The Bishops, Mr. Blotter, Mr. Brown, Mr. Corrado, the Duvalls, Mr. McShay, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thomasson, and friends, share an orthodoxy.
A little background is in order for any of the 3000+ daily hitters here who may not know Elbert County, Colorado. The above individuals fuel and publish the counter culture press in Elbert County at New-Plains.com and Prairietimes.com with weekly writings promoting their shared orthodoxy, and trashing any who might contemplate a dissent.
I strongly encourage free thinkers to visit their sites. Unhinge yourselves and go for a walk on the wild side.
“Trash,” though, is too gentle of a word to describe the rough treatment, hyperbolic vilification, linguistic disembowelment, vitriol, hatred and taboo they heap upon those who practice heresy from their orthodoxy.
Heresy is severely punished. Muslims punish apostasy with a death fatwa, and the Left take a similarly dim view toward their heretics. Despite what the Left say about bipartisanship and compromise when backed into a corner, they really aren’t into anything that might open the door to negative an element of their orthodoxy.
But, I don’t think the Left really believe in their orthodoxy to the extent they want people to think they do. Otherwise, why would they be so damn defensive and insecure about it?
Think about it – people who know something is true don’t run around constantly trying to stamp out any dissent from the truth. When you know something is true, and you know you’ve done your homework, and you’ve based your reasoning on sound facts, and the facts come from good scientific practices, you’re not insecure about that truth. You’re confident. You trust your conclusion.
The Left don’t show any trust in their conclusions. They never stop politicking, never stop selling it, and never stop attacking their heretics. And, as you can see if you’ve visited their sites, their attacks don’t come in the form of scholarly disagreements – what you might expect from a group of school teachers. Far from it. Go to their sites. See for yourself.
So, after ruling out truth from the Leftist bag of tricks, what remains?
Power, perhaps the oldest of motivations, makes the Left comprehendible.
You don’t need to chase their red herrings around the room. You don’t need to take their insults personally. And you don’t need to make sense of their junk science.
You just need to understand that they’re in it to win it, not because they’re right or justified, but because they must have power. With power, they can look past the emptiness of their orthodoxy, and get down to the business of executing their power.
Ironically, while non-Left Americans content themselves with the security of constitutional freedom, the Left have a tougher row to hoe. They must earn their freedom from endless lip service to a basket of unsustainable mantras by gaining power.
It’s not easy for them. And I’m tempted to feel sorry for some of them. That is until I see the mess of things they make when they get what they want.