Leftists tend to hold America in contempt. They prefer socialism to capitalism and regard all white people and police as racist. To them the Bible, Christianity, and Judaism are not only nonsense, but dangerous nonsense. There is an implicit adherence to a belief that men and women are not inherently different or even that male and female objectively exist and they are disinterested in marriage or children. To them the president of the United States is a fascist, as are all those who voted for him. Support for the suppression of speech that they regard as “hate speech” which is anything they do not agree with is the rule.
Most tend to support the Democrat brand and tend to political activism though they may or may not register and vote. They accept the label liberal though their attitudes and actions are illiberal. Most liberals actually do love America and think that, despite its flaws, it is worthy of respect. They do not believe male and female are subjective categories. Liberals believe in free speech, even for speech that may be hateful or repugnant.
Interestingly, young people who are transformed into leftists almost always become less kind, less happy, and more angry. It is a sad rule that whatever the Left touches, it ruins; music, art, literature, religion, late-night TV, the Academy Awards, sports, economies, the family structure, the Boy Scouts, and race relations are just a few examples. It also ruins people, their character and their happiness.
One of the prerequisites of good character and happiness is gratitude. Leftism is rooted in ingratitude. If you are grateful to be an American, you are, by definition, not a leftist. Dennis Prager cites several examples: If you are black and grateful to be an American, you are a “traitor to your race,” an “Uncle Tom.” If you are a woman grateful to be an American, you are a “traitor to your gender.” Feminist icon Gloria Steinem once called Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison a “female impersonator” because a real woman cannot be conservative.
The left drills into every nonwhite and every woman the idea that they are victims. People who see themselves as victims become ungrateful and angry. These are two traits that always make a person meaner. Every parent whose child comes home from school a leftist should be asked: “Is your daughter or son happier as a result of becoming a leftist? Are they kinder? More tolerant? More respectful?”
It is not only institutions that the left ruins, but also the character of its adherents. Where are the prominent conservative equivalents of Robert De Niro shouting “F— Trump” at awards ceremonies? Or Sarah Silverman tweeting to the president of the United States: “I’m just gonna go with F— YOU, and also add that you are a smelly penis hole with balls that touch water. Eat s—, you greedy t—“? Or Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., telling supporters, among whom were children, “We’re gonna impeach the motherf—er”?
Every American should watch how a group of 10-year-old girls recently treated 85-year-old California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Being indoctrinated into Leftism apparently permits them to treat a U.S. Senator, not to mention a woman 75 years older than them, with contempt. It is inconceivable that a group of 10-year-old conservative kids, accompanied by their teachers, would ever treat an 85-year-old, senator or not, so condescendingly.
When you send your child to school, you are hoping they are educated in useful life skills. You do not want to be playing Russian roulette with their values or worse yet with their character and the way they will treat you. Left-wing parents do not have a similar worry. If their child somehow returns home from school a Christian or a religious Jew, not only will they not be treated with contempt, they will probably be treated with more respect than before. Leftism makes you worse. Judeo-Christian religions make you better. That might not be the fashionable view, but it is true.
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Dennis Prager, March 12, 2019