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p>Of course this is a mental disorder but it is the reason why the Left is soft on terrorism. br> -- Peter Skurkiss br> Stow, Ohio /p> p> If it were not for the politically correct imperative to avoid damaging self esteem, Mr. Hornik could have summarized the three categories of dangerous Leftists as merely having severe character disorders. br> -- Danny L. Newton br> Cookeville, Tennessee /p>

"The question, then, is why the leftist persists in this view ('defend the indefensible') of things."

Why? Lawrenced Auster offers a fourth reason: Cultural Leninism -- assigning morality, not to a group's actions, but inversely proportional to the group's perceived degree of power. This is because the Left views all life as a class struggle, between those who have and those who don't, and this includes groups that have power and those that don't.

p>The elimination of class necessarily demands an insistence on radical egalitarianism and radical non-discrimination. Thus, when the Israelis were the underdog against five Arab nations, the Left cheered them on; now that the Palestinians are the ones perceived to lack power, they are given the moral high ground. "...In a society dedicated to that proposition, the good itself must ultimately be seen as

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