Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Lazy liberalism is the problem with current discourse

Lazy liberalism is the problem with current discourse: Steven Hayward:
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... Starting with Woodrow Wilson, “progressives” (to use a name more accurate than “liberal”) have complained that our various mechanisms of “checks and balances” prevent government from being more “effective.” This is just code for the liberal desire that its opposition should simply shut up, surrender, and submit to their rule unquestioned. It is a liberalism that has grown too lazy to argue with—or even tolerate—opposition, which is what happens when you come to believe that you embody “the side of history.” This display of contempt for the institutions of democratic deliberation reveals today’s progressives to be highly undemocratic—and illiberal, too. With their will to power checked as intended by our founders, the Left is letting out a primal scream.
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This pretty well sums of the problems with current left wing politics.  They can't handle a reasoned debate anymore.  Many have sunk to name calling and insults as a substitute for arguing their positions.  And they are the ones who are calling their opposition crazy?