Just curious.
Liberals are Intellectually Dishonest
Jan Larson
Due to the considerable feedback I received in response to my previous article, "Liberals are Insane," I've decided to continue my series of sweeping generalizations of liberals, today on how liberals are intellectually dishonest.
The term "liberal" as used here includes the "progressives," communists and socialists, all lumped together.
Those on the political left, that is the liberals, such as Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean are intellectually dishonest, that is, they know better. Most of your everyday liberals are simply intellectually stupid.
The 2004 presidential campaign was full of intellectual dishonesty and much of it continues today, in particular the notion that "Bush lied" about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Saddam Hussein had WMDs and used them, those are the facts, and every Western intelligence agency indicated that he had WMDs at the beginning of the war. With the (apparent) expectation that the U. S. military would simply stumble across huge stockpiles of WMD material in the middle of the desert not fulfilled, the only "logical" conclusion that liberals could come to was that "Bush lied."
Liberals, proud of their ability to understand fine nuances that are over the heads of us common people, still can't see the difference between making a statement that later turns out to be wrong and intentionally making a statement that is untrue.
"Bush went to war for oil" is another example of liberal "deep thinking" that is still being repeated. If the president wanted to go to war for oil, it certainly would have been a lot easier to invade Canada or, better yet, Mexico. It wouldn't take more than five minutes for the American military to take over the Mexican oil fields. Now with oil prices skyrocketing, the same brainiacs that claim the war was over oil are now crying that the president should do something about high oil prices.
Liberals in Washington blamed the administration for the failures in intelligence that could have prevented the attacks of September 11. Today many of those same liberals are up in arms over the NSA wiretapping program that is, of course, designed to gather intelligence to prevent another attack. What would these two-faced hypocrites say if the U. S. was attacked again? That the administration didn't do enough to prevent the attacks, of course.
Liberals say that they are the champions of free expression and free speech. Liberals want no restrictions on what may be broadcast on television and Hollywood liberals are constantly pushing the envelope of decency.
On the other side of the coin (the intellectually dishonest side), there are speech codes and codes of conduct on college campuses across the country that are in direct violation of the First Amendment. These codes are designed, of course, to prevent liberals from being "offended" or "feeling threatened."
When it comes to free expression, liberal college administrators welcome the Michael Moores and the Ward Churchills to their campuses to spew their own intellectually dishonest propaganda but ask a conservative such as Ann Coulter, to name one, how welcome they are on most campuses. Universities are the places where all viewpoints should be debated, not just those that don't offend someone. Liberals can't see it that way.
A common trait of liberals is that when they can't make a logical argument to defend their position (and most liberal positions cannot be logically defended), they resort to attacking the person with the opposing view. When challenged with a logical argument, a liberal's response will invariably include the words "you are a(n)" followed by an obscenity. Any position that cannot be defended is, by definition, dishonest.
Liberals hate so-called "big business" and deplore capitalism but yet cry like babies that there aren't enough "good jobs" that pay a "living wage."
Liberals restrict land use in many areas of the country, the San Francisco Bay area is one example, preventing development and driving up real estate prices, but then decry the lack of "affordable" housing.
Liberals always think they know what is best for others and liberal always want it "both ways." They want free speech, but not offensive speech. They want affordable housing but no development. They want cheap energy, but no oil drilling or refineries. They want national security but not at the expense of war.
The fact is that no one knows what is best for anyone else and you just can't have it both ways. Every policy, program or action has a cost, like it or not. Liberals are intellectually dishonest because they are either delusional or just plain dumb.
My point is not that Bush is the greatest think since sliced bread. There are some issues that I have a problem with and some questions I'd like answered. But this post isn't about the President or the Republicans.
I will admit that I personally don't consider all liberals insane. That's just rude. I do understand where some of their points of view originate and I truly respect those who debate logically about their political passions. On the other hand, I really have little patience for people who spew moronic soundbites and get their news from the "gals at the beauty parlor", or MTV. If you want to be taken seriously, come up with something original.
On another topic, many of my readers know about my love of all things Dallas Cowboys. Since childhood, I have lived a "Cowboys first" life even after professional baseball came to town in 1972. Well, until 1974 they were less than professional.
Anyway, regardless of my affection for football, there is still something very magical about baseball. That, of course, explains my obsession with the movie Field of Dreams. One thing I love about baseball is the joy I get watching a team I coach come together as a unit. Last year, if you remember, my team (and my son's team) won the league championship. While we weren't the most talented team, we were the best team. The boys - 4th and 5th graders - really worked hard and game from behind to pull out that last victory.
This year, my son graduated into the next level (6th-8th grade softball). Like the wonderful parent I am, I again agreed to coach. So, with a whole different set of boys - with just my son and one other holdover - we began anew. We actually won the first game, but lost the second. I would say the reason was because I was sick and missed the game, but I'm not that conceited.
Then, this past Sunday, we came from behind to win the next one and played again yesterday to make up a rained out game. Unfortunately, only 8 of my boys showed up, while the other team was fully equipped. So, without a catcher, or an extra outfielder (4 in this league), we fell behind 4-1 in the 5th (of 7) inning. But my guys have a lot of heart and scored 5 in the bottom of the 6th, with my son knocking in the go-ahead run for the second time this year. My boys then played outstanding defense and held on to win 6-4, making them 3-1 and in 2nd place.
With the Texas Rangers in 1st place, my Dallas Mavericks just one win away from the conference finals and this, I hope my heart can take all of this excitement.
Go Mavs!!!
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