Leftists blame America. Decent people blame themselves.
By: Dennis Prager
This is so right on. Religious people and conservatives get it right. Others do not. The values of our faith and the history and traditions of our country are great and good. The situational ethics and blame others first outlook of the secular progressive are not decent.
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As long ago as the 1970s, I came to a major realization. While watching fellow students at Columbia University demonstrate not just against the war in Vietnam but against America — “Amerika,” as many spelled it, the “imperialist,” “colonialist,” “mass-murdering” country — I kept wondering what made these people so hostile to the freest country in human history.
Then, one day, as a result of my having attended a yeshiva (an Orthodox Jewish day school) through high school, the reason became clear. Half of each school day was devoted to religious studies in Hebrew, and the other half was devoted to secular studies in English. This meant that I had been immersed in a religious worldview until college.
Though it was Jewish, this worldview could also be called “Judeo-Christian.” Students at traditionally Christian schools were immersed in essentially the same worldview. We were all taught that the most important battle we need to wage in life was with our own nature. Jews and Christians learned from the same Scripture that “the will of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Genesis 8:21).
Therefore, being a good person involved a constant battle with our flawed human nature: our urges, appetites and innate weaknesses. This battle was also the only real route to a better world. Every individual had to work on him or herself to be decent, strong, courageous and self-controlled, and every parent had to work, first and foremost, on raising such people.
One day, I came to realize that this was not how the vast majority of my fellow students were raised. They were raised to believe that the great battle in life was not with one’s nature but with outside forces — with parents, in many cases, but most of all with society, i.e., America.
All of us, whatever our political outlook, have to confront personal failure, loss, disappointment and unhappiness. When confronted with these challenges, religious Jews and Christians are taught to look inward for both the primary source of their problems and the primary solutions to those problems: What have I done wrong? What can I change in my life to solve my problems?
Of course, some nonreligious liberals and conservatives also have this attitude. But most of them likely inherited it from religious parents or, at the very least, from parents who were raised in a religious home or a home that retained the remnants of such an upbringing, which was common in pre-1960s America. (It is therefore questionable how many secular parents will succeed in passing this attitude on to their children.)
The left, which proudly rejects Judeo-Christian values, has adopted the opposite of the Judeo-Christian view regarding pain in life. Leftists (as opposed to liberals) hold outside forces responsible for their pain. That is the reason for the litany of left-wing enemies: capitalism, patriarchy, misogyny, systemic racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, sexism, xenophobia.
So, then, if you are an unhappy American woman, you can work on yourself and your nature, or you can blame sexism and patriarchy, i.e., men, for your pained state.
If you are an unhappy gay American, you can work on yourself, or you can blame society’s homophobia for your unhappiness.
And, most significantly, if you are an unhappy black American, you can work on yourself and your life, or you can blame systemic racism and whites for your anger and unfulfilled life.
All this explains why the left encourages every group except for white, Christian, heterosexual males to regard themselves as oppressed. The more oppressed women, gays, blacks, etc., see themselves, the more they are alienated from America and its values, and the more they gravitate left. In light of this, I came up with a riddle:
Q: What do you call a happy black person?
A: A Republican.
Without an exception I can recall, over the course of decades, I have guessed the political affiliation of every black caller to my radio show within a minute of talking to them. If they sounded happy, I knew they were a Republican; if they were angry, I knew they were a Democrat. This has held true for male and female callers.
America has been a great country because it was built on the belief that we must all fight against our natures (and fight for our country). It is difficult to overstate the damage the left is doing to this country by abandoning the fundamental Judeo-Christian teaching that we must fight our natures in order to lead a more decent and happy life and replacing it with the belief that we must battle America instead. This replacement inevitably leads to a population of unhappy, ungrateful and mean-spirited human beings — precisely the type of individuals you see rioting and looting, the type of elected officials who do nothing to stop rioters and looters, the columnists and academics who devote their lives to spewing hate-filled lies about America, and the Twitter mobs who comprise the toxic cancel culture.
It will lead to what the left acknowledges it seeks: the end of America as we have known it.
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Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His latest book, published by Regnery in May 2019, is “The Rational Bible,” a commentary on the book of Genesis. His film, “No Safe Spaces,” will be released to home entertainment nationwide on September 15, 2020. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com .
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The left, which proudly rejects Judeo-Christian values, has adopted the opposite of the Judeo-Christian view regarding pain in life. Leftists (as opposed to liberals) hold outside forces responsible for their pain. That is the reason for the litany of left-wing enemies: capitalism, patriarchy, misogyny, systemic racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, sexism, xenophobia.
So, then, if you are an unhappy American woman, you can work on yourself and your nature, or you can blame sexism and patriarchy, i.e., men, for your pained state.
If you are an unhappy gay American, you can work on yourself, or you can blame society’s homophobia for your unhappiness.
And, most significantly, if you are an unhappy black American, you can work on yourself and your life, or you can blame systemic racism and whites for your anger and unfulfilled life.
All this explains why the left encourages every group except for white, Christian, heterosexual males to regard themselves as oppressed. The more oppressed women, gays, blacks, etc., see themselves, the more they are alienated from America and its values, and the more they gravitate left. In light of this, I came up with a riddle:
Q: What do you call a happy black person?
A: A Republican.
Without an exception I can recall, over the course of decades, I have guessed the political affiliation of every black caller to my radio show within a minute of talking to them. If they sounded happy, I knew they were a Republican; if they were angry, I knew they were a Democrat. This has held true for male and female callers.
America has been a great country because it was built on the belief that we must all fight against our natures (and fight for our country). It is difficult to overstate the damage the left is doing to this country by abandoning the fundamental Judeo-Christian teaching that we must fight our natures in order to lead a more decent and happy life and replacing it with the belief that we must battle America instead.n
https://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/9982/leftists-blame-america-decent-people-blame-themselves
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I blame Trump, and those who have enabled him for 5 years.
Same here, I blame trumpturd and his supporters. Not America.
We are America!
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We are happy and proud to enable him for four more years!
Same screed. Same screed. Same screed. But a different day.
Dennis Prager reminds me of the medical instrument used in the 1700s to cure 'the clapp'. We all know how that worked, right?
And the "What do you call a happy black person" statement-------------what the hell is that all about?
Nauseating, isn't it?
Not at all. It was a wonderful article about those who are bad people and those of us who are decent people.
Republicans are happy while democrats are angry, bitter people.
That comment is like something an angry, bitter person would write.
Be very bitter!
President Trump brokered another "extraordinary" Middle East peace dealinvolving Israel, this time with Bahrain, coming after a similar agreement with the United Arab Emirates just last month, White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said on "Outnumbered Overtime" Friday.
The White House credits the president's desire for ending endless wars and replacing them with peace and prosperity in the region.
TRUMP ANNOUNCES DEAL BETWEEN BAHRAIN, ISRAEL TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS IN PUSH FOR MIDEAST PEACE
"This is an extraordinary achievement. The president made the first major breakthrough like this in 26 years," Morgenstern told host Harris Faulkner. "In less than a month, he's made yet another one."
Trump "has not one, but two Nobel Peace Prize nominations now in recent days because the president is ending endless wars and he's bringing about peace and prosperity, promoting our ally, Israel, normalizing relations with Arab states, really tremendous developments," he said, "and also isolating those who want to do harm and cause violence and dysfunction, isolating actors like Iran."
Morgenstern praised Trump's diplomatic victories of promoting America's ally, Israel, and normalizing relations with Arab countries.
"These are spectacular developments for the world, spectacular development for our friends in the region who want peace and who want prosperity, and spectacular developments for the American people who want a more peaceful world into the future," he noted.
ISRAEL, UAE TO SIGN HISTORIC PEACE DEAL IN WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY NEXT WEEK
“Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal – the second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days!” Trump tweeted.
According to a formal statement issued by the three countries, they had agreed to "the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain."
The leaders of Israel and Bahrain also praised Trump for "his dedication to peace in the region, his focus on shared challenges, and the pragmatic and unique approach he has taken to bringing their nations together.”
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The peace deal Bahrain deal comes a week after Trump oversaw the signing of an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo that normalized economic relations between those two countries.
That arrangement also included Kosovo recognizing Israel, and Serbia agreeing to move its embassy to Jerusalem -- as the U.S. had done with its embassy in 2017.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bahrain-israel-peace-deal-white-house-trump-outnumbered-overtime
Trump is increasing his support among African Americans based on his positive policies.
False. The 'increasing support' you are referring is to recent wearing of double diapers.
Support for historically black colleges, school choice, prison sentencing reform, pre pandemic unemployment levels and wage increases suggest I’m right and all you have are cheap insults.
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There are good people on both sides of the isle. It's the Left who hate this country, not the Liberals or the Democrats. The only thing is the Left have hijacked the Democrat Party. I'm sure there are those who will deny this. The Left have been gaining ground in the Democrat Party for a long time.
It's also easy to be a Democrat. It seems their main policy is to provide free stuff. I think most of us want to provide for those who can't provide for themselves, but the Democrats have taken it a step further. They want to provide for everyone, whether they can provide for themselves or not, doesn't matter, as long as by doing so they receive votes. In all honesty, I don't think they care a thing about the victims or the violators unless it benefits them.
Taking responsibility for oneself provides a sense of satisfaction you can't obtain any other way and the Democrats have taken that satisfaction away from many of their constituents. When one of these constituents commits a crime, such as this Blake fellow, instead of visiting the real victim, which is the person he was violating, they visit with the perpetrator. You know the reason they do that? They do it because of the political environment. Visiting the victim is not going to get them any more votes. They have become slaves to the Left.
Let me give you an example:
A white man violates his wife or girlfriend like Blake has done. She calls the police and they arrive as he is leaving. He has a warrant for a felony against him. He fights them and ends up dead. The Democrats could care less about him or the victim of his violence. The MSM ,with their 20% poll rating, may not even carry the story, because they know no one is interested and and it will not benefit them.
Think about it. How many people have been shot and killed over the last month? We don't know a single name of any of them unless it benefits the Democrats for us to know their names. We may hear their names on the one night they are reported on the local news, but the Left seem to have control of the mainstream media and they set the stage for what is important enough to become national news. It only becomes national if it satisfies the Left.
I wonder if, maybe, some of them realize they are destroying this country?
Great Post!
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