The Devil in Contemporary Left-Wing Mythology
According to Zarathushtra, the great prophet of Zoroastrianism, “the world is divided into good and evil“, with Angra Manyu, “the spirit of darkness and lies,” ruling the forces of evil. While today’s left doesn’t have a Zarathushtra, they do have their Angra Manyu, George W. Bush.
Even now, nearly three months after that good man has left the White House, the left is still obsessed with him; some acolytes of that faith eager to prove that we (and others who have defended him) are remain the devil’s W’s disciples. Even after taking the time to provide several examples of the times we here at GayPatriot (despite our defenses) did take issue with then then-President, it will not alter the creed of those adherents to this new faith.
Despite evidence of our criticism (even a whole category devoted to where he went wrong) of that decent, but flawed man, they refuse to alter their conviction that we are “unquestioning defenders of George Bush and his policies.” The abundant evidence to the contrary is irrelevant. Thy do not let facts get in the way of their faith.
To do so would mean departure from their doctrine. Bush is the devil. And those who defended him were are devout devotees of him and his dangerous dogma.
I posted a piece this morning to address our critics’ contention that we never faulted Bush or the Republican for overspending when the Republicans were in charge. But, to some, the evidence of our mixed feelings for the past president matters little. They so want to see us not as we are, but as they’d like us to be, so that they may more easily dismiss our ideas more readily hold firm to their faith.
As they repeat their mantra over and over and over again, they further reveal the tenets of that faith. It’s amazing how Manichean is their world view. Just like the Zoroastrianism, but without its nuance and appreciation for the potetial blending of the cosmic division in the real world.
Bush Derangement isn’t just a psychiatrist‘s term. It’s a religious creed.
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So – By answering the charge that you/we are unquestioning devotees of Bush, never criticized his deficits at the time, blah blah blah blah blah…
- Are we feeding the charge? I.e., giving the impression, however untrue, that it scores some kind of “point” that will rile us up?
- If yes: Might it possibly be a good thing, to feed the charge? Because it is so blatantly idiotic. The more our critics focus on it, the more stupid and irrelevant they make themselves look. The joke is on them.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 17, 2009 @ 5:48 pm - April 17, 2009
ILC:
I think you’re on to something.
"As a true liberal like Mickey Kaus might say…" LOL.
Best wishes,
-MFS
Comment by MFS — April 17, 2009 @ 6:06 pm - April 17, 2009
ROFLOL
You make this sound one-sided. How well I remember the right wing hatred of the Clintons. And now the right-wing hatred of Obama. How is that different from the left hating Bush?
Comment by Houndentenor — April 18, 2009 @ 10:50 am - April 18, 2009
[...] And when those with such an attitude publicly demonize the GOP, all they do is flaunt their ignorance, ironically in an attempt to show their intellectual (and moral) superiority to the rest of us. Or to cement kinship with their fellow leftists, by denouncing the devil of their shared faith. [...]
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