When you look up the word shameless in a dictionary,
the following synonyms should be referred: liberals, progressives, democrats,
and editors of newspapers. James A.
Haught, editor emeritus at the Charleston Gazette-Mail, should have his picture
posted next to the definition after his simplistic co-option of our founding fathers
and of one the leading intellects that helped to inspire the formation of our
federalist system.
Mr. Haught obviously has a disdain for conservative
principles that are grounded in our constitution. His op-ed
is a template liberals us to defame opponents and at the same time elevate flawed
progressive ideas. This technique of
co-option and distortion, coupled with bump sticker slogans, is a favorite
amongst the intellectually challenged.
Here is an excerpt:
America’s founders –
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, etc. – were
brilliant radicals who absorbed Enlightenment ideas and incorporated them into
the first modern democracy.
The Enlightenment also
laid the foundation of liberal political values still winning victories today.
For three centuries, by fits and starts, Western progress has been mostly a
chronicle of progressives defeating conservative resistance. Reformers repeatedly
toppled old privileges, hierarchies and establishments. Look at the historical
record:
Conservatives tried to
retain slavery, but they lost.
They tried to block
voting by women, but lost.
They tried to prevent
couples from using birth control, but they lost.
They tried to obstruct
Social Security pensions, but they lost.
They tried to sustain
racial segregation, but they lost.
They supported
government-mandated prayer in school, but they lost.
They tried to defeat
Medicare and Medicaid, but they lost.
They tried to halt
same-sex marriage, but lost.
On and on, through
recurring cultural battles, progressive principles that began in the
Enlightenment have prevailed. For three centuries, liberals generally have won,
conservatives lost.
First of all, we are a
constitutional republic, not a democracy.
Second, the Age of Enlightenment ended when the French Revolution degenerated
into the Terror. Someone should remind
Mr. Haught that the radicals of that day repudiated Christianity. These bloodthirsty heathens murdered priests,
pillaged churches, and desecrated cemeteries.
They valued life, liberty and property as much as an American liberal.
Take a look at his
bumper sticker assertions. Only a fool
would accept such simplistic bullet points.
That’s why this nonsense was published in the Charlotte Observer.
People like Mr. Haught
love to praise our founding fathers while at the same time condemn the system they
made. Progressives really don’t believe
in the U.S. Constitution and its federalist principles. What they want is a top-down, central
government where states are vassalages, citizens are subjects and democracy is
approved by activist judges.
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