Since the Fall of the Wall, the Left is deep in the thrall of cognitive dissonance and denial. WHY? Rather than admit they've witnessed the demise of their ideology - and rather than "move on" (you should pardon the expression!) - the Left denies, denies, denies, and attacks, attacks, and attacks with inane vitriol. Here are a few examples of one of the most common and inane defensive refrains the Left employs - COINICDENCE:
(1) Reagan sent Pershing's to Europe (the Left protested) and the USSR collapsed - and then the Left said: "COINCIDENCE! The USSR collapsed of its own weight."
(2) Congress - under Clinton - "changed welfare as we know it," reforming it and cutting it. Abuse, waste, and an "anti-personal-independence" attitude were demolished; yet, poor people DID NOT stream on to the streets (as the Left predicted). IOW: IT WORKED, and the Left cries: "COINCIDENCE! The economy grew, and that took care of it."
(3) Mayor Giuliani ramped up police efforts and got tough on ALL criminals, and crime DROPPED. And the Left cries: "COINCIDENCE! Demographics did that!"
(4) After 9/11, George W. Bush cut taxes (and contrary to what the Left predicted) the economy grew; (by the time of the last election 1.5 million payroll jobs had been created). And the Left cries: "Coincidence! It's just a phony expansion fueled by a housing bubble."
(5) Bush declares that democracy and universal human rights will be the focus of USA foreign policy; he liberates 50 MILLION people, and foments democracy or democratic movements in dozens of countries; he liberates Afghanistan, and Iraq; he forces the Palestinians to have real elections; Kuwait enacts universal suffrage for women; Egypt makes positive changes for the first time EVER; Lebanon gets rid of its occupiers (after 25 years!) and has its first elections; Gerogia and Ukraine elect free democratic governments, and even Saudi Arabia starts to change for the better. And yet the Left cries: "Coincidence! Arafat and Hariri died; that caused the changes!"
I say: it was NO COINCIDENCE that conservative policies worked - in fact, it's why I became a conservative: their policies achieve what we ALL aim for: greater liberty and prosperity for all.
I say: it was NO COINCIDENCE that 25 years of appeasing neojihadists - (from Reagan's Beirut debacle at the hands of HAMAS, to Bush Sr.'s failure to finish the job ib 1991, to Clinton's failure to respond adequately after Somalia, OR to the 1993 WTC bombing, OR to the embassy bombings, OR to the attack on the USS Cole) - led to al Qaeda's growing threat and the advent of the GWOT/WW4.
BOTTOM-LINE: coincidence is the safe-haven of a bankrupt ideology; coincidence is the refuge of the Left; the Left's attempt to explain our great leaps forward through coincidence is a form of denial and a sham and an affront to logic and reality.
I urge folks on the Left find the strength to admit that conservative policies are not only logical and moral, but they JUST PLAIN WORK! I think once they do, they'll find the experience very LIBERATING. I did. AND IT WAS "NO COINCIDENCE!"
3 comments:
"coincidence is the safe-haven of a bankrupt ideology"
You said it, bud. It's the only thing they can hang on to in their version of reality. Even Klintoon figured it out, when he "caved" (as they would have it) to the right--but the LLL would ignore the fact that his only real successes were when he took Dick Morris' advice to move to the center.
If it weren't for the GD media and the horrendous state of academia, where would the left be at all? Withering away (shrieking all the while) into oblivion, and rightfully so.
I guess they'll always be around though, because there's not much you can do when you're dealing with mental adolescents/psychological retards.
zackly.
thanks 4 stopping by.
When I was young and stupid, I was horrified when Reagan sent the planes to bomb Libya- now the terrorists were going to get really riled up, and come after us more! But after that, things seemed to get a lot quieter with Libya. I have now watched Japan and Germany mired for many years with stagnant economies, whereas we have pulled out of our recessions fairly quickly, and gone on to grow solidly (I say that after having been bankrupted by the 1990 recession). Was this all coincidence? No- tax cuts seem to really work, especially those that cut the marginal rates and the rates on capital gains. Like you, I have grown increasingly conservative by observing these things over a long period of time, to see what works.
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