Posted on 05/01/2013 5:18:32 AM PDT by kimtom
In "The Emperor's New Clothes," a preening monarch is hoodwinked into believing that he's just bought a magnificent outfit when all he's been sold is a bill of (dry) goods. Prancing around in what he thinks is cloth of gold, the emperor is complimented by his obsequious subjects. They all would have lived happily ever after had a young boy not pointed his finger and said "he's naked!"
I love that story for what it tells us about the human capacity for self-delusion. We often believe what our hearts suggest despite the clear and urgent message relayed by facts.
Philadelphia has been getting a powerful lesson in self-delusion these past five weeks, as Kermit Gosnell has gone on trial and shown us a disturbing aspect of the abortion industry.
Of course, the supporters of pro-choice and their ubiquitous friends in the media will deny that fact. They, like the emperor's tailor, hope that most of us are gullible enough to believe that Gosnell was an outlier who is as much the face of reproductive rights as Josef Mengele was the face of scientific research.
But their arguments, necessary and understandable .........
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
Here they are, Jews, eschewing their moral base, trying to outliberal their liberal buddies so they can “fit in”; so they can be perceived as forward thinking, progressive, modern; embarassed by their self-perceived religious and moral heritage. Pure Stockholm syndrome, except it is they, themselves who administer the beatings. And once they think are barely, barely accepted by non-Jews, they can start the lectures as to why they advocate so strongly for “diversity”, even to the point of advocating for the rights of those who would cut their throats without the slightest concern as to whether the blades of their tormentors’ knives were rusty or not.
This is the model, right here, ladies and gentlemen, this is how it works, how Jews elevate liberalism and the progressivism that breeds anti-Semitism above their heritage. Absolutely incredible. But this is the model, right here.
This isn’t Activism.
Naaaah
what is it?
Culture is a good topic for this thread.
Your other message by a mod on this thread was to let you know it did not belong in the Activism/Chapters sidebar.
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