Friday, September 28, 2007

Media, Education, Justice & the Left

Good piece here. With which I agree. Not because the author writes it, but because I already know he's right, from years and years of observations of patterns of happenstance.

Some excerpts (read the whole article to get the whole context; it's not a long article, but is quite effective):


Because the left views the purpose of judges as furthering a social agenda that transcends justice in the courtroom, the judicial process has been distorted for decades.

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There was a time when the primary purpose of journalists was to report the news. That is why they were called "reporters." But for most news people on the left, reporting the news is insignificant compared to changing society for the better, which is the whole point of being a leftist.

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Until the left took over education, the primary purpose of a teacher was to teach, and to do so as truthfully and apolitically as possible. Today, the primary purpose for very many high school teachers and college professors on the left is to influence students.


Leftists will, of course, deny this, or perhaps admit it and attempt to justify it. Much as Vladimir Lenin and Mao Tse-Tung justified what they did to impose Communism against the will of the People.

Leftists, by this imposition, are sending the wrong message to us. So can we really be blamed for being concerned as to how far they'll go ultimately to achieve their revolutionary agendae?

Or are we actually getting the right message? Are leftists actually as dangerous ultimately as their socialist brethren around the world?

One thing's for sure: The Left is frightening.