Comments on: From the Pen of David Horowitz: October 28, 2009 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: mamapajamas http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20916 mamapajamas Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:51:10 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20916 Fred, re: <i>"Isn’t this the case with all political ideologies to one degree or another; that they elevate the moral stature of the believer & at the same time diminish the stature of the unbeliever."</i> Not necessarily. It is completely possible to believe that you are 100% correct while regarding the opposition as merely mistaken. It isn't necessary to dehumanize your opponent in a political debate, but this has been the tactic-- no, the active roadmap-- of the left for as long as I can remember (and I'm 60). Fred, re: “Isn’t this the case with all political ideologies to one degree or another; that they elevate the moral stature of the believer & at the same time diminish the stature of the unbeliever.”

Not necessarily. It is completely possible to believe that you are 100% correct while regarding the opposition as merely mistaken. It isn’t necessary to dehumanize your opponent in a political debate, but this has been the tactic– no, the active roadmap– of the left for as long as I can remember (and I’m 60).

]]> By: Fred Glass http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20915 Fred Glass Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:51:32 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20915 You wrote: "We were partisans of a cause that confirmed our humanity even as it denied the humanity of those who opposed us". I take the word -cause- to mean political ideology. Isn't this the case with all political ideologies to one degree or another; that they elevate the moral stature of the believer & at the same time diminish the stature of the unbeliever. You wrote: “We were partisans of a cause that confirmed our humanity even as it denied the humanity of those who opposed us”. I take the word -cause- to mean political ideology. Isn’t this the case with all political ideologies to one degree or another; that they elevate the moral stature of the believer & at the same time diminish the stature of the unbeliever.

]]> By: Marylou http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20914 Marylou Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:46:48 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20914 "It was more like accusing one’s comrades. Like condemning a life." This is the part I have been living. They get so insulted and defensive!! It is really hard to disagree on principle because it is taken so personally and felt so deeply. This note to a friend helped me understand why, even though I myself lived through this transformation. I still have not found the words to explain this deep transformation. “It was more like accusing one’s comrades. Like condemning a life.”

This is the part I have been living. They get so insulted and defensive!! It is really hard to disagree on principle because it is taken so personally and felt so deeply.

This note to a friend helped me understand why, even though I myself lived through this transformation. I still have not found the words to explain this deep transformation.

]]> By: SanePerson http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20913 SanePerson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:01:59 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20913 It's like trying to leave a street gang. This former friend (Ralph) is just saying what he has to say. Who knows whether he believes it. It’s like trying to leave a street gang. This former friend (Ralph) is just saying what he has to say. Who knows whether he believes it.

]]> By: jac mills http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20910 jac mills Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:53:20 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20910 You bet it does, and admirably. You bet it does, and admirably.

]]> By: Tommy Barrios http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20909 Tommy Barrios Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:33:53 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20909 Rules of the Ideologue: Rule 1) I am always right, because I say so! Rule 2) In areas of ideological disagreement, see Rule 1! Does that about sum up the extreme Left and Right? Rules of the Ideologue:
Rule 1) I am always right, because I say so!
Rule 2) In areas of ideological disagreement, see Rule 1!

Does that about sum up the extreme Left and Right?

]]> By: mikidiki http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20912 mikidiki Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:22:49 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20912 The sentence quoted by jdamn is what, from now on, I will remember and espouse as the perfect depiction of left wing activists. Thanks for a memorable day. The sentence quoted by jdamn is what, from now on, I will remember and espouse as the perfect depiction of left wing activists. Thanks for a memorable day.

]]> By: jdamn http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/28/from-the-pen-of-david-horowitz-october-28-2009/#comment-20911 jdamn Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=12990#comment-20911 <i>We were partisans of a cause that confirmed our humanity, even as it denied humanity to those who opposed us.</i> When I first read that some time ago, it suddenly became crystal-clear to me that the left has a real problem with dehumanizing those who oppose their agenda. That's probably why <i>ad hominem</i> arguments don't seem to be logically false in Left-o-land. We were partisans of a cause that confirmed our humanity, even as it denied humanity to those who opposed us.

When I first read that some time ago, it suddenly became crystal-clear to me that the left has a real problem with dehumanizing those who oppose their agenda. That’s probably why ad hominem arguments don’t seem to be logically false in Left-o-land.

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