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2006-02-20 Home Front: Culture Wars
When fear cows the media -- by Jeff Jacoby
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Posted by Steve White 2006-02-20 00:17|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 the Muslim Sakharovs and Sharanskys and Havels who yearn for the free, tolerant, and democratic culture

I'm a looking but I'm a not seeing....

Posted by 3dc 2006-02-20 00:56||   2006-02-20 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 When that execrable website "we're sorry" came up after the election, one of the photos consisted of some leftist woman in Texas holding up a sign that read "Pleeeeeease don't bomb Tarrant county", an enclave which voted Dem.

Other similar evidence of this attitude abound. A couple of months ago an article was published in a British newspaper (I forget which one) regarding British women in their forties who simply wanted to live like college students forever, and one of the interviewees came out and flatly said that she was an atheist and a solipsist and didn't give a damn what happened to humanity after she was gone, that all that mattered was her own happy not-too-stressful existence continue. The article said, or at least implied, that this attitude was becoming mainstream there.

WIth this sort of information being available, it should have been obvious to everyone all along that with very rare exceptions, opposition to the war against the Islamicists and attempts to defeat W in general were not a function of lofty, principaled, intellectually consistent idelologies but rather naked or barely clothed fear of losing one's life as a result of the give and take of a war for to help assure the continuation of our civilization.

When you're part of the postmodern thing, you generally believe that your own life - your na- a-a-a-a-rrative - is the reason for the universe. There is literally nothing (in their minds) in the universe more important than one's own continued existence - not our civilization, not our freedom, nothing. Many of these folks simply don't believe in an afterlife and don't care about humanity and its status after they pass on.

Therefore, anything at all which creates risk to your life must be avoided, at all costs to one's dignity and decency. If eliminating the risk (ie, WoT) rather than avoiding it incurs some additional risk to life and limb, that's unacceptable as well. The concepts of bravery and taking a risk to maintain a noble ideal are looked upon as foolish, backwards, anti-progressive, etc., but all of these adjectives, deep-down, are a smokescreen put forth to cover up cowardice.

The editors of the Phoenix can be reviled for their lack of honor and their foul cowardice, but they do provide a valuable service by giving us a window into the "soul" of the postmodern left and confirming the true motivations therein.
Posted by no mo uro 2006-02-20 07:01||   2006-02-20 07:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Darn no mo uro, you're stirring up my freedom-loving blood. I played my part in the WoT, but am retired now, but sometimes I wish I could just do something!
Posted by HV 2006-02-20 07:55||   2006-02-20 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 no mo uro, i took the liberty of reproducing your comment at my website (with attribution of course). A brilliant and insightful commentary on a phenomenon that I have noted, but had problems putting into words. Food for thought.
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2006-02-20 08:57|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2006-02-20 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 OT, but I've seen this headline in two places today (here and at jewishworldreview.com), and both times I read it as "When Cows Fear the Media" on the first glance.

Moo.
Posted by Mike 2006-02-20 09:17||   2006-02-20 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks all for the kind words.

Identifying the fear and naming it is important, in the manner of shining lights on cockroaches. When the true motives are revealed, then and only then will real progress, perhaps even persuasion, be possible.

If we are spared the phony platitudes which cover up the fear, we can get straight to the heart of the problem.
Posted by no mo uro 2006-02-20 09:38||   2006-02-20 09:38|| Front Page Top

#7 This one - particulary no mo uro's comment belong in the 'Classics' section!

Excellent comment! A keeper.
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-02-20 11:28||   2006-02-20 11:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe someone should do an editorial cartoon about this fear. I bet it'd look like this:

Posted by DMFD 2006-02-20 23:30||   2006-02-20 23:30|| Front Page Top

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