Many on the left have visceral hostility toward those with different opinions
One of the things that attracted me to the political left as a young man was a belief that leftists were for “the people.” Fortunately, I was also very interested in the history of ideas — and years of research in that field repeatedly brought out the inescapable fact that many leading thinkers on the left had only contempt for “the people.”
That has been true from the 18th century to the present moment. Even more surprising, I discovered over the years that leading thinkers on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum had more respect for ordinary people than people on the left who spoke in their name.
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An easy way to see how screwed up or society has become is to see how the Tea Party (for limited government and pro-constitution) is baaaad, and how Obama (Muslim, communist, homosexual) is so goood.
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