This is modern-day sophistry. When argument detaches from truth, it becomes a weapon, not a virtue. For thirty years, we have watched objective questions shoved into partisan mud, so no one has to admit the obvious. Law becomes “narrative.” Biology becomes “identity.” Citizenship becomes “process.” The debate is no longer about what is right, but who benefits. That is civilizational decay. A republic cannot survive if every fact is negotiable and every moral line is conditional. Politics must orbit truth, not replace it. When power outruns principle, chaos follows. We are not arguing policy anymore. We are arguing reality itself.
We are now living in a full-blown postmodernist age where anything means anything and everything means nothing. Where truth does not exist, emotions prevail, and where emotions prevail chaos reigns.
Chaos is precisely what Democrats, Leftist, Maxists, anarchists, and nihilists want. Chaos breeds fear, and fear drives out rationality up to the point where the people en masse plead for some semblance of order. And it’s at that point when pure totalitarianism takes over in the form of Sharia Law or some secularized version of it.
Post-constitutional America is dead ahead, if not already here, shrouded in Kabuki Theatre events that play out on the evening news and social media to distract the public from what has already happened.
When the truth does appear, nobody believes it — or they yawn.
We need to stop pretending that labeling something “political” makes it debatable. Some things are just true. Some things are just false. And refusing to acknowledge the difference because it might seem partisan is cowardice dressed up as nuance.
"They never believe something till they do and they are never against something until they are—and in both cases, it is not the question of right or wrong that drives their selection, it is based on which answer gives them some temporary advantage. Principles are disposable. Truth is negotiable. Everything becomes a vehicle for power." That's because the issue is never the issue. Revolution is always the issue.
This is why I've often now said we live in the world of "Ripley's Believe it or Not". "Right" has become "wrong" in the political sphere. If people weren't gullible--this wouldn't be the case. But The Dems and Regressive Left --BELIEVE their media and their politicians. They don't even see it in the terms you describe. so well. They see it as "Us OR Them"--and Trump cannot EVER be "Right" about anything --because "Don'tcha know he's a "convicted felon" and "thrice divorced" ? In other words--we are no longer dealing with logic. It's ALL emotional response.
This is modern-day sophistry. When argument detaches from truth, it becomes a weapon, not a virtue. For thirty years, we have watched objective questions shoved into partisan mud, so no one has to admit the obvious. Law becomes “narrative.” Biology becomes “identity.” Citizenship becomes “process.” The debate is no longer about what is right, but who benefits. That is civilizational decay. A republic cannot survive if every fact is negotiable and every moral line is conditional. Politics must orbit truth, not replace it. When power outruns principle, chaos follows. We are not arguing policy anymore. We are arguing reality itself.
I believe you are 100% correct. However I also believe that civilizational decay is it the goal of those who think capitalism is the problem.
We are now living in a full-blown postmodernist age where anything means anything and everything means nothing. Where truth does not exist, emotions prevail, and where emotions prevail chaos reigns.
Chaos is precisely what Democrats, Leftist, Maxists, anarchists, and nihilists want. Chaos breeds fear, and fear drives out rationality up to the point where the people en masse plead for some semblance of order. And it’s at that point when pure totalitarianism takes over in the form of Sharia Law or some secularized version of it.
Post-constitutional America is dead ahead, if not already here, shrouded in Kabuki Theatre events that play out on the evening news and social media to distract the public from what has already happened.
When the truth does appear, nobody believes it — or they yawn.
Altas Shrugged, and so it went.
We need to stop pretending that labeling something “political” makes it debatable. Some things are just true. Some things are just false. And refusing to acknowledge the difference because it might seem partisan is cowardice dressed up as nuance.
Amen. It’s sad that this needs to be said.
You are right, sir. Biology is not a suggestion. Woman is not a feeling. And your Hannibal Lecter analogy is hilarious. Thank you.
"They never believe something till they do and they are never against something until they are—and in both cases, it is not the question of right or wrong that drives their selection, it is based on which answer gives them some temporary advantage. Principles are disposable. Truth is negotiable. Everything becomes a vehicle for power." That's because the issue is never the issue. Revolution is always the issue.
I am forwarding your commentary. I hope that is ok. It needs reading.
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Excellent piece. Great reminder. Stand fast in the truth and do not give an inch. BTW marriage is between a Man and woman. Period.
This is why I've often now said we live in the world of "Ripley's Believe it or Not". "Right" has become "wrong" in the political sphere. If people weren't gullible--this wouldn't be the case. But The Dems and Regressive Left --BELIEVE their media and their politicians. They don't even see it in the terms you describe. so well. They see it as "Us OR Them"--and Trump cannot EVER be "Right" about anything --because "Don'tcha know he's a "convicted felon" and "thrice divorced" ? In other words--we are no longer dealing with logic. It's ALL emotional response.