One of the most repulsive characteristics of the modern Left movement is the level of arrogance it consistently employs. Leftism is inherently arrogant due to its central philosophical tenet: central planning. Yet there are times when this arrogance permeates into aspects of our lives that should never be touched.
Jimmy Carter's, Maureen Dowd's, and Eugene Robinson's comments over the past couple of weeks reminded me of a passage in Clarence Thomas' memoir My Grandfather's Son concerning Thomas' ardous journey of being appointed to the Court of Appeals:
As I reflected on the long, unpleasant process that had led up to this brief public performance, I was struck by how easy it had become for sanctimonious whites to accuse a black man of not caring about civil rights. It was as ludicrous as a well-fed man lecturing a starving person about his insensitivity to world hunger (p. 202).
Carter claims to know what the millions of Americans are truly thinking when they oppose Obama's anti-liberty policies. A significant number of them are without a doubt racists. Dowd asserts Rep. Joe Wilson, a man whom she has never met or most likely never heard of, knows who Joe Wilson is based on his idiotic screaming at the president. And Robinson, a black man, knows what's best for all black people. What that is he never really says, but he still knows.
Who do they think they are that they can exclaim such ridiculous notions? How is this arrogant, condescending excuse for a way of thinking appealing to anyone besides the most pompous and disillusioned of individuals?
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