As I have stated repeatedly, what is now known as “conservatism” used to be referred to as “Classical Liberalism.” But “progressives” long ago [i.e., the Sixties] abandoned the principles of that perspective for what can only be described as a species of hysteria, a mindless world-view based on the superficialities of Identity. The number of “conservatives” led by their good intentions and the indoctrination of the culture to a Leftist world-view which their Intelligence and Moral Integrity ultimately led them to abandon, is inspiring and indeed a source of hope for the future.
Clearly not motivated by ignorance or racism, “conservative” Dennis Prager has commented on his political evolution as follows: “Everything I believed when I was a liberal and a Democrat, I still believe. Every one of those beliefs is now called right wing!”
A frequent Prager U. guest, Amala Ekpunobi, indoctrinated by her Black mother to believe all White people are racists, was led by her life experiences to a very different conclusion. Whereas the Left purports to be about Love and Compassion, all she heard there, she says, was hatred towards Whites, the Patriarchy and Western Civilization in general. Given that academia and the mainstream media never stop pushing that narrative, today’s young, she avers, are “deeply brainwashed.” She is but one of many people of Color who is utterly appalled by the race baiting tactics of the “enlightened” Left.
Are you familiar with Siaka Massaquoi, a Black actor who says the anti-White rhetoric he frequently encountered in Hollywood truly appalled him, indeed led him to conclude the politics in which he had been indoctrinated as a youth was rooted not in an honest appraisal of the facts but the cultivation of hatred? He too can be found on Prager U. expressing his disenchantment with the Left.
Subsequent to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict which led a number of “liberal” commentators to express outrage that any individual should be allowed to carry a military style weapon into the public arena, Larry Elder published a picture of Kenosha’s B.L.M. protesters led by two people of Color clearly armed with military style weapons. Where is the outrage, he asked! Why the double standard? When did the Left, not just its extremists but the mainstream Left, become so utterly irrational?
Several decades ago Ronald Reagan said that if Fascism were ever to come to America, it would no doubt be disguised as Liberalism. What more emphatically proves his point than the antics of Antifa whose members, while claiming to be liberal warriors against Fascism, are Fascists to the very core. But the guardians of the mainstream culture are hardly any better, using the bludgeon of “hate speech” to silence anyone with whom they do not agree. As the aforementioned Siaka Massaquoi points out, express a “conservative” opinion in Hollywood and be prepared to go without work for a very long time. Sadly this holds true throughout the “progressive” West, several Canadian friends working in the public sector averring there are certain perfectly rational opinions they simply cannot articulate without putting an end to their careers!
A week after the Waukesha massacre, CNN posted the following tweet: Waukesha will hold a moment of silence today, marking one week since a car drove through a city Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring scores of others.
Social media exploded with indignation. According to the hypocrites at CNN, a “car” was responsible for the carnage; no mention of the color of its driver or his many online racist rants; every sentence they utter, every word they print, phrased so as to reinforce their biased narrative. Truly disgusting!