Thank God for Breitbart.com.
The left, notwithstanding the comparative clarity now granted it by the right's chaos, has for decades wondered (and wandered) somehow aimlessly about its philosophical grounding. Yes, there were those thrillingly unifying causes of yesteryear, civil rights and Vietnam; but also came all that disruptive McGovern business, the right's ascendancy, world socialism's p.r. collapse and Marxism's confoundingly scattered post- and neo- varieties and postmodernism's dynamiting of transcendent truths and then more rightward ascendancy and finally the left was holding on to little more than single-payer healthcare--and now even that appears unattainable for another half-century.
Is that all there is? asks the left. What does it really stand for, what is it that it really believes?
Enter Breitbart today in a self-promotional CPAC-seminar piece: "The left comes from a singular philosophy; increase centralized control over citizens."
Whew! Thank you.
Glad to hear that. I woke up this morning realizing I didn't know what I was supposed to believe in anymore. Now I can get on with it again.
Posted by: japa21 | March 15, 2013 at 03:31 PM
Generalissimo Breitbart is still dead. Frankly, the article read like poetry to me.
"Uninvited" session
the rampant rise of crony capitalism
an existential threat to our nation
the threat of civilizational jihad
Government Accountability Institute
the rise of a permanent political class
the rest of America against Washington
the enemedia and political elites
attendees will return to their lives
They will be properly armed.
"enemedia" is a new one.
Posted by: Robert Lipscomb | March 16, 2013 at 09:07 AM
Loved the promotional poster. Breitbart is here. And watching! The George Zimmerman self appointed vigilantes of right wing ideological purity. Bless their hearts.
Posted by: Peter G | March 16, 2013 at 09:30 AM