One of the nastiest intellectual habits of the intellectual Left is that it prescribes set political agendas or menus which must be followed by rote or diktat, and in full. If the first course is the emancipation and equal treatment of women, the main course must be a smorgasbord of left of centre, politically correct social attitudes. Any deviation from this norm, and from this prescribed package of values and policies provokes a “moral” outrage which requires the vilification of the “deviant” who has strayed from orthodoxy. That vilification can often be carried out with all the zeal of a medieval religious fanatic confronting a so called “heretic”, that is someone who had the temerity not to follow God’s will as revealed to the zealot.
Thus, the Hatred of Maggie.
h/t EBD
Meh. I got the same treatment when I said I don’t have a problem with RBC importing cheap workers.
Just about everybody who wasn’t a Communist used to laugh at them for their party line. The Communist Party is dead but the craving for a fixed immutable position has intensified over the last 15 years.
FYI here is what Wikipedia has to say about the Communist party line:
“The Marxist-Leninist concept (see General line of the party) of democratic centralism involves strict adherence to, and defense of, a communist party’s positions in public, while in inner-party debate sessions, the line can be questioned, criticized, and changed if necessary.”
And here is the communist son of Pierre the Communist rationalizing and offering succor to the bomber(s). And Harper giving him a backhander. http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/17/trudeaus-response-to-boston-marathon-bombing-was-unacceptable-made-excuses-for-terrorists-harper-says/
I laugh at some who give credit to Mrs. Thatcher for opening up the political stage for women–as if that was her intended goal and achievement. The women leaders of her generation never needed to be feminists to be leaders. They just needed the gumption, the skill and the determination to do so. This generation of fems would be part of the jackal pack trying to bring her down. I’m glad someone wrote this article. Most stuff on the usual media is superficial trash.
Thanks EBD.
I do believe that’s the best essay i’ve read yet on the great Margaret Thatcher.
Hahaha…this is the MO of the Harper Conservatives:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Opposition+parties+Tory+backbenchers+argue+freedom+Commons/8256814/story.html