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Home Front: Politix

10 Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist

2014-07-22

How far left was I? So far left my beloved uncle was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in a Communist country. When I returned to his Slovak village to buy him a mass card, the priest refused to sell me one. So far left that a self-identified terrorist proposed marriage to me. So far left I was a two-time Peace Corps volunteer and I have a degree from UC Berkeley. So far left that my Teamster mother used to tell anyone who would listen that she voted for Gus Hall, Communist Party chairman, for president. I wore a button saying "Eat the Rich." To me it wasn't a metaphor.

I voted Republican in the last presidential election.

Below are the top ten reasons I am no longer a leftist. This is not a rigorous comparison of theories. This list is idiosyncratic, impressionistic, and intuitive. It's an accounting of the milestones on my herky-jerky journey.

Posted by:badanov

#11 Wow,

An articulate well documented condemnation of the left based upon reason.

Of course the left will respond with a sewer full of hate. They really don't have anything in their play book except hate and name calling.

Remember Winnie The Churchill said "Facts to a liberal are like garlic to a vampire."

Arguing with a liberal is like arguing with a drunk...

Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-07-22 12:46

#10 Nails it.

The left is about hate. Nothing more.

Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-22 11:17

#9 hello John QC i like your ideas. And yes, the first tenet of socialism is : Thou shalt covet

"I want what the rich guy has, but I can't see a way to get it without brains and 20 years of hard labor. So I'll just say it's unfair and take it."

Posted by: anon1 2014-07-22 10:34

#8 There is also that part of liberalism of being out of touch with reality. I suppose one would call it a mental disorder.

Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-22 08:50

#7 ...and projecting that hate on to all they disagree with

Second precept of socialism - Thou shall bear false witness

The first being - Thou shall covet
and the third - Thou shall steal

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-22 08:25

#6 I must be the exception. The older I get, the dumber I discover I am. :-(

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-07-22 07:04

#5 Thanks for sharing that, just read it. Plus age, wisdom and experience made you wake up.... Like a lot of us i guess

Posted by: Anon1 2014-07-22 07:02

#4 You can't be left just by your relations. Eg our former brilliant Liberal treasurer Peter Costello's brother Tim Costello is left

Every family has a commie somewhere in the ranks.... Doesn't mean anyone else is!

Posted by: Anon1 2014-07-22 06:51

#3 Good Read.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-07-22 06:45

#2 ...and projecting that hate on to all they disagree with.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-07-22 05:54

#1 Pretty much nails it. They are all about hate.

Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-22 00:33

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