What I never cease to find comical is that while parroting the conventional wisdom of the moment Leftists manage to convince themselves that they are being iconoclastic and individualistic. They still think they are being rebellious and “edgy” when they lampoon religious faith or tradition or Christianity or the South or what-have-you, when all they are really doing is repeating by rote the beliefs of the bi-coastal elite, which they were entirely taught by – God help us – the (aptly named) idiot box. The messages from the Brady Bunch and All In The Family et al are still echoing across the empty canyons of Liberal brains, and most have literally never taken a moment to sincerely question whether their favorite celebrities might be wrong. That is where this smugness comes from – knowing subconsciously that on your side are ALL the people that matter: filmmakers, actors, hip hop rappers and other such celebrities. It is the smugness that comes from knowing that one is safely regurgitating Establishment arguments, from knowing that rather than engaging in the dangerous business of speaking Truth to Power, one is speaking for Power, and to the unwashed, filthy, unfashionable masses. It is the smugness of the small child who taunts loudly and cruelly knowing he has a bully at his back.
I think it is no exaggeration to state that progressivism, as exemplified here, is not so much a political philosophy as a fashion statement. It is conformism in the most depressing sense, dressed in a gaudy yet threadbare nonconformist costume.
Do better.
11.11.10 at 12:16 pm
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