Roberts, Blankenhorn And The Power Of Liberal Intimidation

By DENNIS PRAGER, IBD

Similarly, just one day after a deranged man, Jared Loughner, attempted to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and murdered six people in the process, the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote that it was right-wing hate that had provoked Loughner.

Bullied Into Quitting

Krugman made it all up. But what matters to most of those who speak for the left is not truth. It is destroying the good name of its opponents. That is the modus operandi of the left. It works.

Here's a post on this blog about that article of Krugman's. If you look often enough, you may spot a pattern that this kind of thing represents. It is projection, a psychological phenomenon that Dr. Sanity has written about extensively.

What it amounts to is that the left is attributing their own hatred as hatred coming from their opponents.  This enables them to maintain their own sense of self, while the effects of their attacks upon their opponents can break down their own defenses.

The conservatives are not handling this very well.  There has to be a better response to what the left is doing.  Caving in to them is not the answer.

Update:

This reminds me of the Patty Hearst case many years ago.  It was a leftist group that kidnapped Hearst and brainwashed her.  Not too many people believe that brainwashing is a real phenomenon.  Also, people believe that a person who submits to this is a weak person.  But if any person is subjected to this type of treatment over a long enough period of time, that person's defenses will break down.  People are vulnerable to this, that's why the tactic is employed.

It is interesting to note that Patty Hearst returned to normalcy when she was separated from the group.  This is encouraging because it could mean that the tactics do not necessarily lead to permanent psychological damage.

Update:

Here's another quote from the IBD piece:

But an even greater explanation is the saturation of Western society by left-wing hate directed at the right.

Some may try to redirect that back at IBD and call that projection.  Just keep in mind though, that Howard Dean, once a Democrat candidate for President, said that he hated Republicans.  The hatred is real.

There is no respect for a different point of view.  The fault lies with the hater, not the point of view.