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Why Leftists Are Leftists
The leftist.....an enigma we all suffer to understand. How can a person be so distant from reason and logic? How could something that looks so obvious to us and not look that way to them? A reasonable person sees a problem, they analyze the problem, research the possible solutions to the problem, then with logic select the best method to deal with that problem considering all aspects including recurrence etc. The leftist does not do this, not even close. The leftists sees a problem and gets emotional. Then the leftist wants everyone else to follow them while they choose the emotional way to solve the problem which does not consider any of the factors as to why the problem exists in the first place or what additional problems their solution to the first problem might create.
When I was growing up the most impressive people to me were people that carried themselves in a quiet dignified manner. You know, the type of people that are in total control of themselves and their emotions. People that have command of their lives in other words. That was the kind of person that I have modeled myself. I first and foremost am happy and If I am not I change the circumstances that make me unhappy. I try and follow the "Dale Carnegie" way of dealing with people and it has made me a happy and successful person when dealing with others. And since I have the foundations of a happy life through my faith and the founding documents that afford me my rights, I can't complain. Leftists hate me because I am confident and happy and they are not. Confidence is why they hate conservatives, and it's what they crave but can't seem to get.
Leftists do not have that command of their emotions or their life. Most leftists are bitter, angry people with a huge chip on their shoulders and with vengeance in their heart. It is sad to me because they are suffering inside even if they don't show it outwardly all the time. I had the blessing of having parents that loved me and showed me the right way to do things from the beginning and didn't spoil me to the point that I took everything for granted. Leftists never have that and probably had alot worse. The sad part is like other bad traits, leftists when they raise children create more leftists like them, putting their offspring trough the same or similar treatment they received. If you don't believe me surrepticiously ask a leftist if they would want their child to have the same upbringing they had and I bet they say absolutely not.
I wholeheartedly believe that early development is crucial in a child's life. Trauma suffered during the critical years from birth to the age of personal awareness, say about 10 years old, are critical in what kind of adult they are going to be. I believe you can trace every abnormal behavior in adulthood back to trauma from this time in their lives. Abnormal behavior from being a leftist to being gay or to the extreme like a child molester or serial killer. What can be construed as "trauma" to perpetuate this behavior is the lack of love and belonging to something good like a constructive family. How do I know this? I know this because I know that insecurity creates fear and fear is the most powerful emotion. From fear every bad emotion is rooted, and emotion is what drives leftists.
I know some are going to read this and be appalled. I can hear it now. "How can you say gays are like serial killers". They aren't alike but they both come from dysfunction. For some reason some people can take trauma and focus their recovery energies in a positive direction. Michael Jackson had a terrible father that beat him and then used him. Michael Jackson was able to channel his traumatic pent up energies in a good way to be creative in music and dance but out of the spotlight he used his pent up energies to be destructive to his body and eventually died early from it. Nearly every stripper and porn star has had a sexual assault happen to them in their youth or had terrible parents. I remember people saying the Columbine killers came from good families in the suburbs. They lived in the suburbs but their family lives were not good. They merely existed and were not loved or taught that they were worth something. It's no excuse for bad behavior as an adult but the roots of it are obvious to me.
Look back at your own life and childhood and do the comparison. What was it that made you more apt to be a certain way as an adult. What was it that someone said to you when you were 8 years old that you remember and get inspiration from today? or are resentful and angry for today. I think I am on the right track here. We need to know where leftists come from before we can deal with them. Taking them seriously on an intellectual level is perpetuating their condition. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do for them as adults but for the future we can spot them and steer them clear of our lives and hopefully be that person that has the chance to say something to some kid that turns their lives around and gives them that inspiration to be good happy people as adults.
I noticed that most people I know that are "left" are very jealous of what others have and hate others because of it. Instead of getting busy and working they would rather sit in the hate and wait for someone to give them something. Reply to this
7/2/2009 6:38 PM
Forsaken Czar wrote:
I agree and disagree, you had me until you went into the childhood, I was given to an orphanage at age 4, I had a mom and dad, but they went their seperate ways. Not all of us who did not have the "Ideal' childhood grew up to become leftists. My childhood taught me one thing, stand up for yourself and walk with confidence. At 66 I still stand up for myself and what I think is right. and still walk with confidence. Because of my childhood, I stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone willing to stand up with the might of right. You may have had "the childhood' and all the perks, but it did not teach you empathy. Mine did. I do not stand with Obama, Pelosi, Dodd, or Kennedy. But I would not stand with you either. Reply to this
First of all let me thank you for commenting. I think you have me all wrong. I don't think that everyone that didn't come from an ideal upbringing would automatically turn into a leftist. Just the opposite, I believe that every leftist had some kind of trauma happen to them. Different people take the trauma of a bad childhood differently. What I meant was that every leftist I have ever come into contact with and it is my theory that all leftists had some kind of trauma that triggered their reaction to be insecure and to nurture that insecurity, which in turn makes them want to be miserable with company. I commend you on overcoming your childhood and not letting insecurity rule your life rather it made you realize that only you could make you strong and confident.
I have empathy, my childhood was not as extreme as yours but my parents were divorced when I was 4 and "my parents" were my mother and her next two husbands. So like you I could have wallowed in misery but chose to be strong and confident and to live my life with a purpose to do good. Reply to this
7/4/2009 1:31 AM
Vman wrote:
CZAR, Correctly me if I have misinterpreted your statements. You stated that you, "would not stand with (Mike) either." Is it because you disagree with his views on this subject? Wouldn't that be an emotional response?
Many of us, like yourself, and probably all of humanity have had to overcome obstacles in our lives You, like most conservatives chose to overcome these difficulties, to be a better person, rather than look at ourselves as victims while wallowing is self pity.
I find most "victims" make choices in their lives based on emotion. I also find many of these people are products of their environment You obviously had someone in your life who guided you as a child to teach you self dependency, and not to depend on others. To work hard and contribute to society rather than be a drain on it.
Should we have empathy as conservatives? Absolutely! It is our duty as a society to help those who cannot help themselves. And to help the ones that can help themselves learn how to do so. And I believe this starts at a young age in the home.
7/2/2009 7:28 PM
Tempus Fugit wrote:
Liberals in general want to "feel good" therefore they solve problems based on their emotions. Usually “feel good” answers are not long lasting real fixes. To accomplish their fixes they use “OPM – Other Peoples Money” This is money they have taken by taxing everything that moves. If Liberals had to save the world with their own money it would not happen. The blame the people who make money and then take their money to be do-gooders, The world would be better if conservatives were running it. Reply to this
Great article.
I noticed that most people I know that are "left" are very jealous of what others have and hate others because of it. Instead of getting busy and working they would rather sit in the hate and wait for someone to give them something.
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I agree and disagree, you had me until you went into the childhood, I was given to an orphanage at age 4, I had a mom and dad, but they went their seperate ways. Not all of us who did not have the "Ideal' childhood grew up to become leftists. My childhood taught me one thing, stand up for yourself and walk with confidence. At 66 I still stand up for myself and what I think is right. and still walk with confidence. Because of my childhood, I stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone willing to stand up with the might of right. You may have had "the childhood' and all the perks, but it did not teach you empathy. Mine did. I do not stand with Obama, Pelosi, Dodd, or Kennedy. But I would not stand with you either.
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First of all let me thank you for commenting. I think you have me all wrong. I don't think that everyone that didn't come from an ideal upbringing would automatically turn into a leftist. Just the opposite, I believe that every leftist had some kind of trauma happen to them. Different people take the trauma of a bad childhood differently. What I meant was that every leftist I have ever come into contact with and it is my theory that all leftists had some kind of trauma that triggered their reaction to be insecure and to nurture that insecurity, which in turn makes them want to be miserable with company. I commend you on overcoming your childhood and not letting insecurity rule your life rather it made you realize that only you could make you strong and confident.
I have empathy, my childhood was not as extreme as yours but my parents were divorced when I was 4 and "my parents" were my mother and her next two husbands. So like you I could have wallowed in misery but chose to be strong and confident and to live my life with a purpose to do good.
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CZAR, Correctly me if I have misinterpreted your statements. You stated that you, "would not stand with (Mike) either." Is it because you disagree with his views on this subject? Wouldn't that be an emotional response?
Many of us, like yourself, and probably all of humanity have had to overcome obstacles in our lives You, like most conservatives chose to overcome these difficulties, to be a better person, rather than look at ourselves as victims while wallowing is self pity.
I find most "victims" make choices in their lives based on emotion. I also find many of these people are products of their environment You obviously had someone in your life who guided you as a child to teach you self dependency, and not to depend on others. To work hard and contribute to society rather than be a drain on it.
Should we have empathy as conservatives? Absolutely! It is our duty as a society to help those who cannot help themselves. And to help the ones that can help themselves learn how to do so. And I believe this starts at a young age in the home.
This is conservative thinking
PS Thanks goodness for spell check
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Liberals in general want to "feel good" therefore they solve problems based on their emotions. Usually “feel good” answers are not long lasting real fixes. To accomplish their fixes they use “OPM – Other Peoples Money” This is money they have taken by taxing everything that moves. If Liberals had to save the world with their own money it would not happen. The blame the people who make money and then take their money to be do-gooders, The world would be better if conservatives were running it.
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