PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
In a recent thread, "The Left Never Keeps Those Promises," http://www.usmessageboard.com/threads/the-left-never-keeps-those-promises.738318/....the focus was an historical perspective.
Today, in a welcome exposition, Dennis Prager makes the very same point about the contemporary enemies of America.
1. "Why does the left lie?
There are two main reasons.
One is that leftists deem their goals more important than telling the truth.
2. For example, every honest economist knows women do not earn 20 percent less money than men for the same work done for the same amount of hours under the same conditions. Yet leftists repeat the lie that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Why any employers would hire men when they could hire women and get the same amount of work done at the same level of excellence for the same number of hours while saving 20 cents on the dollar is a question only God or the sphinx could answer.
3. ...when New York Times columnists write this nonsense, do they believe it? The answer is they don't ask themselves, "Is it true?" They ask themselves, "Does the claim help promote the left-wing doctrine that women are oppressed?" Whatever serves that end is morally justified.
4. The second reason is leftism is rooted in feelings, not reason or truth. From Karl Marx to Bernie Sanders, left-wing preference for socialism over capitalism is entirely rooted in emotion. Only capitalism creates wealth. Socialism merely spends what capitalism creates. Do leftists not know this? Even if they know it, the emotional pull of socialism prevails.
5. Do leftists believe there are more than two sexes? Of course not. That's why they renamed "sex" "gender" -- and then redefined "gender" to mean whatever one wants it to mean.
So then, on the left, truth is subservient to two higher values: doctrine and emotion.
Do those on the left believe their lies?"
Explaining the Left, Part VI: Do Leftists Believe What They Say?
You know the answer.
6. They know that lying is evil, and wrong.....but they do so anyway.
And here's how they hide same:
Rule #2
To know what the Left is guilty of, just watch what they blame the other side of doing.
Today, in a welcome exposition, Dennis Prager makes the very same point about the contemporary enemies of America.
1. "Why does the left lie?
There are two main reasons.
One is that leftists deem their goals more important than telling the truth.
2. For example, every honest economist knows women do not earn 20 percent less money than men for the same work done for the same amount of hours under the same conditions. Yet leftists repeat the lie that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Why any employers would hire men when they could hire women and get the same amount of work done at the same level of excellence for the same number of hours while saving 20 cents on the dollar is a question only God or the sphinx could answer.
3. ...when New York Times columnists write this nonsense, do they believe it? The answer is they don't ask themselves, "Is it true?" They ask themselves, "Does the claim help promote the left-wing doctrine that women are oppressed?" Whatever serves that end is morally justified.
4. The second reason is leftism is rooted in feelings, not reason or truth. From Karl Marx to Bernie Sanders, left-wing preference for socialism over capitalism is entirely rooted in emotion. Only capitalism creates wealth. Socialism merely spends what capitalism creates. Do leftists not know this? Even if they know it, the emotional pull of socialism prevails.
5. Do leftists believe there are more than two sexes? Of course not. That's why they renamed "sex" "gender" -- and then redefined "gender" to mean whatever one wants it to mean.
So then, on the left, truth is subservient to two higher values: doctrine and emotion.
Do those on the left believe their lies?"
Explaining the Left, Part VI: Do Leftists Believe What They Say?
You know the answer.
6. They know that lying is evil, and wrong.....but they do so anyway.
And here's how they hide same:
Rule #2
To know what the Left is guilty of, just watch what they blame the other side of doing.