The Dark Secret at the Heart of Liberalism

[Pendragon_6]

By William Tucker
7/11/2006

I have thought long and hard about what it is that motivates liberals and makes them so reluctant to look serious social problems in the face. I have finally come to a depressing conclusion. It is physical cowardice.

Now this may seem harsh and accusatory. But let’s take it one step at a time and see how we get there.

We live in a world where physical force is the ultimate arbitrator of all disputes. That does not mean that the strong always win or that nature is red in tooth and claw. The whole course of civilization has been an effort to limit the impact of physical force and substitute reason and cooperation in its place.

To a very large degree, this effort has been successful. But that does not mean that physical force is not always lurking somewhere in the background and that people who “break the rules” cannot gain some temporary advantage.


In Full
The American Enterprise (http://www.theamericanenterprise.org/issues/articleID.19279/article_detail.asp)

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You might not want to call this “cowardice,” but if you can think of a better word, let me know. -- William Tucker

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"Cowardice" works for me.

[DesertFox]

I'm glad this dude figured it out, but I've known this -- and have said it -- for years.

[Maggie_T]

Yep. Cowardice sounds accurate. These allegedly "champions for freedom" really hate freedom. What they call freedom is simply licence. They cannot tell the difference.

Liberals hate freedom because freedom implies responsibility and the courage it takes to make decisions, especially hard ones. The responsibility of keeping a job, of providing for yourself, of taking care of yourself and your loved ones. And the worst thing of all for liberals: using freedom responsibly. They cannot handle that. That's why they need the government to tell them not to overeat, not to smoke, not to play with loaded guns, what to say, what not to say, etc. etc. etc.

Liberals need an authoritarian figure (Nanny Government) to take care of them because they do not have the discipline, the character, the courage it takes to say "Ok, this is where I stop. I can't go beyond this." They cannot do that. And so they need government to do it for them.

Liberals are like domestic animals. All they can do is eat, screw, poop, and sleep. Anything more complicated than that and they need Nanny Government to step in and monitor them.

A plague on all of the sorry losers.

They are like animals (maybe that's why PETA and other liberas think that animals are on the same level with humans: they judge by themselves).