They think they ARE heroes. So do most of the Libs in the country. They never DREAM that these tactics could be used against them, because they fully intend to stay in power forever.
They think they ARE heroes. So do most of the Libs in the country. They never DREAM that these tactics could be used against them, because they fully intend to stay in power forever.
"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats."
Wow! What an excellent turn of a phrase. I have not seen that quote before, but it definitely hits the mark. There’s no indignation like righteous indignation.
I see it all the time from friends and family on the Left. Their righteousness is worn like a suit of armor. If I could just open my mind and see the wisdom of their words, I would change my entire worldview. But I’m too hardheaded to succumb to their superior logic and knowledge. 🤪 It gets harder as relatives get older and they tend to ‘forget’ our policy of never discussing politics. Or maybe it’s because they sense an impending landslide in November and are becoming more frantic in their efforts to make me see the light. I jut have to keep looking them in the eye and saying, “You and I are NOT discussing politics. Ever.”
That fits them perfectly. And I feel like it goes very well with this quote from CS Lewis:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
They don’t unfortunately see these as corrupt tactics. As long as it beats the orange man up, it’s how it should be done. They ( progs) are perfectly in tune with lawfare against their enemies.
Exactly! That’s why they don’t give two figs whether the Stormy trial is overturned on appeal. They just need to notch that conviction before the election, come hell or high water. They don’t care about the damage to our system of justice (such as it is).
The Democrats have had their most successful presidency in history. We're smack-dab in a cultural war and class war. They are winning on both fronts. Seriously, look at how much they've accomplished in 3 years.
How could they have inconsistent thoughts; they are angry, because they're right....and they are right, because they're angry. That pretty much ends the need to consider other viewpoints; it would be immoral for them to consider viewpoints that do not adhere to their angry/right:right/angry epistemology because anything outside the perfect purity circle is amoral.
They are in lockstep in THEIR two option game. It is non-optional for them, under their creed, to either stop you or they must help you understand that you do not have options otherwise.
The rules are simple. It's not their problem we don't understand. Any cognitive dissonance you may experience about their lack of cognitive dissonance affirms their purity and identifies you as the unwashed.
How could you not understand Tom that they had to break into your house to save the baby from a burning crib?
What kind of unappreciative monster leaves their baby in a burning house we were forced to cleans with fire on behalf of your child?!
Maybe a really, really scary monster who entertains competing ideas?
They think they ARE heroes. So do most of the Libs in the country. They never DREAM that these tactics could be used against them, because they fully intend to stay in power forever.
Right?!
Here's where it usually ends up:
"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats."
- Aldus Huxley
Wow! What an excellent turn of a phrase. I have not seen that quote before, but it definitely hits the mark. There’s no indignation like righteous indignation.
I see it all the time from friends and family on the Left. Their righteousness is worn like a suit of armor. If I could just open my mind and see the wisdom of their words, I would change my entire worldview. But I’m too hardheaded to succumb to their superior logic and knowledge. 🤪 It gets harder as relatives get older and they tend to ‘forget’ our policy of never discussing politics. Or maybe it’s because they sense an impending landslide in November and are becoming more frantic in their efforts to make me see the light. I jut have to keep looking them in the eye and saying, “You and I are NOT discussing politics. Ever.”
*just. (Why won’t this stupid app let me edit comments? It used to…)
the app is bunk. I switched back to the PC version. works better on your phone anyway.
That fits them perfectly. And I feel like it goes very well with this quote from CS Lewis:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Perfect
They don’t unfortunately see these as corrupt tactics. As long as it beats the orange man up, it’s how it should be done. They ( progs) are perfectly in tune with lawfare against their enemies.
Exactly! That’s why they don’t give two figs whether the Stormy trial is overturned on appeal. They just need to notch that conviction before the election, come hell or high water. They don’t care about the damage to our system of justice (such as it is).
These are people who have proven time and again that they are willing to burn down "their" own neighborhood when they don't get what they want.
"Why is our neighborhood a food desert"
"Mmm! Desert!" (sic)
Exactly.
The Democrats have had their most successful presidency in history. We're smack-dab in a cultural war and class war. They are winning on both fronts. Seriously, look at how much they've accomplished in 3 years.
How could they have inconsistent thoughts; they are angry, because they're right....and they are right, because they're angry. That pretty much ends the need to consider other viewpoints; it would be immoral for them to consider viewpoints that do not adhere to their angry/right:right/angry epistemology because anything outside the perfect purity circle is amoral.
They are in lockstep in THEIR two option game. It is non-optional for them, under their creed, to either stop you or they must help you understand that you do not have options otherwise.
The rules are simple. It's not their problem we don't understand. Any cognitive dissonance you may experience about their lack of cognitive dissonance affirms their purity and identifies you as the unwashed.
How could you not understand Tom that they had to break into your house to save the baby from a burning crib?
What kind of unappreciative monster leaves their baby in a burning house we were forced to cleans with fire on behalf of your child?!
Maybe a really, really scary monster who entertains competing ideas?