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To: Taro who wrote (329353)	3/18/2007 9:29:21 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1587210

This seemed a perfect description: Subject 54350 "THE MYTHS THAT FUEL THE LEFT'S DENIAL" The essence of psychological denial is a refusal to look at or acknowledge reality.... Anna Freud once wrote that the ego of a child in denial "refuses to become aware of some disagreeable reality.... It turns its back on it, and in imagination reverses the unwelcome facts." The essence of psychological denial is a refusal to look at or acknowledge reality. Fortunately, reality exists outside of one's head and is objective and verifiable. It is not altered by whim, desire, lies or myth.... Psychological denial and the avoidance of an unpleasant reality are certainly not confined to one side of the political spectrum or the other. But what I find endlessly fascinating is how the political left has created and fully integrated specific ideological tools that facilitate ongoing psychological denial.... The political left has been utilizing the same psychological strategies inherent in the paranoid style since the end of the cold war and the 20th century.... This is what makes it so frustrating to debate or argue with today's typical postmodern leftist.... [T]heir myths have become inextricably entwined and inseparable from their most sacred ideological beliefs. These are the myths that are the cornerstone of their faith in the evil of George Bush, Republicans and America. To acknowledge even the slightest possibility that these keystones of their religious political faith are warped would threaten their entire ideology--and thus, their image of themselves.... For 5 years now, America has had to listen to the Democrats' and the left's constant carping; we have had to withstand their contempt for American values and our military had to bear the brunt of their incoherent rage and careless enabling of the enemy we fight. We have listened to the endless repetition of their mantras and slogans; the unrivaled self-righteousness of their superior intellects; and seen firsthand the intensity of the hatred that motivates them. In all that time there have been very very few able to summon up an iota of insight; or a moment of self- reflection about their own [calumnious, treacherous & irresponsible] behavior.... Don't dare question their patriotism, they scream. But look at their behavior.... One of the most serious psychological challenges that any human being must face is to face reality, particularly when the consequences of confronting truth are personally unpleasant and very painful. That is exactly what psychological denial seeks to avoid doing. For the Democrats and their increasingly histrionic leftist base, denial--not America-- has been their country of residence since September 11, 2001. Generally, it has been a safe and happy place for them to be; because as long as they can hate and vilify George Bush, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice and all those evil Republicans and Lieberman Democrats out there; and as long as they can pretend that the objects of their hate are the real cause of any problem; then they don't have to deal with the external reality of Islamofascist terror, or face the truth about their own unacknowledged and pathological internal reality. They can continue to cling to the holy, neo socialist faith, newly risen from the ashes of the 20th century; and delude themselves into thinking that they are wonderful, caring, loving and reality-based people.... Klavan comments, "...we can't bring ourselves to fictionalize the larger idea: Islamo-fascism is an evil and American liberty a good. But somehow today's Democrats and the political left has no difficulty in fictionalizing the reverse." Let's face it, the myths that fuel the left's denial are designed to make sure that they--not America--come out the winners. >> - Dr. Sanity