Posted by
Redhead on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:39:02 PM
I hope to get my posts up here at ye olde Townhall with a series on Liberal Logic, that old oxymoron. This flawed way of thinking has caught my attention recently, and I do not understand how so many just ignore the implications of such far out thinking. Maybe it’s my Engineer’s OCD kicking in. So far I’ve got six essays planned, and would welcome input for these and any others. I hope to post one essay a week for the next couple of months. In this series I will make many generalities, so don’t bore me with cries of “Not me!” Don’t worry; I’ll get to you another time.
1: Progress and Evolution vs. Climate Change:
Liberals love to present themselves as embracing evolution and being enlightened vs. us “Religious Zealots” who hold to the flat earth. Yet they try to keep the earth’s climate stagnant and prevent the whole system from changing and the organisms on it from evolving.
2: Big Government vs. Big Business:
Liberals seem to embrace larger and larger government, yet rail on and on against big business. The very thought that government is always benevolent is in itself a symptom of defective thinking, but I plan to look at it from a logical standpoint and the differences between the two. (Yes, brother-of-mine, I’m talking about you!)
3: Capitalism vs. Democracy:
Why is it that so many “Democrats” hate Capitalism, when they are nearly one and the same? This is explored at Fletch for Freedom in one of the many essays, here, but I will explore the issue from my own standpoint, trying to take a logical look at why I think Capitalism is Democracy practiced every day, by every person.
4: Evolution vs. Animal Protection:
This is similar to 1, above, but here I hope to explore the incessant need to push those dying whales back into the ocean rather than chop them up for food, save the spotted three toed, one legged, tree hopping lizard, in view of evolution.
5: Gun Control vs. Government Protection:
So many liberals want to get weapons out of the hands of the people and leave us to rely on government (police) protection, yet they complain about police cruelty and the inadequacies of FEMA.
6: Feminism vs. the Sexual Revolution:
Feminism used to be based on the fact that men and women are created equal. Somehow this went hand in hand with the sexual revolution where women are taken advantage of solely for their bodies, and not for their minds. Have you ever met a male “enlightened liberal” who wasn’t also a womanizer (unless he was gay)?
7: Diversity vs. …Everything:
Too many that espouse “diversity” often also espouse policies that actually reduce diversity. I’m talking about diversity of thought, diversity of opinion, diversity of actions. The liberal position seems to be that people are too stupid to do anything for themselves, or make their own decisions, so we are going to mandate these things that we think are good for you. Seatbelts – no dissension allowed. Smoking – no dissension allowed. Guns – no dissension allowed.
So it seems that evolution argues against a majority of the liberal positions. In fact, the only thing that liberals believe should be left to evolve is the Constitution of the United States of America. Again, other topics are welcome, although expecting a liberal to understand logic is like expecting a charging bull elephant to yield to a gun free zone.