Good Column! On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Bear Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 'Fahrenheit 451' Perfectly Predicted the Left Morphing Into Intolerant, > Crybully Sissies > Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images > By: > John Nolte > <http://www.dailywire.com/search/site?f[0]=im_field_authors%3A1822> > February 25, 2017 > 107 Comments > <http://www.dailywire.com/news/13852/fahrenheit-451-perfectly-predicted-left-morphing-john-nolte#disqus_thread> > <http://www.dailywire.com/news/13852/fahrenheit-451-perfectly-predicted-left-morphing-john-nolte#> > > At a ratio of about 98.7% (spitballing, might be higher), for the sin of > being a Christian or supporting Trump and border security, for opposing > abortion, or just wanting to live your life with as little government > intrusion as possible, whenever you turn on a TV or radio, watch a movie, > open a magazine, look at the news, attend a class, crack a book, or catch a > game, in ways subtle and not, you are smeared as an "ist," a "phobe," or a > greedy teabagger. > > From the moment you choose to be something other than a Leftist, all > around you within our news and entertainment culture, you're surrounded > with constant challenges to your beliefs and attacks on your humanity and > morality. > > And unless we restrict our cultural lives to only evangelical movies, > conservative talk radio, Christian rock, and black and white TV shows (an > environment that probably resembles the real Hell), we can't hide away in > safe spaces. > > And this is a good thing. > > Oh, sure, it's sometimes annoying. But adversity is healthy; for in this > reality we toughen up, learn to tolerate differences, better articulate our > beliefs, open ourselves to challenging ideas. And as a result, we learn, we > grow, and we acquire the kind of emotional and spiritual depth required for > any life that is truly fulfilling. > > The Left, on the other hand, has devolved into a bunch of angry, shallow, > unhappy, bitter sissies, who are incapable of dealing with any kind of > difficulty, most especially an election loss. > > Look at the college campus > <http://www.dailywire.com/news/7864/breaking-depaul-university-bans-shapiro-john-minster>, > the news media > <http://freebeacon.com/politics/don-lemon-cuts-off-republican-guest-because-of-fake-news/>… > Watch the Left launch into hysterics when even a small blight appears on > their ocean-sized monopoly over the culture -- a "24" or a Fox News. > > Why? > > Everyone should revisit Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Although > published way back in 1953, the novel almost perfectly predicted what has > happened to the modern Left, not just here in America -- everywhere, most > especially Europe. > > Set in the future, Bradbury's society has become so hostile towards any > kind of adversity, most especially the concept of exposing themselves to > contemplative thought or challenging ideas, that they not only burn all the > books, they numb themselves with drugs and reality television, and cancel > out even the possibility of self-reflection with a bombardment of > relentless stimulus in the form of gadgets, pop culture, social media and > overall pleasure-seeking. > > Because of the ceaseless happy-faced advertising that blares through > ever-present speakers, the hero of our story, Montag, can't even read an > illicit Bible on public transportation. > > All by design. > > Bradbury even had the foresight to predict the seed of this tyranny: phony > outrage… > > *Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people > don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it. Someone's written a book > on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn > the book.* > > To avoid being, if you will, *triggered*, this society chose to become > its own safe space, where critical thought and challenging ideas are > outlawed simply because they make people uncomfortable. As a result, this > is a society of shallow, miserable people always on the verge of a tantrum > at the slightest intellectual provocation. Abortion, divorce and suicide > are facts of daily life. > > And when it comes to avoiding these triggers and protecting this safe > space, they are also capable of horrific violence. > > Does any of this sound familiar? > > Leftists raised within an entertainment and media culture that never > challenges them, a sugar diet of MTV, government-run schools, CNN, *The > New York Times*, all-things Hollywood, ESPN -- those who come of age in a > culture that only ever reassures them they are virtuous; that only ever > preaches that those who disagree are villains, Nazis, or selfish… These are > individuals developing within the soft-tyranny of a Cultural ThoughtBubble, > people propagandized into thin-skinned teens and intolerant, sissified > adults with no mechanism to cope with different ideas, with what they deem > offensive, or the kind of adversity that is the canary in the coalmine of a > free society. > > Watch in awe as they freak out over the word "bossy*,*" melt down over > the phrase "illegal alien*,*" scream "un-American > <http://www.mediaite.com/online/chuck-todd-donald-trumps-delegitimization-of-press-un-american-not-a-laughing-matter/>!" > over criticism, declare *ideas* "dangerous > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/06/donald-trumps-suggestion-that-the-media-is-covering-up-terrorist-attacks-is-genuinely-dangerous/?utm_term=.7972e9ef82ba>," > suffer PTSD > <http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/cnn-audaciously-compares-ptsd-of-war-to-the-stress-of-post-election-results/> > after an election loss. And if you dare bring the intellectual fight to > them, all too often their wiring goes on the fritz, and out comes the > ultra-violence. > <http://www.dailywire.com/news/13079/domestic-terrorism-hits-uc-berkeley-and-our-media-john-nolte> > > The argument can be made that the Democrat Party is now more of a > regional, as opposed to national party. Culturally, however, the Left is > still … *Everywhere*… Bradbury also warned of this: > > *Remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy of truth > and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh, God, the > terrible tyranny of the majority.* > > Indeed. > > Last week I wrote > <https://www.facebook.com/JohnNolteNC/posts/246868685716696:0>…. > > *If you are not being shocked, offended or insulted, you are not living in > a free society. And if you are okay with that, you are either a fascist or > a slave.* > > …and everyday it becomes clearer and clearer that too many on the Left > choose to be both. > > > > *Follow John Nolte on Twitter **@NolteNC* <https://twitter.com/NolteNC>.* > Follow his Facebook Page **here* > <https://www.facebook.com/JohnNolteNC/?skip_nax_wizard=true>*.* > > > http://www.dailywire.com/news/13852/fahrenheit-451- > perfectly-predicted-left-morphing-john-nolte#.WLHPIqF9O8o.twitter > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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