June 11, 2004
The Humanity of the Liberal Extremist
Frank Salvato
Oh the humanity. When we pause to listen to the din coming from the liberal-left it shouldn’t surprise us to hear how we should be overly concerned about the feelings of others. At almost every turn we hear about how we have to practice tolerance and inclusion even to the extent that established traditions and organizations should fall, acquiescing to the will of the left, to political correctness. But as we prepare to bid farewell to our 40th president, Ronald Reagan, much of the country is horrified at the words coming from the extreme liberal-left. True to form, their hypocrisy reigns supreme.
Common sense dictates that when someone dies certain decorum is to be employed. We, as a society, understand that in the moments between a persons death and their internment there is a time when even the most cynical of people should, out of respect for humanity, cease their attacks on the recently passed, if for no other reason out of respect for the survivors, those who have just experienced one of life’s hardest rites of passage. Even the most intellectually challenged can sense something in the air when someone dies. It just doesn’t seem right when death comes to call. Animals know it and react accordingly, they become more docile and less aggressive, well, perhaps not Islamic fundamentalists but I think you get my point.
So, imagine my surprise when I recently read a column in the Washington Times that outlined some of the most hurtful, reprehensible and disgraceful comments I have ever heard about someone who has passed. I am referring to an article by Steve Miller titled, “Reagan Critics Decry Glowing Tributes.” To be certain, this is the true face of the liberal-left in our country today and they are not going to be voting for George W. Bush this November.
The ultra-liberal and acid-tongued cartoonist Ted Rall, the same cretin who had no problem besmirching Pat Tillman, the former NFL star turned Army Ranger, who was killed in Afghanistan, is quoted as saying, “I'm sure he's turning crispy brown right about now."
Rall described Reagan as, "...a real piece of work, Reagan ruined the federal budget, trashed education, alienated our friends and allies and made us a laughing stock around the world."
Rall’s statements are not only without basis they can be discounted without much effort. All one has to do is to ask the people of what was formerly East Germany how they view Ronald Reagan. The fact that we can ask them that question should be enough evidence that Rall is a moron. If you add the creation of 20 million jobs and the fact the Reagan White House successfully handled the incredible recession handed to them by the Carter Administration one has to ask what color the sky is in Mr. Rall’s world.
Rall’s comments are beneath contempt, not only because he propagates lies, but because he does so at the top of his lungs during a time of national mourning. It needs to be asked, where is his politically correct tolerance and inclusion now? Once again, we have a liberal who doesn’t practice what he preaches, a hypocrite with a set of rules for you and I, and another for himself and his liberal elite cronies.
Then we have Christopher Hitchens from Slate who calls Reagan “dumb as a stump,” even in light of the emerging fact that Reagan did most of his own speech writing. He continues to call him a “cruel and stupid lizard.”
Greg Palast blames Reagan for the 1983 terrorist bombing of our Marines barracks in Lebanon calling him a “killer, coward and a conman.” It’s hard to find any of that politically correct tolerance here either.
And yet another politically correct exercise in tolerance and compassion – and coincidently another exercise in slander and the propagation of untruths – was offered by Robert Kunst, a gay activist from Florida who says triumphantly, “Ronnie will spend eternity in hell for his treachery.”
Kunst called Reagan, “...one of the most despicable presidents.” He insisted that Reagan was responsible for, “500,000 American AIDS deaths and 10 million worldwide, while he catered to the right wing in this country.” Of course the promulgation of AIDS in the 1980’s would have nothing at all to do with an at-risk portion of our society employing narcissistic sexual practices, it has to be the presidents fault. Tolerance? For a liberal it’s just a word in a dictionary when it should apply to them. Don’t even get me started about taking responsibility for one’s actions.
The nation should be bubbling over with rage at the amazing lack of respect for Ronald Reagan as displayed by these so-called tolerant members of the liberal multicultural community. Take away the fact Reagan had anything to do with politics, let us for a moment say that Reagan was a common man, the everyman, wouldn’t his life be worth the cessation of cynical attack for a week?
The liberal-left, as represented by Rall, Hitchens, Palast and Kunst, represent the worst in America. They are filled with hate. They were the ones who said Reagan would lead us to nuclear war. They are the Bush-haters. They are filled with artificially incited and politically motivated anger. They are unwilling to employ even the least amount of common decency, even when death is involved. They represent the faction in this country that not only want to blame America first but who expect us to comply with their totalitarian and socialistic agenda of political correctness while they reserve for themselves the right to assault whomever they believe opposes them. They are misguided and incredibly wrong. They are mean.
These pathetic creatures have an agenda all right, but it only applies to you and I. God help us all if their candidate wins come November. |
