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2011-06-24 Home Front: Culture Wars

The science is settled: US liberals really are the dumbest creatures on the planet

A view from abroad, but using American political vocabulary.

Today I am in New York on my publicity tour for Watermelons and as I sat at breakfast this morning, chomping on an Ess-a-bagel and reading Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics I found myself wondering -- not for the first time -- why it is that liberal-lefties manage to be so utterly wrong about everything.

"Because they're stupid," said a libertarian friend of mine.

"Oh come on, not all of them surely? A bit misguided, maybe but..." I protested.

"No really they're stupid because they're not interested in facts. They just want to construct their pretty little narrative about the world, regardless of whether or not it has any bearing on reality. And then they want to dump it on us. And ruin our lives. So not just stupid but evil too."

Posted by Beavis 2011-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Classical liberalism which promoted equal opportunity, which respected property rights, and that triumphed the basic civil rights of mankind died in the 70s when it found out that the reality of human free will undermined these beliefs. The free will to make bad choices and suffer the consequences. Then like a zombie it morphed into the neo-redistributionist creature that is found in other blind faith totalitarian/authoritarian systems in the 20th Century. It still likes to call itself by its original name but it doesn't even have but a sliver of DNA to its heritage.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-06-24 08:54|| 2011-06-24 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Today's "liberals" are not liberal. Read the classic definition of liberal and you will understand the current crop of liberals are nothing but a bunch of dictatorial Leninists. They aren't even socialists.

And as the article says, while they may be well educated, they are Ignorant and not particularly inspired intellectually...maybe even not the brightest light bulb in the lamp.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-06-24 09:04|| 2011-06-24 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 "Why, I remember way back when a Liberal was someone who was generous with their OWN money!"
-- Will Rodgers, Early Tea Partier

Posted by mojo 2011-06-24 13:53|| 2011-06-24 13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 they are Ignorant and not particularly inspired intellectually Stupidity is a quality that has little to do with one's level of knowledge or intellectual attainment. Some of the stupidest people in history were also highly qualified. Alan Greenspan comes to mind. Obama is in the process of redefining the term 'stupidity' although his supporters and worshipers are also doing that.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-24 13:58|| 2011-06-24 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Some of the stupidest people in history were also highly qualified.

Hasdrubal to Hanibal: "You know how to win but not what to do about your victories"

Translated from Carthaginese: "Except on a very narrow field (winning battles) you are dumber than a retarded dodo

Posted by JFM 2011-06-24 14:49|| 2011-06-24 14:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Some of the stupidest people in history were also highly qualified.

Hasdrubal to Hanibal: "You know how to win but not what to do about your victories"

Translated from Carthaginese: "Except on a very narrow field (winning battles) you are dumber than a retarded dodo

Posted by JFM 2011-06-24 14:49|| 2011-06-24 14:49|| Front Page Top

#7 "as I sat at breakfast this morning, chomping on an Ess-a-bagel and reading Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics"

I don't know what kind of bagel he's talking about, but I like this guy!

Posted by Barbara 2011-06-24 15:56|| 2011-06-24 15:56|| Front Page Top

Hasdrubal to Hanibal: "You know how to win but not what to do about your victories"

Yeah, but there wasn't a single Jisco in the Roman army...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-06-24 16:00|| 2011-06-24 16:00|| Front Page Top

#9 I tire of this talk. I hold upon my person papers for peace or for war; which shall it be?

You choose.

Then war it shall be.
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I'd love to talk Barcas, and could argue and counter argue, but I get the point of the quote. Liberals, part of their deal really is an admonishing of personal knowledge and responsibility. They tend to be the big believer in the uber man. I agree that some people get dealt better cards than others, their deal is that person who seems to be the big thinker is allowed to make those decisions, and with loyalty to uber man, however that is decided, self determination is overruled by one who has been deemed the superior thinker. See, no reason to think, just wait until uber man or whoever in the circle of peers more closely follows the sayings of uber tell the individual what to think, what is ok to like, who is cool or not cool.

The liberal's mind is freed from having to make constant decsions. An peer group becomes interdepenant. The problem becomes when uber man is shown fallable (as they almost always are), the liberal individual must make a personal choice...re examine self beliefs or justify and clear the uber man. Well the easy choice is to justify the uber man, stuff like, "Well Al Gore is a very busy man, so he must burn fuel to spread the word and any masseuse should be priviliged to jerk him off whenever he says so."

Its crude, it makes the friends laugh, life continues on, that person unknowingly having just sold their soul. To top it off, leaving that circle of peers on account of disagreement will get you slandered, as it creates the same question of doubt in others' souls.

I knew a guy, borderline genius, would have gone far had he put in half the effort of wanting to be a liberal douchebag. Yes, a choice, liked have groping fans eager to hear his next dirty joke or outrageous costume or memorable party. Smartest guy in the coffee shop, when he wasn't working at a liquor store or trying to freeload off a groupie.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-24 17:08|| 2011-06-24 17:08|| Front Page Top

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