If one looks at traditional American voters, he concludes that those on the left have mutated their way to positions that have no basis in reality.
A very disturbing incident has been recently reported. Rose Lubin was a 21-year-old Border Patrol officer in Israel. She was an American but knew that she was meant to move to Israel. She did so and actually fought Hamas during the original attack in 2023. Last year, she was stabbed during her patrol in the Old City of Jerusalem and died. My wife and I read about her and went to the mourning tent set up by the city in her honor. We heard from family and friends about an amazing young woman who knew what she wanted in life. She came to Israel alone but knew that she was meant to be here. Her death apparently was in part due to the failure of a colleague to alert others that he had gone to get food.
The incident in question concerns the Atlanta neighbors of Rose’s father. There are recordings of them screaming at him and saying that his daughter deserved to die. They additionally called him by Jewish slurs. How have we as an American society gotten to the point where people are happy to see the death of a fellow American? What did Rose do that would so enrage her neighbors that they would revel in her murder in front of her mourning father? When we look at a lot of the pathologies of those on the left, we have to ask how we got here. Let’s take some of the standard positions of a 2025 Democratic voter, as the party becomes unmoored and moves continually further to the left:
*Climate crisis means that life on this planet is in danger. They will block streets, glue themselves to priceless artworks, not bring children into the world, and try to destroy the energy underpinnings of modern society. There are many accomplished scientists who say that human production of carbon dioxide—which is a fraction of that produced by natural phenomenon—is no threat to mankind. They say that the stories of coastlines disappearing and a billion “climate refugees” are bunk and have no basis in honest scientific analysis.
*They have turned on Israel to the point that they are demanding the destruction of the Jewish state and the death of the millions of Jews who live there. They have been fed a steady Qatari/Muslim Brotherhood diet of Jews as colonialists and genociders when the realities of history and the current conflict support none of their contentions. The Gazan population has grown during the present conflict and Israel’s existence from Jewish purchase of land to defensive wars makes her little different than many other countries.
*They see America as evil. While the United States has given them a standard of living never seen before by mankind, they blithely call the country of their birth racist. They claim that whites are to blame for the poverty and failures of minority communities. They do not see the U.S. as a force for good—at all. They don’t connect the amazing electronics, clothes, cars, and lifestyles they have with the unique aspects of American freedoms. They may think that such things are everywhere, but they are not and what there is is more expensive, more limited and oftentimes of inferior quality.
*They fantasize about socialism and communism. Because for many on the left, especially younger members of the group, life isn’t going so well: they are barely getting by, not making enough to own a home or live the lifestyle that their parents had—they somehow think that failed social-economic systems will give them a better outcome. One can see in NY where the commie mayoral candidate doesn’t even try to pretend that he is anything else. People always look for alternatives when life is overcast, but there is enough historical evidence on the failures of socialism and communism that their appeal should not exist.
*They have abandoned traditional religion for a pseudoscientific alternative. Covid was super dangerous, the mRNA vaccines were outstanding, people can change gender on a dime, etc. Their “scientific beliefs”—as with climate change above—do not stand up under serious scrutiny. But that is not the point. Like in all religions, theirs is belief, even if “reality” says otherwise. One can bring a thousand studies about vaccine damage and the possible link between the untested vaccines and long Covid or excess deaths. It’s like telling a devoutly religious person that there is no God.
How did we get here? Where did we get such large numbers of people whose opinions are so different from the rest and detached from objective reality? The answer is education. When one looks at political maps, the blue areas are few and far between—but they are usually big cities that can throw a state for a Democrat even if the entire rest of the state voted for the Republican. Big cities are filled with college-educated workers, as well as traditionally pro-Democratic minorities. K-12 and certainly college and graduate education are exercises in brainwashing. One can see that much of the new left is both young and actually college trained. One often sees professors or “scholars” praising the mass rapes and murders of Hamas. If these are their teachers, why should we be surprised that the product students come out as are leftwing lunatics? One sees far fewer pro-Hamas protests in the south and most of those wearing keffiyehs have abandoned whatever religion they had when they lived at home. Because religion has been downgraded in the West, Marxist teachings and the appearance of unapologetic Muslims in large numbers have simply offered the disaffected something to latch on to—even when that action involves cheering people who burned families alive.
If one goes back through 250 years of American politics, there have always been differences in opinion and approach. Liberal politicians like George McGovern and Walter Mondale were crushed by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. They were liberals in their approach to taxes, social programs and foreign policies and the people did not want what they had to offer. They were not leftists and certainly not communists. But the left has been transmogrified into something unrecognizable from its liberal roots. It is totalitarian, highly antisemitic and anti-American. The desire for reparations from people who never owned slaves to people who never were slaves is an expression of America as an evil, racist country. The U.S. is not perfect, but it’s the best country out there. If you think otherwise, try living someplace else for a spell. You’ll be waiting for your return flight home.
The Lubin family has gone through hell, though the husband screamer has now been fired from his executive position. They lost their beloved and talented daughter to Islamic terror. Now they meet American terror in the form of their demented neighbors. The Democrats are polling like dog poop because they have lost their minds. Go watch an anti-Israel protest and see if you can find a single American flag. Listen to a Bernie Sanders rally and find if there is any praise for a country in which he has three homes. As Israel has Arabs in the Knesset who hate the country that pays their salaries, the U.S. now has federal, state and local reps paid by the governments of places they loathe. Keep the Democrats away from the lever of powers unless you want to live in a third-world country.
Editor’s Note: The Democrat Party has never been less popular as voters reject its radical positions.
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