Posted on 09/08/2008 12:06:02 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
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Not always.. sometimes they merely drool..
Liberals are Godless to the core and that did not start in Paris in 1790.
Ping, read later.
She’s a light in their darkness.
John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
a Word aptly spoken
Very interesting read, thanks. He seems to tie it all together toward the very end:
“If this analysis is correct, the single most important narrative holding the left together in today’s politics and culture is the one offered—often with little or no dissent—by adversarial feminism. The premise of this narrative is that for women to achieve dignity and self-fulfillment in modern society, they must distance themselves, not necessarily from men or marriage or childbearing, but from the kind of marriage in which a mother’s temptation to be with and enjoy several children becomes a synonym for holding women back and cheating them out of professional success.”
It is more than “distancing” from a “temptation”- it is the group suppression of the maternal instinct (imho). Suppression of that most feminine of instincts by the “adversarial feminist narrative” and the events he described, including the wide use of birth control- the empowerment of the pill (and other methods that were available to women, including the IUD and diaphragm), and ultimately, the destructive act that is most antithetical to the maternal instinct: abortion.
Palin defies both of those positions by being not only pro-life, but also by displaying prototypical maternal instincts. Her carrying to term a Down Syndrome child flies in the face of the narrative that would choose to abort such a child before it’s date of birth.
Palin defies the narrative by being extremely successful without distancing herself from the “temptation to be surrounded by children”.
Her daughter’s pregnancy further flies in the face of the narrative: she chooses to accept responsibilty for her actions, and enters into the “monogamous marriage” which the narrative opposes and suggests will interfere with her career. The narrative would choose to view her pre-marital pregnancy as a “mistake for which she should not be punished”.
Governor Palin is a lightning rod for these conflicting paradigms.
But they never have an answer to the question that if the social issues are not important, why don't THEY stop pushing them so that us sheeple won't get so polarized and can vote ourselves a little money from the taxpayer.
The left would have attacked her whether she was a female or not. Their only thought was here is someone new and we’ve got a great chance to ruin their national career before it gets started. And, at the same time, finish off John McCain before the election. I knew she was going to get the Dan Quayle treatment when her name was announced.
They hate her because she is everything that most Liberal women are hyped to be. Tough, been through the hard knocks of life, and understands reality and has a decent man as her husband who fully supports her and her choices while at the same time treating her with unstinted respect.
Very interesting article and a great read. thanks for posting.
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“....the left gradually realized, was that socialist economics had become an albatross. Increasingly, the democratic parties of the left in Western countries downplayed socialism or even decoupled from it, leaving them free to pursue the anti-institutional, relativistic moral crusade that has been in the DNA of the left all along...”
The author has hit on a part of the truth. And this is merely a part of it’s current central thrust. The core of the current central thrust of the left is “feel good about yourself.”
That includes, “do whatever you want sexually, whenever you want, without consequences.” So Feminism, no-fault divore and contraceptives are part of that equation, as the author points out. But so too are Oprah’s ridiculous machinations and the “everyone gets a trophy” movement. So too are homosexual marriage and the left’s ridiculous elevation of men who have their genitals removed so they can be “women” and vice versa. So too are abortion and the enormous resources devoted to AIDs research—there cannot be any consequences.
All of this centers around feeling good about yourself, no matter how you behave.
And, in consequence, I proudly present you Rosseauian Natural Man liberated from the constraints of society—laying in a bathhouse, naked, waiting for a stranger to pop his head in and suggest a quick round of anal intercourse. And Natural Single Woman, driving to work to support her only kid, the first four lying in trashcans. Both wonder why life seems so empty and why they don’t feel good about themselves. Both get rabid furious at the idea that right and wrong have something to do with how they feel.
It is so powerful a doctrine because it tells us sin is not sin and that doing what we wanted all along is not just OK, it should be celebrated. And, until far too late, it tells us there are no consequences.
But everyone knows of sin, at least deep down. Everyone knows they needs redemption. So the left has had to invent a religion with sin, sacraments and absolution (environmentalism). What’s handy about that is it lets the sex-anesthetized masses move quickly toward a totalitarian state and feel good about themselves.
The left is nothing special. It is just the same old deceiver in a new, and particularly appealing to his disciples, guise.
Quite so, boop. Not at all what our Founding Fathers had in mind when they spoke of Man living in a state of nature. Nor did they believe that liberty could be found in liberating Man from God or from His divine order.
A splendid article, boop. Thanks for the beep.
Great pics Jeff!
The resentment directed at the Palin family may have to do with it reflecting more of the natural order of things - i.e., offspring. A strange notion for many liberals.
“Do bathhouse socialists really read Rousseau?”
Most have never heard of him. But they are the logical conclusion of his ideas. “Hey, do you have more poppers?”
Bump
Heaven knows how Sarah plays these same cards. Love it.
How about them dimples, so to speak! I love her feisty attitude and t-shirt.
A loving mother of five very well fed kids. Love it.
John S McCain is one lucky and hopefully our "First Dude" and our next POTUS.
That's little old me, howling at the moon.
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