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Dennis Prager
"A related defining characteristic of the left is the ascribing of nefarious motives to conservatives. For the left, a dismissal of conservatives' motives is as important as is dismissal of the conservatives as people. It is close to impossible for almost anyone on the left -- and I mean the elite left, not merely left-wing blogs -- to say "There are good people on both of sides of this issue." From Karl Marx to Frank Rich of The New York Times, this has always been the case.
Why does the left attribute only nefarious motives to those who believe that the Islamic center does not belong near ground zero?
Because leftism holds these beliefs:
1. Those who hold leftist positions are, by definition, better people than their opponents.
2. Those who hold leftist positions have, by definition, pure motives; therefore, the motives of their opponents must be impure."
The Dennis Prager Show
So, only leftists think they're better than opponents? Do rightists think they're worse than their opponents? And do rightists also think their motives are impure and that leftists must be pure?
And have rightists never claimed that leftists are un-American and evil?
Is Ann Coulter suddenly not a rightist?
I love how the OP clarifies with the undefinable elite left, that way they can single out leftists who aren't arrogant No True Scotsman style.
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