Charles Krauthammer hits a few of liberalisms sacred cows right between their eyes in this Daily Caller video:
I especially enjoyed this:
Emma Lazarus sonnet hanging inside Lady Libertys pedestal is especially objectionable to me. The New Colossus is a piece of destructive, touchy-feely, excrement that never should have been allowed in the first place. Not only is it a piece of crap it is misleading.
Ill wager that less than one percent of Americans know that the Statue of Liberty has not a damn thing to do with the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to be free.
Ill also bet that less than one percent of Americans know Lady Libertys true meaning. You can be sure that in the past 80 or 90 years Americas children never learned it in a public school:
In 2010 Frank Burke was more precise:
In short: Instead of a monument to republicanism and individual liberty, Lady Liberty has morphed into an invitation to the wretched refuse of the world who come here not to be free, or to work for themselves. Instead, most of them come with their hands out to the welfare state. Heres the attitude put into words:
The chance of removing Lazarus plaque today is less than zero. That why I go nuts when liberals object so strenuously to the Ten Commandments appearing on public property, but never a word about removing a piece of crap from one of Americas universally recognized symbols.
In fact, Ive said it would not be a bad thing if Muslim fundamentalists blew up the Statue of Liberty just so long as that terrible, terrible, concept in Lazarus sonnet is also destroyed. Dont laugh. Ive run across open-borders advocates on message boards who truly believed the words in Lazarus sonnet is the law of the land. I even ran into a few geniuses on message boards who insisted the tired and poor crap is in the Constitution and/or the Declaration of Independence. Checking those documents never occurred to them
Just so my remarks are not misunderstood: Remove The New Colossus and there is no one who loves Lady Liberty more than I. Blow it up after the plaque is removed and Americans would be justifiably angry for the right reason.
Fear not dear hearts. I doubt if terrorists want to attack the Statue of Liberty as former CIA director James Woolsey once said:
Frankly, terrorists would have to be idiots to destroy a monument that does so much harm to this country.
There is one more important aspect of the Statue of Liberty that needs to be examined. Lady liberty is becoming a symbol for promoting democracy around the world. Unfortunately, symbols that begin life as monuments often come to represent the opposite of their original intent. Lady Liberty standing for democracy is the sickest perversion of all. The Muslim Brotherhood surely knows they can thank democracys champions for the Arab Spring.
Returning to Krauthammer
This is where I part company with Mr. K:
Hussein is not a social democrat. He is a Socialist/Communist. He is most certainly a totalitarian although that word has a way of turning people off. The words Communist and communism also turns people off, while the words Socialist and socialism are more or less acceptable; even harmless in many minds. There is good reason for many Americans thinking socialism is a benign tumor. The American Left spent decades selling the fallacy that socialism is not communism. Lenin stated the truth:
Back it up one step:
Now this:
Krauthammer might be right about not using the term socialism except for one thing. Hussein & Company are determined to abolish private property. Real property, guns, your children, your body parts, your very life. Its all the same to a Socialist/Communist. The government owns everything.
Next
I cannot put in with Krauthammers blueprint for defeating Hussein & Company:
In the past century an army of intelligent people made brilliant ideological and intellectual arguments against socialism/communism, yet collectivism spread and continues to spread. I would argue that to defeat Hussein & Company it is essential to hate the practitioner more than the policy.
Krauthammer is saying that logic and persuasive arguments will eventually defeat people who rely on force. In simple terms he must believe that the ballot will beat the bullet. History and rigged elections say otherwise. Socialists/Communists acquire power by force, or the believed threat of violence. They hold onto power the same way. Obviously, more than force is required to beat Socialists/Communists at their own game. They must be hated if they are to beaten.
My argument
Russian Communists did not succeed in overthrowing a form of government; they succeeded in overthrowing the czars government because they convinced enough Russians to hate the czar and his entire ruling class. Prior to the Russian Revolutions few Russians sat around discussing political philosophy. Once hatred put faces on oppression it was only a matter of time before the haters succeeded.
Parenthetically, Americas founders did not fight to overthrow a monarchy, yet they, too, hated their oppressors. Colonial Americans fought for independence first. Freedoms and individual liberties came after the war ended. Slavery always comes when totalitarians win.
Hussein is using the method Russian Communists pioneered whenever he preaches class warfare against the wealthy. To defeat Hussein & Company Americans must first accept the fact that Socialists/Communists have been the true ruling class for decades. Hatred will follow acceptance.
Heres Husseins weak spot:
Most Americans do not hate private sector wealthy people as hard as Hussein tries to make it so. Most Americans admire individuals who acquire wealth. Americans do hate the tax dollar wealthy who then support tyrants to increase their own wealth and privileges; i.e., Husseins ruling class. The trick is to turn Husseins hatred back on himself and his kind.
I especially enjoyed this:
Emma Lazarus sonnet hanging inside Lady Libertys pedestal is especially objectionable to me. The New Colossus is a piece of destructive, touchy-feely, excrement that never should have been allowed in the first place. Not only is it a piece of crap it is misleading.
Ill wager that less than one percent of Americans know that the Statue of Liberty has not a damn thing to do with the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to be free.
Ill also bet that less than one percent of Americans know Lady Libertys true meaning. You can be sure that in the past 80 or 90 years Americas children never learned it in a public school:
In 2010 Frank Burke was more precise:
In short: Instead of a monument to republicanism and individual liberty, Lady Liberty has morphed into an invitation to the wretched refuse of the world who come here not to be free, or to work for themselves. Instead, most of them come with their hands out to the welfare state. Heres the attitude put into words:
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The chance of removing Lazarus plaque today is less than zero. That why I go nuts when liberals object so strenuously to the Ten Commandments appearing on public property, but never a word about removing a piece of crap from one of Americas universally recognized symbols.
In fact, Ive said it would not be a bad thing if Muslim fundamentalists blew up the Statue of Liberty just so long as that terrible, terrible, concept in Lazarus sonnet is also destroyed. Dont laugh. Ive run across open-borders advocates on message boards who truly believed the words in Lazarus sonnet is the law of the land. I even ran into a few geniuses on message boards who insisted the tired and poor crap is in the Constitution and/or the Declaration of Independence. Checking those documents never occurred to them
Just so my remarks are not misunderstood: Remove The New Colossus and there is no one who loves Lady Liberty more than I. Blow it up after the plaque is removed and Americans would be justifiably angry for the right reason.
Fear not dear hearts. I doubt if terrorists want to attack the Statue of Liberty as former CIA director James Woolsey once said:
Frankly, terrorists would have to be idiots to destroy a monument that does so much harm to this country.
There is one more important aspect of the Statue of Liberty that needs to be examined. Lady liberty is becoming a symbol for promoting democracy around the world. Unfortunately, symbols that begin life as monuments often come to represent the opposite of their original intent. Lady Liberty standing for democracy is the sickest perversion of all. The Muslim Brotherhood surely knows they can thank democracys champions for the Arab Spring.
Returning to Krauthammer
This is where I part company with Mr. K:
Hussein is not a social democrat. He is a Socialist/Communist. He is most certainly a totalitarian although that word has a way of turning people off. The words Communist and communism also turns people off, while the words Socialist and socialism are more or less acceptable; even harmless in many minds. There is good reason for many Americans thinking socialism is a benign tumor. The American Left spent decades selling the fallacy that socialism is not communism. Lenin stated the truth:
Back it up one step:
Now this:
Krauthammer might be right about not using the term socialism except for one thing. Hussein & Company are determined to abolish private property. Real property, guns, your children, your body parts, your very life. Its all the same to a Socialist/Communist. The government owns everything.
Next
I cannot put in with Krauthammers blueprint for defeating Hussein & Company:
In the past century an army of intelligent people made brilliant ideological and intellectual arguments against socialism/communism, yet collectivism spread and continues to spread. I would argue that to defeat Hussein & Company it is essential to hate the practitioner more than the policy.
Krauthammer is saying that logic and persuasive arguments will eventually defeat people who rely on force. In simple terms he must believe that the ballot will beat the bullet. History and rigged elections say otherwise. Socialists/Communists acquire power by force, or the believed threat of violence. They hold onto power the same way. Obviously, more than force is required to beat Socialists/Communists at their own game. They must be hated if they are to beaten.
My argument
Russian Communists did not succeed in overthrowing a form of government; they succeeded in overthrowing the czars government because they convinced enough Russians to hate the czar and his entire ruling class. Prior to the Russian Revolutions few Russians sat around discussing political philosophy. Once hatred put faces on oppression it was only a matter of time before the haters succeeded.
Parenthetically, Americas founders did not fight to overthrow a monarchy, yet they, too, hated their oppressors. Colonial Americans fought for independence first. Freedoms and individual liberties came after the war ended. Slavery always comes when totalitarians win.
Hussein is using the method Russian Communists pioneered whenever he preaches class warfare against the wealthy. To defeat Hussein & Company Americans must first accept the fact that Socialists/Communists have been the true ruling class for decades. Hatred will follow acceptance.
Heres Husseins weak spot:
Most Americans do not hate private sector wealthy people as hard as Hussein tries to make it so. Most Americans admire individuals who acquire wealth. Americans do hate the tax dollar wealthy who then support tyrants to increase their own wealth and privileges; i.e., Husseins ruling class. The trick is to turn Husseins hatred back on himself and his kind.
