Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Utopian Moonbats
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Ancient Irish chieftains had to be physically
perfect. Should one lose part of a finger in battle he had to step down
and let an intact warrior take over leadership. Why? I suspect it was to
preserve the illusion that human perfection was possible. Some needed to
believe their leader was flawless and they could not tolerate defects. A
foolish notion of course, but one which persisted in immature societies
like Irish clans.
Young children think their parents are flawless. As adolescents however,
they perceive parental imperfections. Soon flaws are all teenagers can
see and they walk twenty paces behind mothers or fathers in public. Many
rebel in some way, rejecting parental authority and value systems. At
about twenty-five or so, they should mature as they realize that nobody
out there is perfect, including themselves. They learn to live with
imperfections in people and in the structures under which we govern
ourselves.
Most of us fall in love with someone of the opposite sex and we perceive
our new loved one as an impeccable human being. That perception too
wears off over time when we inevitably perceive defects. They become
magnified if we persist in our childish notion that anyone could be
faultless. Those who cannot accept imperfection divorce over and over as
they search for the perfect mate that doesn?t exist.
All of us seem to have an inherent need to believe in something perfect
and the concept of God fulfills that for most. Atheists and agnostics
keep looking, however. Some worship other people they perceive to be
more intelligent than they are. Others worship nature. Still others,
like Marx and Engels, design what they think is a perfect system. They
and their followers would impose it on humanity whether people want it
or not.
When baby boomers became adolescents in the 1960s, they rebelled against
their parents. That much was normal enough even with the unprecedented
size of the boomer generation. Trouble is, a significant portion refused
to grow up after rebelling against their parents? value systems. Boomers
raised with security and privilege on a level previously unknown
considered their good fortune the natural order of things. Instead of
appreciating the system that provided it to them, they brazenly trashed
those practices and institutions built by their forebears. In their
hubris, they rejected do?s and don?ts for human conduct learned since
the beginning of civilization.
For example:
Sexual mores? Unnecessary. If it feels good, do it. Marriage? Too
constricting. ?If you can?t be with the one you love, love the one
you?re with.? Drugs and alcohol? ?Whatever turns you on.? Patriotism?
?Imagine there?s no country. It?s easy if you try. Nothing to kill or
die for.? God? ?And no religion too.? Economics? ?Imagine no possessions
. . . No need for greed or hunger . . . Imagine all the people sharing
all the world.?
Naivet? Of course - the height of it. Baby boomers refused to grow up
and many continue to resist maturation. Now they run most of our
universities, media and many charitable foundations controlling billions
of dollars. They largely control what millions see and understand about
the world around them. The result is what you hear out of the mouths of
people like Rosie O?Donnell, Cindy Sheehan and Dennis Kucinich just to
name a few. Conservatives call them ?moonbats? and they think in
lockstep. Muslim crazies kill thousands of innocent Americans? ?They
only hate us because Bush, Cheney and Halliburton provoked them. If we
just impeach those guys and pull out of Iraq everything will be all
right. It?s American government policies that cause terrorism, not
Islamic terrorists.? That?s how they think.
Even when Islamofascists themselves proclaim over and over that they
intend to make the world Muslim and impose Sharia Law, it isn?t enough
to crack the moonbats? childish world view. President Bush is dangerous,
not Radical Muslim terrorists. If we can just elect perfect, progressive
leaders, those oppressed Muslims will see how nice we are and we?ll all
get along the way John Lennon imagined: ?The world will live as one.?
?You may say that I?m a dreamer, but I?m not not the only one,? goes
Lennon?s refrain. I agree. You were a dreamer and, unfortunately, you
weren?t the only one. There are plenty of moonbats out there in groups
like Moveon.org. They elected a new majority in our Congress. Now if
they can just elect a perfect president, the world will finally live as
one. We?ll all be smiling happy people holding hands in utopia.
