Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today | The Stream

Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today | The Stream
"The dominant force in America and many other Western countries today is fear of the left.
See the source imageThis is a result of the fact that the most dynamic religion of the past 100 years has been neither Christianity nor Islam. 
It has been leftism. 
Whoever does not recognize this does not understand the contemporary world.

What is Leftism?

Leftism — in its incarnations, such as Marxism, communism and socialism; expressed through egalitarianism, environmentalism and feminism; in its denigration of capitalism and Western civilization, especially America and Israel; in its supplanting of Christianity and Judaism; through its influence on Christianity and Judaism; in its celebration of race; and in its replacing of reason with romanticism — has almost completely taken over the news and entertainment media and institutions of education.
There is a largely (though not entirely) nonviolent reign of ideological terror in America. 
In almost every area of life, people fear antagonizing the left.

A Fear That Silences

Last week, before my speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a man employed by the university (I will not say in what department) walked over to me, looked around to see whether anyone was watching and whispered in my ear, “I’m a conservative.”
This happens just about everywhere I speak. 
People whisper — yes, whisper — that they are conservative or they support Trump. 
The last time I experienced people looking around to check whether they were seen speaking to me was with dissidents in the Soviet Union..."
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