American Liberal Jihad
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Liberals have declared an ideological holy war with Conservatives and are taking no prisoners
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To understand President Obama’s defiance in his State of the Union speech the other day as well as his acquiescence to hecklers at the U.S. Supreme Court recently, one must realize the current Liberal mindset: ideological jihad.
They have beliefs, many of which have been around for decades, that they hold to be the solution for whatever problem that may or may not exist. Never mind the fact that many of their dearest-held policies were never enacted or those that were, to put it kindly, did not work out as hoped for. Liberals will explain both as the citizenry not being wise enough to accept their policies or failure of a policy resulting from the mistake of its users, or a vast right-wing conspiracy, or George W. Bush. In the Liberal mind, they are never wrong; just misunderstood or wrongly opposed for evil reasons.
The Islamic militant or American Liberal seek the literal or figurative destruction of their perceived enemies
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Given their unshakable faith in their ideology, they will do anything to enact and defend it. This includes silencing opposition whether through government (IRS attack on conservative organizations; special prosecutors in Wisconsin abusing campaign laws) or court decisions (the cause to overturn the Citizens United case that affirmed corporations’ right to free speech).
If an alternative view cannot be suppressed, the speaker is demonized by them (see: Obama, President; MSNBC). In the Liberal’s mind, far greater an existential threat to this country than a foreign enemy is a U.S. Conservative or Republican. In battle with Republicans, no prisoners should be taken, much unlike re-sets with Vladimir Putin and concessions to the Iranian mullahs, amongst other seedy characters. They rationalize that the ends of vanquishing Conservatives and Republicans to save the country from their policies justifies the unseemly means Liberals use. And with their power eroding as they just lost control of congress and could lose the White House in 2016, Liberals will become even more fierce, if that’s possible.
This no quarter mindset could not have been better admitted than by the editorial board of the NY Times yesterday when they advised Mr. Obama to “resist his instinct to follow the false promise of compromise. Give-and-take is part of the legislative process, but trade-offs amounting to Republican legislative triumphs are unacceptable.” To today’s Liberal, the only compromise that is acceptable is if things are done their way. So much for bi-partisanship that they ostensibly want. This is in stark contrast to the Times board’s position after the 2000 Presidential election was decided when they reminded Republicans to think about half of the voters who voted for Al Gore.
Elections have consequences only when Democrats win is now a Liberal article of faith.
-I.M. Windee
