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Excellent post. I’d add, our division is largely aligned with your explanation. We are divided among the half of the country that suffers from mental illness in the form of perpetual adolescence and those of us who hold the traditional, rational view of the world and human behavior. The left has perverted reality. They show such a disdain for success because they feel so inferior and want to see others fail.
Excellent post. I’d add, our division is largely aligned with your explanation. We are divided among the half of the country that suffers from mental illness in the form of perpetual adolescence and those of us who hold the traditional, rational view of the world and human behavior. The left has perverted reality. They show such a disdain for success because they feel so inferior and want to see others fail.
I disagree. First, I am not a liberal democrat.
Second, I will never agree that half of our population is mentally ill.
Third, I believe your post shows very specifically what the problem is. Extremism.
I also believe the original post, as good as it is, tells only part of the story. The part it doesn't tell is that extremism to the right is just as polarizing and hateful as what comes from the extreme left.
That has always been true, but what has changed is that these days is it seems extremism is now the mainstream.
The right is just as guilty of creating this growing divide as the left is. Whatever happened to people who are able to make decisions based on common sense, regardless of which side of the political arena it represents? Moderates, in other words. They seem as scarce as hen's teeth anymore...
Today's American psyche has two main pathological flaws which help explain the current situation with Judge Kavanaugh and the #MeToo and #TimeIsUp movements:
1) The bastardization of heroism: The most basic and normal actions that any good-natured and sensible human being should undertake as a matter of ordinary decency and manifest responsibility as a member of society are now labeled as heroic.
Any individual performing a deed within the boundaries set-forth in the paragraph above is heralded a hero, lauded, admired and recognized by their community as a whole. The disastrous consequence of this wholesale hero-labeling is that many people noticing the reaction that their fellow "hero" citizens receive, crave and wish to get the same type of attention, reward and recognition.
Another compounding factor, which is perhaps the most tragic of all, is the fact that not only trivial and ordinary actions are called heroic, but that behaviors and/or deeds that are anathema to the hero ethos are characterized as such.
Fellow humans who seek attention and crave being rewarded -think of them as Pavlovian hounds, or dopamine addicts, are willing to do anything, to be stamped with the hero moniker by their compatriots.
2) The victim complex: Perhaps one of the most egregious creations of the Frankfurt School deviants that have almost succeeded in destroying the West. Sadly this cancer that was for a while confined only to the US, has spread to many other countries in the world. Many decades ago, being a victim was nothing to be proud of. On the contrary, gloating about being a victim was often met with scoffs, ridicule and contempt.
The West's well-meaning obsession of rooting for the underdog and correcting the wrongs of the past -real or imaginary- has caused that being a victim is now something to be proud of.The victim status places the individual beyond the boundaries of any scrutiny or criticism.
If you're a victim you are admired, sympathized with, receive preferential treatment and are even treated with deference. This is why many strive to obtain their victim credentials, at any cost if one might add, so that that they can take advantage of the perks that come with these -should we mention all the hate crimes that turn out to be self-inflicted?
Most troubling of all is the fact that today, the mere allegation that something happened somewhere is enough to call one of the parties involved a victim, therefore elevating them to a position which they're beyond any reproach, and the simple action of questioning or looking into the facts of the purported incident is immediately characterized as a despicable attack on the victim itself.
The modern trivialization of victimhood is a clear disservice to all real victims around the globe. Not every victim is falsifying the facts, but not every one is telling the truth either, which is why one of the pillars of our justice system is the fact that the accused is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Furthermore, the burden of proof rests on the accuser, not the accused.
During the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing, we heard how Senate Democrats called Dr. Ford a hero and a victim. Hero for what one might ask? For doing what she labelled herself as her civic duty? Victim of what? The reality is that her claim wouldn't make it to trial would she file a criminal complaint against Kavanaugh with law enforcement. How can she be a victim of something that has not been proved and most likely cannot ever be proved?
What's her motivation, the Left asks us. She has nothing to gain and all to lose! Her life has been upended! We're told.
It's my sincere belief that the pathologies I described above are among the reasons why this wretched woman made up this whole story. Based on her testimony one can tell she craves attention, pity and truly enjoys being treated as a victim. Most likely she suffers of low self-esteem issues, which she compensates by making up stories in order to elicit sympathy from those around her, including her husband.
Dr. Ford's life is far from being upended or destroyed. Whether the FBI investigation finds a
dditional facts that help prove or disprove her story, it won't matter. She will forever be called a hero and a victim by half of this nation. She will go on to make big bucks -right now she has raised over $700k through different GoFundMe campaigns, will have book deals, get paid interviews and even land movie deals.
Judge Kavanaugh's life on the other hand has been forever upended. Half of this nation will call him a rapist. Any resemblance of normalcy in his life has forever disappeared. Even if he's confirmed, violent leftist will forever hound him wherever he goes, and he and his family will be harassed every time they step out in public.
This is the world we all live in. Straight out of 1984.
B.S the right is just guilty as the left is. Maybe even more.
It’s beyond me how they seemly embrace it and too make matters worse how ANY woman can hold thier head up and say proudly that she voted for him. How do they explain this too thier daughters.
It also teaches boys that women are sexual toys for thier amusement.
Thanks. Threads like these on CD prove what I've been saying for a long time - Right wingers have a very deep seated hatred of anyone outside of their bubble. They believe they are the only "true" Americas, the only ones who work, the only ones who should and deserve to have power.
The destruction started in the 90s with hate AM radio taking over then Fox News and now all of these hate websites - Right wingers believe they are victims constantly with everyone always against them. Everything must be a conspiracy against them.
Thanks. Threads like these on CD prove what I've been saying for a long time - Leftists have a very deep seated hatred of anyone outside of their bubble. They believe they are the only "true" Americas, the only ones who work, the only ones who should and deserve to have power.
The destruction started with hate CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC and now all of these hate websites - Leftists believe they are victims constantly with everyone always against them. Everything must be a conspiracy against them.
OrangeHudson . . . by replacing Right Wingers, etc., with the left . . . it validates that both sides are against each other.
Nothing new.
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