Great. Now we have Praeger, although he is not the only one, insisting that ALL Leftists hold the exact same views. What garbage!
No members' of one group all hold the same views. Leftists are as different from each other, as Republicans are from each other, etc.
What he claims 'all Leftists' believe:
-- Support for terror represents a tiny sliver of the Muslim world.
Not true. Sure, some think this way. Others know this isn't true.
But when people tell me that all Moslems are terrorists, etc., I have to tell them to, shall we say, to 'reconsider'? Many, many do hate Israel; others are trying to be more fair.
-- All cultures are essentially morally equivalent.
What crap! For years many Leftists have condemned societies, like the "old" South Africa, where Blacks were treated, legally and morally, as inferior. I personally know many Leftists who were instrumental in beginning (and continuing) the movement in the US and elsewhere to combat domestic violence.
And speaking on this topic, why haven't Bush & his cronies done anything to condemn the way women are treated in countries which they consider to be their allies, like Saudi Arabia, where they can't drive cars, etc., or other countries where they can't even vote.
-- The United Nations is a wonderful institution and the best hope of mankind.
Huh?!!! I have never heard this, from any Leftist. Somebody must be smoking something mighty powerful to be saying this.
-- Men and women are basically the same.
No, of course they're not. But many Leftists feel that, for too long, women have been given the short shaft in many situations.
Oh yes - and many less women than men are serial killers, are likely to kill their own spouses, or to commit violent crimes. Sure - the numbers are rising, but not nearly equal.
-- It makes no difference whether children are raised by a loving man and woman or by two loving parents of the same sex.
Very interesting. I find that some right-wing people love to talk about "family values", that a family should have both a Mom and a Dad, etc. EXCEPT when they themselves are divorced! THen it all goes out the window. Same with treating GAys & Lesbians equally.
Along these same lines, no one seems to mention the shocking numbers of children in this country, not to speak of in this world, who have no homes, who need to be adopted. I, myself, have adopted a child. Is it better to let these children grow up without ANY parents at all? To have no real family? In addition, I have met tons of single people who have adopted children; yet I don't hear people who condemn gay people adopting also condemn single people who adopt. What is important is that children have parent(s) who LOVE them, and care for them.
-- Violent criminals in our society are pushed into crime by socioeconomic circumstances, not because of their own flawed characters and values.
Leftists, like everyone else, feel different ways on this issue. Recently, on the O'Reilly show, he continued to publicize a Vermont Judge who sentenced a horrific child molester to only 60 days in prison. O'Reilly himself commented recently that this was a case in which both Leftists and Right-wing people were outraged at what the Judge did.
All I'm trying to say is that none of us should paint a group of people as all believing the same thing. That is easy, but simplistic, and isn't the truth. Instead of condemning a particular group, maybe we should instead focus on issues that are important. For instance, I believe that Hamas is dangerous. WE can talk about that without denigrating all members of a particular group.
