The secular left: Afraid of the logic it purports to espouse
What could be more sickening than the various frothing leftists aiming every morally bankrupt weapon in their arsenals at George Bush, while giving a free pass to those who would kill us merely for being Americans?Not much.
Recently, I saw a makeshift sign in a car - it appeared to have been created using a large piece of cardboard and magic markers, and was big enough to cover the entire rear window, in much the same way that anti-glare devices are positioned in cars to prevent heat buildup. The sign read, "The religious right: afraid of freedom!"
This was no doubt intended to draw attention to the author's very grave and noble concern regarding oppression by Christians who vote conservative. The sign, while intended to convey the author's 'speaking truth to power' - to quote a favorite mangled philosophy - only serves to illustrate a complete lack of perspective.
How brave must this individual be, to carry around such a banner in his car in the middle of one of the most solidly leftist parts of the country? (California Congressional district 13, represented by crackpot Pete Stark, who voted against a resolution condemning the 9/11 attacks). This is like carrying a sign in Berkeley announcing support for 'the environment' or 'against war'.
And what sort of 'freedom' does the author believe that the religious right is afraid of? This is where the very definitions of certain words elude those who wield them as weapons. My guess would be that this person believes in the unfettered right to abortion on demand. Beyond that, it's hard to think of what other 'rights' such people believe that religious types want to suppress.
But beyond this logical dead end lies a much more disturbing tendency, which is the blind eye turned toward a far more insidious and freedom-suppressing ideology, namely, Sharia law.
What would this person have to say about the type of freedom feared by people who want women in burqas, escorted in public only by men, forbidden to drive cars, and on and on and on?
And would they be so bold as to display that sign in an area that wouldn't be so respectful of freedom of speech, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, et cetera?
To indulge the unique freedoms of the U.S. in an effort to denounce what is arguably the least threatening group of people on the planet while ignoring the very real threat posed by those who openly wish for a global caliphate that would eliminate freedom of assembly, speech, and press betrays a hypocrisy so profound, it boggles the mind - but I've lived here long enough, and really shouldn't be surprised any longer at such ignorance.
posted by ET @ 4:13 PM
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