The concept of a “thinking liberal” is a thing of the past. "Liberal thought" has become an oxymoron. Dennis Prager expressed this well in his column.
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…..Welcome to the thoughtless world of contemporary liberalism. Beginning in the 1960s, liberalism, once the home of many deep thinkers, began to substitute feeling for thought and descended into superficiality.
One-word put-downs of opponents' ideas and motives were substituted for thoughtful rebuttal. Though liberals regard themselves as intellectual -- their views, after all, are those of nearly all university professors -- liberal thought has almost died. Instead of feeling the need to thoughtfully consider an idea, most liberal minds today work on automatic. One-word reactions to most issues are the liberal norm……
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/colu...23/198416.html |
If you are not a liberal at twenty-five, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative by thirty-five you have no brains.