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Klavan On The Culture

Klavan's little screed nails it as far as I'm concerned.

Here's the problem:  even though the left is only a small minority, they are able to cobble together majorities because they con enough people into thinking they can deliver the goods.  But all the while, they are actively de-constructing the engine of economic growth which is needed to deliver these goodies.  If enough people can be convinced that the left is the problem and not the solution, they can be foiled in their attempt to sabotage America.

I know that sounds pretty harsh, but how can it be seen any other way?  To them, America is a bad place, and they are the only ones who can redeem it.  But redeem it from what?  The left's criticisms are at the very heart of what makes the country great.  Destroy that and you destroy all that is good.  That's what they are doing, and they are doing it in the name of goodness.  This makes them blind to what they are doing because it is based not upon logic, reason, and evidence.  It is based upon what they believe.  Show them anything that conflicts with this, and it will throw them into a rage.  They are so confident in their own righteousness that they will never be reachable.

Instead, you have to be able to reach others.  If there's any hope for this country, the others must step forward.  The left knows this, that's why they want those who disagree with them to be shut down.  The left can't afford these others to wake up and smell the rotten eggs the left is laying.

But it isn't just the left.  Installing a "right" wing government isn't any better if those people act the same way.

A renewal can't be based upon faith, but upon reason.  This is what is being lost in the cacophony of today's discourse.