WHY DO THE LEFT OPPOSE DEMOCRACY
In his latest column in
Washington Post neoconservative Charles Krauthammer points to the moral hypocrisy shown by people on the
left wing claiming to be champions of human rights and democracy while at the same time opposing any attempts
to remove the great oppressors of today. And seeing all those demonstrations against the "illegal occupation"
of Iraq, the defence of non-action against Syria and Iran, and the apologies for Palestinian terrorists makes
you wonder what has gone wrong.
Some people argue that socialist values is incompatible with a true desire for democracy. Those people are wrong.
There are many exampel of socialists who have also been true democrats. It may be true that a fundamentalistic
socialist view is incompatible with democracy, but it would be utterly unfair to consider the entire left to be
a bunch of narrow-minded marxists.
I think the fundamental problem is that so many on the left - especially among the young radicals - have defined themselves
politically not by what they like, but by what they don't like. Or worse, by who they don't like. This sometimes
leads them down a path that's not just inappropriate. It is morally corrupt. What they don't like, obviously, is America.
And it's not a rational dislike due to political differences - rather it is a religious hatred for all things American.
This means that if America takes a certain view, they will always take the opposite view - not matter what it is.
It doesn't even matter if the view taken by America is exactly they view they argued for yesterday. Today it will still be
considered the most evil of views.
Of course this isn't true for all of the left. Honorable and intellectual socialists still exists, but you don't see
them all too often. I wish that they'd speak up. We'd still not agree on most things, but that's a good things. Only in
a clash of ideas can the sharpness needed to solve the problems that exist be maintained. And the loud screaming left
of today does not deliver.
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