“Sea of Propaganda”

By Russ Cote

According to Christina Hoff Sommers, feminist propaganda may be the most prevalent and hardest to counter of the litany of socialist indoctrinations. But the “sea of propaganda” permeates every issue imaginable. I’m just going to say this because there’s no point in finessing it; there exists not a single argument on any policy matter, from economics to the environment, which a liberal can win on the facts. The facts are never in their favor, on any issue. The one here or two there that can even plausibly be said to favor the liberal position are the exceptions that prove the rule. Because of this, liberals must engulf their opponents with a ‘sea of propaganda’.

This ‘sea’ is comprised of several distinct yet interrelated species, all nicely spelled out in Barack Obama’s bible, “Rules for Radicals”, by Saul Alinsky. Browse them and you’ll see that “confusion, fear, and retreat”, “ridicule”, “constant pressure” and “threats” are the methods through which political power is achieved in the absence of coherent thought or intelligent debate. Liberals need nothing more than a five-year olds’ sense of entitlement coupled with a middle school ability to parrot monosyllabic talking points to ‘win’ an argument. Very few liberals that I’ve encountered even make an attempt at rational discussion beyond that displayed by your average first grade bully.

Ripping off the Rich is a Poor Move

By Anthony Bialy

What did moneyed people ever do to you? The answer is probably nothing unless some grumpy tycoon once whapped you with a cane because you disrupted his polo tournament when you had too many wobbly pops and wandered onto his estate; in that case, you had it coming. Most of those wallowing in luxury aren’t out to inflict harm on the rest of us, unless making bitter people jealous counts. On top of that, the opulently snooty do more than prop up particular industries such as monocle assembling, opera hat manufacturing, and brandy distilling: what they do with their money benefits everyone, even the ingrates. . .