The Progressive Agenda ..

[LoneLaugher]

Mac thinks he's a centrist because he has some views that liberals will agree with and some views that conservatives will agree with. But...he's perfectly happy to sit on the sidelines and "watch the damage". It's that kind of commitment to principle that we need more of.

It's odd that he labels the two extremes "Tea Party" and "PC Police". One of those is a verifiable entity with members in very high government office.....corrupting the political process as we speak. The other is a nebulous "they" who seek to punish those who discriminate and divide. Yeah....polar opposites.

In reality....the "Tea Party" has a distinct enemy. That is President Obama. Is. President Obama a member of then PC Police?

You divide and chear on thugs that destroy peoples property!!! The other side supports ripping the heart out of our ability to remain number one in many areas but you seek to burn it to the ground.

I cheer on thugs? I seek to burn "it" to the ground?

You are a mental midget white supremacist. But...you are liberal on the economy. Hey now! If you ask Mac.....you are a centrist! Cool huh!

 

[Mac1958]

White guilt leads to lowered standards. Lowered standards lead to what we're seeing all over.

Those who claim to "care" continue to cause American Blacks grave damage.

.

 

[Votto]

Loons to the left of me and nuts to the right! Fire breathing sicko's both!

It's the potato heads in the middle that you really have to worry about .. we're stuck with their quirks..

(basically, it's all their fault...)

Yeah, those folks who choose to think for themselves and examine all possibilities are really screwing things up.

Everyone should "pick a side" and lie and deflect and distort and scream to protect it.

Like the Tea Party and the PC Police, they're very calm, open-minded, tolerant and reasonable.



.

Yup, the wishy-washy types who can't really decide but think their actually fair and balanced...and smarter..

Well, keep spinning and lying for your "side", this is working out great.

The rest of us will continue to observe the damage.

.

The left verses right paradigm is a false one. Both party's are equivalent.

I began re-reading Mark Levin's "Ameritopia" as I began to recall some of the book after hearing about all the civil unrest in Baltimore. Perhaps some of you who have had the misfortune of not reading his book may enjoy hearing some of it.

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"Tyranny, broadly defined, is the use of power to dehumanize the individual and delegitimize his nature. Political utopianism is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. There are, of course, unlimited utopian constructs, for the mind is capable of infinite fantasies. but there are common themes. These fantasies take the form of grand social plans or experimentation, the impractibility and impossibility of which, in small ways and large, leads to the individual subjugation.

A heavenly society is said to be in reach if only the individual surrender more of his liberty and being for the general good, meaning the good as prescribed by the state. If he refuses, he will be tormented and ultimately coerced into compliance, for conformity is essential.

Especially threatening, therefore, are the industrious, independent, and successful, for they demonstrate what is actually possible under current social conditions -- achievement, happiness, and fulfillment -- thereby contradicting and endangering the utopian campaign against what was or is.

Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once; it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as "the masses", but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income etc., to highlight differences within the masses. It then exacerbates old rivalries and disputes or it incites new ones. This way it can speak to well-being of "the people" as a whole while dividing them against themselves, thereby stampeding them in one direction or another as necessary to collapse the existing society or rule over the new one.

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistant as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive.

Rather than cultivating a moral society and individual virtuousness, whether through faith, education, or sociability, and building on the accumulated experience and wisdom of earlier generations, utopianism breeds dishonesty not good character; it encourages ideology not reason; it rewards rashness not reflection; it attracts fanatics not statesmen; and it is transformative not reformative. As the world around him grows increasingly unpredictable and hostile, and the moral order of the civil society frays and then unravels, the individual may feel that his daily survival depends on abandoning his own moral nature and teaching, including prudence, self restraint, and forethought. He may become radicalized and join the ranks of the predators, or become isolated and conniving, hoping to avoid notice. He may become dispirited and detached, resigned to a life of misery. He may defiantly stand his moral ground, in which case he may become the predators' prey. in any event, the law of the jungle becomes the law of the land as the civil society disintegrates."

 

[Lumpy 1]

White guilt leads to lowered standards. Lowered standards lead to what we're seeing all over.

Those who claim to "care" continue to cause American Blacks grave damage.

.

I don't feel guilty but the morons keep telling us we're suppose to...

When it comes to the depressed inner cities, Democrats are historically in control and the results are less than acceptable, no doubt.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Loons to the left of me and nuts to the right! Fire breathing sicko's both!

It's the potato heads in the middle that you really have to worry about .. we're stuck with their quirks..

(basically, it's all their fault...)

Yeah, those folks who choose to think for themselves and examine all possibilities are really screwing things up.

Everyone should "pick a side" and lie and deflect and distort and scream to protect it.

Like the Tea Party and the PC Police, they're very calm, open-minded, tolerant and reasonable.



.

Yup, the wishy-washy types who can't really decide but think their actually fair and balanced...and smarter..

Well, keep spinning and lying for your "side", this is working out great.

The rest of us will continue to observe the damage.

.

The left verses right paradigm is a false one. Both party's are equivalent.

I began re-reading Mark Levin's "Ameritopia" as I began to recall some of the book after hearing about all the civil unrest in Baltimore. Perhaps some of you who have had the misfortune of not reading his book may enjoy hearing some of it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Tyranny, broadly defined, is the use of power to dehumanize the individual and delegitimize his nature. Political utopianism is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. There are, of course, unlimited utopian constructs, for the mind is capable of infinite fantasies. but there are common themes. These fantasies take the form of grand social plans or experimentation, the impractibility and impossibility of which, in small ways and large, leads to the individual subjugation.

A heavenly society is said to be in reach if only the individual surrender more of his liberty and being for the general good, meaning the good as prescribed by the state. If he refuses, he will be tormented and ultimately coerced into compliance, for conformity is essential.

Especially threatening, therefore, are the industrious, independent, and successful, for they demonstrate what is actually possible under current social conditions -- achievement, happiness, and fulfillment -- thereby contradicting and endangering the utopian campaign against what was or is.

Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once; it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as "the masses", but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income etc., to highlight differences within the masses. It then exacerbates old rivalries and disputes or it incites new ones. This way it can speak to well-being of "the people" as a whole while dividing them against themselves, thereby stampeding them in one direction or another as necessary to collapse the existing society or rule over the new one.

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistant as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive.

Rather than cultivating a moral society and individual virtuousness, whether through faith, education, or sociability, and building on the accumulated experience and wisdom of earlier generations, utopianism breeds dishonesty not good character; it encourages ideology not reason; it rewards rashness not reflection; it attracts fanatics not statesmen; and it is transformative not reformative. As the world around him grows increasingly unpredictable and hostile, and the moral order of the civil society frays and then unravels, the individual may feel that his daily survival depends on abandoning his own moral nature and teaching, including prudence, self restraint, and forethought. He may become radicalized and join the ranks of the predators, or become isolated and conniving, hoping to avoid notice. He may become dispirited and detached, resigned to a life of misery. He may defiantly stand his moral ground, in which case he may become the predators' prey. in any event, the law of the jungle becomes the law of the land as the civil society disintegrates."

You've got quite a hero.

 

[ScienceRocks]

America needs rationality and logic....We need to be able to come to agreement at times and work together as Americans.

Slash, cut and burn isn't a plan and neither is divide and blame.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Loons to the left of me and nuts to the right! Fire breathing sicko's both!

It's the potato heads in the middle that you really have to worry about .. we're stuck with their quirks..

(basically, it's all their fault...)

Yeah, those folks who choose to think for themselves and examine all possibilities are really screwing things up.

Everyone should "pick a side" and lie and deflect and distort and scream to protect it.

Like the Tea Party and the PC Police, they're very calm, open-minded, tolerant and reasonable.



.

Yup, the wishy-washy types who can't really decide but think their actually fair and balanced...and smarter..

Well, keep spinning and lying for your "side", this is working out great.

The rest of us will continue to observe the damage.

.

The left verses right paradigm is a false one. Both party's are equivalent.

I began re-reading Mark Levin's "Ameritopia" as I began to recall some of the book after hearing about all the civil unrest in Baltimore. Perhaps some of you who have had the misfortune of not reading his book may enjoy hearing some of it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Tyranny, broadly defined, is the use of power to dehumanize the individual and delegitimize his nature. Political utopianism is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. There are, of course, unlimited utopian constructs, for the mind is capable of infinite fantasies. but there are common themes. These fantasies take the form of grand social plans or experimentation, the impractibility and impossibility of which, in small ways and large, leads to the individual subjugation.

A heavenly society is said to be in reach if only the individual surrender more of his liberty and being for the general good, meaning the good as prescribed by the state. If he refuses, he will be tormented and ultimately coerced into compliance, for conformity is essential.

Especially threatening, therefore, are the industrious, independent, and successful, for they demonstrate what is actually possible under current social conditions -- achievement, happiness, and fulfillment -- thereby contradicting and endangering the utopian campaign against what was or is.

Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once; it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as "the masses", but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income etc., to highlight differences within the masses. It then exacerbates old rivalries and disputes or it incites new ones. This way it can speak to well-being of "the people" as a whole while dividing them against themselves, thereby stampeding them in one direction or another as necessary to collapse the existing society or rule over the new one.

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistant as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive.

Rather than cultivating a moral society and individual virtuousness, whether through faith, education, or sociability, and building on the accumulated experience and wisdom of earlier generations, utopianism breeds dishonesty not good character; it encourages ideology not reason; it rewards rashness not reflection; it attracts fanatics not statesmen; and it is transformative not reformative. As the world around him grows increasingly unpredictable and hostile, and the moral order of the civil society frays and then unravels, the individual may feel that his daily survival depends on abandoning his own moral nature and teaching, including prudence, self restraint, and forethought. He may become radicalized and join the ranks of the predators, or become isolated and conniving, hoping to avoid notice. He may become dispirited and detached, resigned to a life of misery. He may defiantly stand his moral ground, in which case he may become the predators' prey. in any event, the law of the jungle becomes the law of the land as the civil society disintegrates."

Sorry Votto, I'll have to read this later, I'm kinda tired...

 

[ScienceRocks]

White guilt leads to lowered standards. Lowered standards lead to what we're seeing all over.

Those who claim to "care" continue to cause American Blacks grave damage.

.

Yep, these people accept low standards for blacks and divide them from seeing that somethings are common sense. Like the law and working together as Americans.

 

[Mac1958]

Loons to the left of me and nuts to the right! Fire breathing sicko's both!

It's the potato heads in the middle that you really have to worry about .. we're stuck with their quirks..

(basically, it's all their fault...)

Yeah, those folks who choose to think for themselves and examine all possibilities are really screwing things up.

Everyone should "pick a side" and lie and deflect and distort and scream to protect it.

Like the Tea Party and the PC Police, they're very calm, open-minded, tolerant and reasonable.



.

Yup, the wishy-washy types who can't really decide but think their actually fair and balanced...and smarter..

Well, keep spinning and lying for your "side", this is working out great.

The rest of us will continue to observe the damage.

.

The left verses right paradigm is a false one. Both party's are equivalent.

I began re-reading Mark Levin's "Ameritopia" as I began to recall some of the book after hearing about all the civil unrest in Baltimore. Perhaps some of you who have had the misfortune of not reading his book may enjoy hearing some of it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Tyranny, broadly defined, is the use of power to dehumanize the individual and delegitimize his nature. Political utopianism is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. There are, of course, unlimited utopian constructs, for the mind is capable of infinite fantasies. but there are common themes. These fantasies take the form of grand social plans or experimentation, the impractibility and impossibility of which, in small ways and large, leads to the individual subjugation.

A heavenly society is said to be in reach if only the individual surrender more of his liberty and being for the general good, meaning the good as prescribed by the state. If he refuses, he will be tormented and ultimately coerced into compliance, for conformity is essential.

Especially threatening, therefore, are the industrious, independent, and successful, for they demonstrate what is actually possible under current social conditions -- achievement, happiness, and fulfillment -- thereby contradicting and endangering the utopian campaign against what was or is.

Utopianism also attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once; it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as "the masses", but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income etc., to highlight differences within the masses. It then exacerbates old rivalries and disputes or it incites new ones. This way it can speak to well-being of "the people" as a whole while dividing them against themselves, thereby stampeding them in one direction or another as necessary to collapse the existing society or rule over the new one.

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistant as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive.

Rather than cultivating a moral society and individual virtuousness, whether through faith, education, or sociability, and building on the accumulated experience and wisdom of earlier generations, utopianism breeds dishonesty not good character; it encourages ideology not reason; it rewards rashness not reflection; it attracts fanatics not statesmen; and it is transformative not reformative. As the world around him grows increasingly unpredictable and hostile, and the moral order of the civil society frays and then unravels, the individual may feel that his daily survival depends on abandoning his own moral nature and teaching, including prudence, self restraint, and forethought. He may become radicalized and join the ranks of the predators, or become isolated and conniving, hoping to avoid notice. He may become dispirited and detached, resigned to a life of misery. He may defiantly stand his moral ground, in which case he may become the predators' prey. in any event, the law of the jungle becomes the law of the land as the civil society disintegrates."

Levin's writing is fairly benign, if heavily partisan.

His ultra-hard line screaming and raving on his radio show is manifesting in his listeners behaving the same way, exacerbating divisions.

He and Ed Schultz are ideological bookends, and I'm pretty sure we'd be better off without 'em.

.

 

[Mac1958]

White guilt leads to lowered standards. Lowered standards lead to what we're seeing all over.

Those who claim to "care" continue to cause American Blacks grave damage.

.

Yep, these people accept low standards for blacks and divide them from seeing that somethings are common sense. Like the law and working together as Americans.

They do far more than accept lower standards, they fight for them, they defend them, they practice them at every opportunity.

The result is, and has been, isolation of a group of people based on nothing more than skin color.

Tragic.

.

 

[ScienceRocks]

We need to stop the opening of the divide and work together at times or our nation will fly apart. We won't be a respectable power anymore. Hell, one day our grand children will wonder wtf happen!

 

[Lumpy 1]

America needs rationality and logic....We need to be able to come to agreement at times and work together as Americans.

Slash, cut and burn isn't a plan and neither is divide and blame.

News Flash, it's unlikely at this moment in time but we probably all agree.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Mac thinks he's a centrist because he has some views that liberals will agree with and some views that conservatives will agree with. But...he's perfectly happy to sit on the sidelines and "watch the damage". It's that kind of commitment to principle that we need more of.

It's odd that he labels the two extremes "Tea Party" and "PC Police". One of those is a verifiable entity with members in very high government office.....corrupting the political process as we speak. The other is a nebulous "they" who seek to punish those who discriminate and divide. Yeah....polar opposites.

In reality....the "Tea Party" has a distinct enemy. That is President Obama. Is. President Obama a member of then PC Police?

You divide and chear on thugs that destroy peoples property!!! The other side supports ripping the heart out of our ability to remain number one in many areas but you seek to burn it to the ground.

I cheer on thugs? I seek to burn "it" to the ground?

You are a mental midget white supremacist. But...you are liberal on the economy. Hey now! If you ask Mac.....you are a centrist! Cool huh!

I just thought of this ...

 

[LoneLaugher]

White guilt leads to lowered standards. Lowered standards lead to what we're seeing all over.

Those who claim to "care" continue to cause American Blacks grave damage.

.

Yep, these people accept low standards for blacks and divide them from seeing that somethings are common sense. Like the law and working together as Americans.

They do far more than accept lower standards, they fight for them, they defend them, they practice them at every opportunity.

The result is, and has been, isolation of a group of people based on nothing more than skin color.

Tragic.

.

Really? We've isolated black people...based solely on skin color...by fighting for lower standards?

I love that line of reasoning. Especially given the fact that we currently have a black POTUS, a black Supreme Court Justice, a black Attorney General, 38,000 practicing physicians who are black, 60,000 practicing attorneys who are black , and well over 2 million business owners who are black.

How the fuck did that happen?

 

[LoneLaugher]

This dude is a victim of lowered expectations.

Elmont Memorial High School student accepted by all 8 Ivy League schools - Apr. 4 2015

 

[Lumpy 1]

 

[Lumpy 1]

Sheesh..