Dakota Beacon

At The Freeman Online, William Anderson tells of a university political science department made up of "liberal Democrats." The political scientists view "good government" as...

…a government that regulates every area of our lives… [and] …provides cradle-to-grave care and “protects” us from the “ravages of private enterprise.”

What about the liberals' thoughts on "the market?"

…the “market” is an entity that oppresses others. …the Wall Street meltdown came about because government was not vigilant enough in preventing “market failure.” ...[and government should] have powers that potentially can control nearly every action we perform.

Interestingly, the political scientists support Anderson's blogging to expose the railroading of a teacher probably wrongly accused of child molestation. Anderson points out a glaring inconsistency.

…what I am doing is opposing the very State that [the liberal political scientists] support. I don’t call this hypocrisy, for in their minds one kind of government is legitimate, while the other is not.

The problem, of course, is that government uses the same powers to do both sets of deeds. My friends admire the fact that government seizes money from some people and then gives it to others in the name of welfare, but are outraged when government takes someone’s home so Costco can build a new store. My friends believed it was fine for the U.S. military to bomb Serbia and kill civilians, but it is not good when government kills civilians in Iraq. In other words, political consideration of each government act determines their reaction to it.

The liberal "mind" allows for such contradictions because one set of beliefs fits the feel-good worldview, while the other contradicts the worldview. The clear thinker would never stand for beliefs that run counter to reality. The clear thinker's need for "beliefs" to be backed by fact and logic will always prohibit a descent into liberal lunacy. The same inability to "think like a liberal" also prevents most clear thinkers from "getting inside the head" of someone who "thinks" as haphazardly as liberals.

Take heart. Thinking like a liberal would only bring the clear thinker misery.

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