Do they really hate ordinary people that much?
Yes, they do. For liberals, the distinction between the "dumb masses" and their enlightened selves renders life meaningful. Disdain for ordinary folks is not just an ancillary trait of liberalism. It is fundamental to its nature.
At its heart, liberalism is a gnostic religion. The essence of that religion is the believer's faith that he possesses the means of changing the world for the better. The belief that the world must be changed requires that there be a mass of individuals whose lives are in need of change. Following this logic, it is the liberal, not those deplorables in need of change, who knows what must be changed. For liberals, there must be a mass of people in need of this knowledge for life to make sense.
Above all, liberalism is a hubristic faith. Its followers share the fatal flaw of pride in their own intellectual capacity. This is why liberalism appeals so strongly to those in the knowledge trades: teachers, journalists, writers, psychologists, and social workers. The sense of "knowing more than others" is its strongest attraction – particularly to the young, who otherwise know so little. Liberalism confers, or seems to confer, almost immediate power and authority to those who embrace it.
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Those who think they're right often make the mistake of thinking that everyone else is wrong.
ReplyDeleteLibs have nothing but contempt for the rest of us , you know , the people that work to make our country prosper . I really loathe their smug self righteous attitude and the fact they believe they are smarter than us !
ReplyDeleteJust look at the result of liberals in charge for the most part in the last century. Sex and violence filled movies, tv shows and video games. Welfare checks for votes instead of a strong work force. People with any common sense can see the negative influence socialism has on a society. And they woke up and voted for Trump!
ReplyDeleteStop using their silly term: Liberal.
ReplyDeletethere is nothing liberal about Communism.
So true. So very true. Well written and worth reading to the end.
ReplyDeleteThink of the liberals you know - the self righteous, the university elites and their protege', etc - then read the article and it all makes sense.
These people think they are better than you and I and feel that our existence is the downfall of their idealistic view of their society. And, people who don't think like them, are - in Hillary's words - deplorable.
So, the next time you get into an unwinable argument with a liberal (you can't win because they don't understand logic), this article makes sense.
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ReplyDeleteThose who think they're right often make the mistake of thinking that everyone else is wrong.
February 26, 2018 at 3:16 PM
Wow, such an intelligent and USEFUL statement.