the first time – and nor will it be the last – that the Left has met its match and gotten its comeuppance.
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John R. Guardiano is a writer and analyst in Arlington, Virginia. You can follow him on Twitter: @Guardian0.
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/04/american-universitys-left-wing-campus-theater-inadvertently-teaches-right-lessons/
- 43289 - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
Because liberals are aggressive thugs. They'll do whatever it takes to win this country.
- Eugene - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
So there are conservatives protesting? What happened to calling it unpatriotic and treason?
- wolfette - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
because its not their opinion that's why,two faced jerks
its that bullcrap where they expect you to sit down shut up they know better,,
- Sultan Of Samarrah - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
they aren't opposed to protesting the government they are opposed to all the name calling and bogus claims. i am angry at the government at times too but i don't make up false claims to support my anger just to fire up people.
- highpie091 - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
Yes, something has changed. It's only patriotic when it's against a so-called conservative president. In their defense, their clay minds were molded very heavily over the last eight years to foam at the mouth when the name Bush was mentioned--to the point that it is ignored when the next guy does more of the same at an amazingly rapid rate.
- Tiktaalik - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
We're not opposed to citizens protesting their government. We're opposed to these particular people, who advocate a fascist (nationalist, corporatist government) political system and commit acts of violence such as flying airplanes into federal buildings and shooting up museums.
- Anonymoose - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
Is this a serious question? This question seems to be referring to the Tea-party movement. We're not against protesting the government [you ignoramous], but rather protesting based on fallacious assumptions. Just because Rush Limbaugh says it's true, doesn't mean it's true. These tea-partyers rush to conservative leaders for the need of opinion as if they don't have one themselves. They're sheep; and that's what I'm against.
- Political Enigma - 02-03-2013 02:40 AM
Because their lord and master told them so, that's why. They have no ability to stand up to him. They relinquished that power long ago.