By Selwyn Duke
It wasn’t just that ABC’s Brian Ross was
wrong in suggesting
that the “Jim Holmes” he found on a Tea Party website was the same man who
committed the heinous crime in Aurora ,
Colorado
If Ross had thought for a moment and possessed
a grasp of reality, he would’ve realized that “Jim Holmes” is a common name
belonging to many hundreds of men throughout the nation. If he had some integrity and a desire to be
even-handed, he would have vetted the information more before airing it—just as
he would have if at issue had been an alleged left-wing association.
Just imagine if someone appeared on TV
shortly after the Aurora
So there can be only two reasons why ABC
would mention a possible Holmes/Tea Party (TP) association: either its people
want to demonize conservatives every chance they get, or they think
traditionalist thought constitutes a pathology.
It turns out that Effluent Stream Media leftists are deeply involved in
doing the former and generally believe the latter.
Now, you see, my last line contains what is
called a correct profile. Because it
happens to be true. On the other hand,
if leftists were intellectually honest, they’d accept that the TP has been
remarkably civilized. Unlike Only
Whining Socialists (OWS), its events aren’t marked by sexual abuse, the
occasional rape, violence, vandalism and slovenly, anti-social behavior. Rather, TP attendees protest peacefully,
abide by the law, listen to speeches and then go home, leaving the site behind
them clean and tidy. It’s the difference
between sane citizens and those who mistake police cars for toilet bowls.
In fact, ABC hewed so closely to the
leftist profile it’s uncanny. Liberals
have been trying for ages to get the goods on the TP, but the most their sleuthing
has uncovered is an allegation that a black politician was targeted by one or
two TP attendees with a racial epithet that, curiously, wasn’t caught on audio
or video despite today’s ubiquity of electronic devices. And it must be frustrating. That darn reality just refuses to conform to
leftist prejudices.
And sometimes prejudices persecute those
who promote them. Ross might have
learned this through his corrupted act, if liberals were receptive to reality
and could learn anything contrary to their deified feelings. Note that “corrupted” isn’t quite the same as
“corrupt,” even though many leftists are both.
When we say a computer file is corrupted, all that’s being recognized is
that it’s degraded and cannot function properly. And to whatever extent liberals are willfully
corrupt, they are certainly corrupted. They
cannot, and do not, function properly.
This is, by the way, why ex-newsman Dan
Rather’s career was scuttled (far too late) through an act that was somewhat
reminiscent of Ross’s. When Rather peddled documents
purporting to show that George W. Bush shirked his military duties, he didn’t
know they were forged. They did, however,
align with his prejudices. “Why, that’s
exactly how these conservatives are! This
has to be true; it makes sense.” But
only when you’re senseless. Just as with
Ross, if a leftist person or entity stood to be impugned through the reportage,
Rather would have moved mountains to discover if the documents were authentic;
that is, if he would have considered doing the story at all. Instead, after a career running with the bulls
of his own bovine excrement, he finally suffered a trampling of his own design.
So I’ll be blunt. As is often the case, when leftists accuse
conservatives of failings, it is projection. Traditionalist thought is not a
pathology.
Liberal unthought is a pathology.
And a severe one that destroys everything
it touches.
As Peter Schweizer reported
in his piece “Don't listen to the liberals—Right-wingers really are nicer
people, latest research shows,” studies have borne out what I’ve always known:
Liberals are cheap, ungenerous, uncharitable, unloving, self-centered, envious,
greedy and covetous. They’re less likely
than conservatives to devote time to ailing or needy loved ones, and they even
hug their children less. And this
reflects one reason why they support big government: they assuage their
consciences by outsourcing their charity. I’ll add to this that they’re lustful,
prideful, wrathful, often slothful and, if Michael Moore is any indication,
gluttonous as well. In a word, they are
the Seven Deadly Sins incarnate.
As for ABC, since news obviously isn’t its
bag, I have a programming suggestion. It
could replace a certain long-running but recently cancelled soap opera it’s famous
for with something that can be called “All the Bolsheviks’ Children.” This could break new ground and help rebuild
ABC’s reputation for honesty, as it would be the most self-revelatory reality
show in history.
