Liberalism, philosophically speaking, is proudly unprincipled, insofar as it recognizes no divine law prior to man’s will. The arrogant humanism underpinning liberalism, combined with fallen human nature, makes the temptation to violence irresistible, especially in times of political exile. When safely ensconced in positions of power, liberals demand “civility” and the like (remember the ludicrous “civility” commissions set up during the Clinton era to counter Rush Limbaugh and company). But once out of power, liberals flirt with ends-justify-the-means radicalism.
Many of the heroes of the left are figures of violence — from Fidel Castro and Che Guevera to Bill Ayers and the Black Panthers. The same New York Times that couldn’t bring itself to condemn Trumpicide in the Park ran an article on 9/11 (a grim coincidence) in which Bill Ayers gloated over his unpunished domestic terrorism. “Guilty as hell, free as a bird,” he said.
Obama launched his political career in the living room of this domestic terrorist. Indeed, the new biography on Obama by David Garrow notes the dishonesty of Obama’s attempts to distance himself from Ayers. Garrow confirms that Ayers and Obama were two peas in a pod and much closer friends than Obama ever let on.
Such friendships do not contradict liberalism but reflect it. All of the post-Enlightenment ideologies that inform modern liberalism reject a divinely mandated moral law, which in the end is the only real prohibition on violence. If man’s will is the measure of morality, everything in principle is permitted and politics becomes a game of power that culminates in totalitarianism.
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The Left’s Flirtation With Trumpicide
Many of the heroes of the left are figures of violence — from Fidel Castro and Che Guevera to Bill Ayers and the Black Panthers. The same New York Times that couldn’t bring itself to condemn Trumpicide in the Park ran an article on 9/11 (a grim coincidence) in which Bill Ayers gloated over his unpunished domestic terrorism. “Guilty as hell, free as a bird,” he said.
Obama launched his political career in the living room of this domestic terrorist. Indeed, the new biography on Obama by David Garrow notes the dishonesty of Obama’s attempts to distance himself from Ayers. Garrow confirms that Ayers and Obama were two peas in a pod and much closer friends than Obama ever let on.
Such friendships do not contradict liberalism but reflect it. All of the post-Enlightenment ideologies that inform modern liberalism reject a divinely mandated moral law, which in the end is the only real prohibition on violence. If man’s will is the measure of morality, everything in principle is permitted and politics becomes a game of power that culminates in totalitarianism.
Read it all.
The Left’s Flirtation With Trumpicide
