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The Difficulty of Intellectually Engaging the Left
By Dennis Prager, World Net Daily
October 25, 2005
One of the more appealing aspects about being on the Left is that you do not necessarily have to engage your opponents in debates over the truth or falsehood of their positions. You can simply dismiss your opponent as "anti."
Anti-worker: It all began with Marxism. If you opposed communism or socialism, you were not merely anti-communist or anti-socialist, you were anti-worker. This way of dismissing opponents of leftist ideas is now the norm. Anyone, including a Democrat, who raises objections to union control of state and local politics is labeled anti-worker: "anti-teacher," "anti-firefighter," "anti-nurse," etc. This is how the unions are fighting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempts to rein in unauthorized union spending of members' dues to advance leftist political goals. He is depicted as an enemy of all these groups.
Topics covered in this article:
Anti-education::
Anti-intellectual:
Anti-Semite:
Anti-black ("racist):
Anti-woman:
Anti-peace:
Anti-gay (homophobe):
for full article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47028
By Dennis Prager, World Net Daily
October 25, 2005
One of the more appealing aspects about being on the Left is that you do not necessarily have to engage your opponents in debates over the truth or falsehood of their positions. You can simply dismiss your opponent as "anti."
Anti-worker: It all began with Marxism. If you opposed communism or socialism, you were not merely anti-communist or anti-socialist, you were anti-worker. This way of dismissing opponents of leftist ideas is now the norm. Anyone, including a Democrat, who raises objections to union control of state and local politics is labeled anti-worker: "anti-teacher," "anti-firefighter," "anti-nurse," etc. This is how the unions are fighting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempts to rein in unauthorized union spending of members' dues to advance leftist political goals. He is depicted as an enemy of all these groups.
Topics covered in this article:
Anti-education::
Anti-intellectual:
Anti-Semite:
Anti-black ("racist):
Anti-woman:
Anti-peace:
Anti-gay (homophobe):
for full article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47028
