An unfortunate characteristic of our liberal brethren is the inability to see beyond the feel good self-pat-on-the-back attempt at moral superiority, a childlike cant we all just get along.
Never is this flaw more evident than when we attempt to confront evil. Liberals, it seems, are unable to recognize evil, and therefore are psychologically unable to deal with it.
We see this in our left-leaning friends ability to identify with the victimizer, but not the victim. We see it in the consoling of the drug abusing, law breaking criminal, but detachment from the recipient of their criminality.
Our great leaders have all understood this, and each dealt with evil in ways outside of our Constitutional methods.
Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in 1861 and 1862. The Peace Democrats, also called copperheads, publicly criticized Lincoln's belief that violating the U.S. Constitution was required to save it as a whole.
Franklin Roosevelt opened the mail, censored the press and built internment camps(Executive Order No. 9066 in December 1941.)
When the treat of evil had been emasculated, the infractions to our civility were removed, and we returned to the way of life that we exemplified.(See Ex-parte Milligan).
And those on the left, like yourself, returned to carping about how terrible our leaders were.
The SAME liberal bashing occurred in the 1920's in Europe...it led to fascism...
Translation...because liberals are NOT consumed and controlled by FEAR and because liberals don't believe people are basically EVIL; liberals need to LEARN how to BE consumed and controlled by FEAR and to SEE that people are basically EVIL...
Let me help you out. Which way did you come in? Oh, that was too simple.
But it's the childllike simplicity of your rant, complete with cap letters, that leads one to use those silly one-liners. Bet you'd rather be posting with big fat crayons.
There is no liberal bashing here, but of course, liberals see any criticism as 'bashing.' Didn't you see my reference to liberals as our brethren?
No, it was a history lesson. Are you going to claim that Lincoln and FDR are fascists?
Now, pay attention, this is not government school: you're actually meant to learn something. Conservatives recognize the threat, confront evil in an efficacious manner, in this case enhanced interrogation, and thus defeat it.
We are "NOT consumed and controlled by FEAR ," we recognize that some people are evil, and need to be treated differently than those who are, like yoursef, misguided, or good folks, who should be protected.
Here you have exemplified an important flaw in liberals:
"A Liberals axiom is that harmony is natural, a misreading of human nature. It should be remembered that when Woodrow Wilson asked Georges Clemenceau, prime minister of France, Dont you believe that all men are brothers, Clemenceau replied Yes- Cain and Abel. The result of this belief is that countrys defenses are lowered by liberals, as represented by the Church Committee hearings, the Pike committee, the Torricelli Amendments, all of which tied the hands of the intelligence community, and made it necessary for the Bush Administration to use enhanced interrogation methods. And, of course, the liberal community raged that we were not treating terrorists like our brothers. To gain an understanding of human nature, consider reading The Naked Ape, by DesmondMorris. "
Did you read carefully?
Good, now fold your paper, number one to five, and no erasing and no crossing out. Good luck. If you pass, we may be able to move you out of the remedial,er, liberal class.
