Agree With Leftists?
June 29, 2005
By Douglas B. Wakeman
A normal American can seem to agree with a Leftist on any number of things; poverty is bad, education is sub-par, the environment should be protected, we should have equal rights, racism is evil and on-and-on. It is a fallacy. Although you may seem to agree with your liberal friends on some issues, you are actually at extreme opposites of the continuum. Consider a situation where a house needs a paint job.
Let’s say two people live in the same house. This house is painted a horrible purple and what’s more, the paint is old and peeling.
The normal person loves the house despite its cosmetic problems and seeks only its rehabilitation. It has served him well for many years. This is the attitude of a healthy human being.
The demented Leftist hates the house for its imperfection and dreams of seeing it utterly destroyed. What’s more, he is obsessed with replacing it with either, (a) well dude, I'm not sure what exactly, but something better than this, or, (b) some hazy blueprint laid down by artist X that is too complex for anyone to comprehend, or, (c) something based on the insane ravings of some psychotic architect whose buildings have all resulted in smoldering piles of rubble. This is the attitude of a utopian Leftist.
The normal person can be easily misled because his friend agrees that the house looks awful. He thinks they are on the same page and seek the same outcome. Somehow though, the second person will always seem to take measures to obstruct improvements. The second person’s obstinacy perplexes his friend. He will offer nonsensical solutions such as, “Let’s paint the house with sulfuric acid!” Or, “Let’s introduce termites into the foundation!” Or, let’s hire contractors to do the job who have a proven track record of disaster!” Or, let’s ignore the painter’s qualifications altogether and hire someone who has no clue about painting but is diverse in their sexual proclivities!
The first person is dumbfounded. How can the second person’s ideas all be so uniformly awful when he seems to agree with the initial problem – the house needs painting?
The trick is that, even though the normal person’s desire for the house is right out in the open with no need for concealment, the Leftist’s nihilistic desire is hidden. He knows that he cannot express it openly for it would evoke horror and opposition. He has nothing but contempt for the normal person’s naiveté. He considers the normal person a fool to so openly advertise his simplistic objective! He will obstruct any productive ideas while promoting all ideas that are destructive. All the while he will slyly proclaim solidarity with the notion of improving and preserving the house.
So, when you agree with a Leftist on some points, for instance, that our politicians are corrupt idiots, that the environment could use improvement, that education is abysmal, that lobbyists have too much power, etc. etc. keep in mind that he has a secret. You may think he sees the world as you do and seeks a similar result. Do not be fooled! You have no common ground. He is not a soul mate.
You cannot honestly and rationally discuss what color to paint the house with someone who secretly wants it burned to the ground.