They’re still nuts.
I held off on penning a blog post for a few days, in the thought that maybe, somehow, I was just overreacting and that there was some hidden logic to all of this that might become apparent with some distance.
But… nope. Still nuts.
What they’re doing just doesn’t make sense. It’s the politics of emotion, paranoia, and wishful thinking.
It’s baffling and sad to see liberals support the regime’s attempts to ban the Confederate flag and everything associated with it. I remember when liberals once stood for high ideals- things like freedom of speech and freedom of association. You know, the fundamental things that make us American. The things that make us human.
Much of liberals’ moral standing when I was growing up came from this- the fact that they would always stand up for someone’s right to express themselves, even when that expression ran counter to what they themselves believed. It gave them credence. It gave them power. It gave them relevance.
No more.
For the past seven years I’ve seen liberals dump every good idea they’ve ever had to offer, every moral victory they’ve ever claimed, every pretense of fairness, well, everything good, really, into the garbage, to defend Obama. They’ve sacrificed their philosophy, every ounce of goodwill they’ve built up with others over the life of their movement, and their entire three centuries of historical relevance, in an effort to make this man look good.
It’s sad, IMHO. It really is.
They’ve “won” in the sense that they’ve bullied their way into some things that they’ve always wanted. But in doing so, they’ve lost others’ respect. Others, especially conservatives, once viewed them as worthy, intelligent, and necessary adversaries. They were once our competitors in the fight to make this nation better and more free. Now, they’re only seen as hypocrites and tyrants. They’re universally considered by outsiders now to be obstacles to human progress. They’re now seen as enemies, and for good reason.
Well, that’s their choice. They can do what they want with their legacy.
It’s still sad.