Leftdog

Linking to a P.Z. Myers post here. I think it makes a very good point. Often, I hear from conservatives about how they think liberals act "elitist". They talk about how they feel that liberals come across as people who think they know more or are superior to others.

Funny enough. They often can't seem to see the same traits in themselves. What liberal do you know that would be so self-assured and overbearing as to tell you what artwork you should be able to look at? Yet the far Right is often more than happy to try to dictate to us this sort of thing.

The ugly end of the far left ends in Communism. We know that this is a very bad thing. We all agree on this. The ugly end of the far Right ends in Fascism. For some reason, many conservatives don't seem to be able to accept that this is also evil.

What will it take for them to wake up? The collapse of our economy due largely to the deregulation hasn't seemed to make an intellectual impact with them. They seem unable to learn anything from history. Ironic, considering that they like to point to themselves as the only ones who pay attention to it. In actuality, they only take away the lessons they want to. That's intellectually dishonest. That's a real problem.