{"id":519,"date":"2011-01-24T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T00:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/?p=519"},"modified":"2011-01-24T19:32:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T00:32:02","slug":"acting-on-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/acting-on-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting on Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most disturbing aspects of the left is that truth is largely irrelevant.\u00a0 This is very clear in the aftermath of the shooting in Arizona.\u00a0 The news of the shooting had hardly broken before those on the left began blaming it on conservatives in general and Sarah Palin in particular.\u00a0 It was impossible that close to shooting to have any actual knowledge about who the murderer was or why he acted.\u00a0 But that did not matter.\u00a0 A Democratic congresswoman had been shot and this seemed to them a perfect time to score some political points. So the attacks were launched.<\/p>\n

Over the next few days as the evidence about the murderer began to trickle in, it became clear to most that not only was the murderer not a follower of Sarah Palin, or even a conservative, but that the murders were not even politically motivated. Rather than being political, the murders were an irrational act by a very trouble individual.<\/p>\n

Now if the left had even the smallest concern for the truth that should have been the end of it.\u00a0 In fact, had they been honorable, apologies would have been in order.\u00a0 But rather than apologize, they double down, touting crosshair maps that the murderer may never have even seen, much less been influence by.\u00a0\u00a0 As the days passed Palin was attacked for not responding. When she finally did issue a video statement, she was then attacked for responding.\u00a0\u00a0 Meanwhile, the talk about a climate of hate on the right being behind the murders continued.<\/p>\n

Eventually the evidence became so clear that some back off just a bit, and climate of hate on the right simply became the climate of hate, ironically completely oblivious to the fact that accusing your opponents of complicity in murder contrary to the evidence, could easily be seen as hate speech itself.<\/p>\n

But even thought the facts were completely contrary to what they were claiming, and even though some on the left admitted this, it did not stop them from acting on their false storyline.\u00a0 This murder may not have been motivated by contentious political debate, but the next one could be and thus we must ban it.\u00a0 As such, Republicans were pressured to drop \u201cJob Killing\u201d from the name of the Obama Care repeal bill, and a CNN host apologized for the mention of \u201ccrosshairs\u201d<\/a> in an interview. Change was demanded despite the evidence to the contrary.<\/p>\n

This is not an isolated event. Most of the liberal agenda has been shown to be false.\u00a0 Whether it be the collapse of the old Soviet Union, China\u2019s move towards more open markets, or Europe\u2019s current financial woes, government control of the economy has been shown not to work. Yet as those who have tried it and failed struggle to deregulate and move to more market based solutions, those on the left in America still see solutions in more and bigger government programs.<\/p>\n

One of the central beliefs of those of the left in the 1970s was the notion that there was no difference between men and women except those imposed on them by culture, a culture which was not only rejected but condemned.\u00a0 Given the importance of equality to the left, it became their mission to change the culture so that women\u2019s full potential could be achieved.\u00a0 Women were not only encouraged to consider non-traditional roles; they were actively discouraged away from traditional ones as those roles were part of the culture that subjugated them<\/p>\n

Parents were encouraged to raise their children exactly the same so as to remove these culturally determined differences.\u00a0 Boys were given dolls, girls were given trucks.\u00a0 Dresses had to go, and unisex clothing was in. In colleges, putting women in women\u2019s dorms was treated as if were being asked to sit in the back of the bus.\u00a0 Sport programs were mandated to spend equal amounts of money on men\u2019s and women\u2019s sports regardless of the interest level of men and women.<\/p>\n

In the major media, movies, schools and government, the left pushed to restructure all of society based on the notion that there was no difference between men and women.\u00a0 It reached a high point with the equal rights amendment in the early 1980s which was eventually defeated.\u00a0 Yet, by the early 1990s, if it had not already been clear enough, a slew of studies particularly on the brain showed conclusively that men and women are different in ways far beyond the cultural norms.<\/p>\n

But again the facts, even if given lip service, were ignored, and the push to tread men and women as completely the same continued on despite the evidence.\u00a0 Coed dorms with men\u2019s and women\u2019s floors became, became coed floors, and now even coed rooms<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Girls are raised to act more like boys.\u00a0 Boys are raised to act more like girls.\u00a0 But the underlying natures are still there even if repressed.\u00a0 Rather than, \u2018boys will be boys,\u2019 large numbers are medicated.\u00a0 At colleges depression among women has skyrocketed. Many women reach middle age wishing they could jettison the careers they were told by society would be so fulfilling. Rather they just want to spend more time with their family.<\/p>\n

In area after area, there are what the facts support, and then there is what liberals want. Very often these are vastly different things. Yet liberals continue to push forward, all the while ignoring the wreckage that continues to pile up as a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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