[veronica]

FYI.

[Eala]

A few of these are a bit off, IMHO:

The Stupid Left thinks socialism works. The Satanic Left wants socialism because it knows it does not. thinks it will get to rule. (echoing an earlier point)

But generally good enough. Saw this in action viewing some 70s protests, where the agitators would whip up the crowd and then suddenly vanish when the riot-control police showed up.

[OldTypeAmerican]

"The Stupid Left thinks socialism works. The Satanic Left wants socialism because it knows it does not."

Actually, the Satanic Left doesn't care whether socialism works - they only care that it is a system under which they can acquire the most personal power for themselves. Kind of like Hillary who used to be a Goldwater girl in the early 60's - she quickly saw that the Left is where she needed to be if she wanted to amass great personal power (true) while at the same time not caring in the slightest how many millions of Americans suffer and die as a result (also true).

[martin_fierro]

Meet the Satanic Left.

[martin_fierro]

Figurehead of the Stupid Left.

[Darling Lili]

The two are very different, although they work together. People who are part of the first are simply stupid people.

In other words, the "Useful Idiot" faction, so to speak. ;)

[martin_fierro]

Hanlon's Razor:

Hanlon's Razor /prov./ A corollary of Finagle's Law, similar to Occam's Razor, that reads "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."

The derivation of the Hanlon eponym is not definitely known, but a very similar remark ("You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.") appears in "Logic of Empire", a 1941 story by Robert A. Heinlein, who calls it the `devil theory' of sociology.

Heinlein's popularity in the hacker culture makes plausible the supposition that `Hanlon' is derived from `Heinlein' by phonetic corruption.

A similar epigram has been attributed to William James, but Heinlein more probably got the idea from Alfred Korzybski and other practitioners of General Semantics. Quoted here because it seems to be a particular favorite of hackers, often showing up in sig blocks, fortune cookie files and the login banners of BBS systems and commercial networks. This probably reflects the hacker's daily experience of environments created by well-intentioned but short-sighted people. Compare Sturgeon's Law.

[alnick]

Ellen Ratner let us know yesterday which camp she's in when she announced on Cavuto's show that she hopes that GWB messes up in the war so that he won't be re-elected.

[sweetliberty]

I have been saying for a long time that the left is made up of the truly ignorant led by the truly evil.

[joesnuffy]

They love the idea of "choice" regarding abortion but not schools...
You can kill an unborn human child at a whim...and you cant own a gun to protect another child from rape or murder...
They rant about rape...yet refuse to allow a woman to own and carry a handgun to protect herself from the violent crime of rape or the murder done to cover it up
They are all for rights in the ghetto...except the right to defend yourself from gangs and violent crime...(in the very place violent crime is most prevalent)

[Tom Bombadil]

There is no third type of leftist.

French socialism.

[AuntB]

Thanks for the article. I like it. Check this out...I came across it one day and am not sure if it's satire...but it's still scarey! http://www.homestead.com/Wordkraft/Crazy.html

"HOW TO DRIVE A CONSERVATIVE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY"

by "Carmen Steele"

[victim soul]

thanks for the post and BUMP

[Sparta]

Thanks for the ping and Bump!!!!

Excellent post!!!

[First Amendment]

The other day I talked with a liberal/leftist - (a family member, unfortunately - I come from an ultra leftist family) who said that communism hasn't worked because it wasn't applied properly, but the "ideas" weren't at fault. She quickly had to admit, though, that once the personal incentive is taken away no one wants to work. She is (I hope!) a "stupid" leftist.
My husband escated from an eastern European country 20 years ago and saw communism up close and personal. It ruins countries and ruins people. People become lazy, irresponsible and dishonest (I'm speaking in generalities of course, there are always exceptions!). It's "who you know" - trying to hang out with the "in crowd" so you can get special priviliges and so forth. It brings out the worst in people. (What to speak of gulags!)
Having grown up with leftists and become a black sheep, I can agree with this article. And also with his point that Stupid leftists become evil - or they become smarter. The leftist philosphy perverts the human spirit.

[bray]

So are the NY Jews the stupid left or satanic left???

Pray for GW and our Troops

[185JHP]

Excellence in posting. Disquisitorily profound. The Stupid Left pushes "affirmative action" because they believe it makes up for evil discrimnation that went the other way, in the past. The Satanic Left likes it because it puts people in places where they can't cut the mustard, angering and/or disheartening them, and at the same time enraging others, when decent people stand up against it.

[El Cid]

Well said.

Perhaps I'd have phrased it, 'the satanic Left' and their useful idiots - but I agree with the premise.
There is strong evidence that Karl Marx was a satanist (ref: "Marx & Satan" by Wurmbrand), and we can certainly observe the fruits of his labors (atheism; deification of the State; abortion mills; the 100+ million killed by the various communist regimes of the 1900s; and so on)...
Thanks for the post - its a good reminder how we are under the curse of evil - and how satan wants to enslave us. But I'll also use this as an opportunity to remind everyone that there is one who has purchased our freedom with His precious blood:
John 8:36 ...If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

May God bless you.

[Rytwyng]

Following the same logic --

The Stupid Left wants gun control, because they honestly believe it will make the streets safer. The Satanic Left wants gun control because they know that it will make them vastly more powerful.

Or so I once believed. But I no longer believe in the Stupid Left. There's only one kind of leftist.

[Abar]

The Stupid Left wants a Palestinian state because it thinks that such a state will pursue peace alongside Israel. The Satanic Left wants a Palestinian state precisely because it knows such a state will launch a war of destruction against Israel and endless atrocities against the Jews.

Bush still calls for a 'palestinian' state.