Seven Bad Ideas of Leftism: John C. Wright

Wright:

" These Ideas are not thoughts, they are riddles meant to jam the gears of thought."

The first on Wright's list involves the necessity of a prior Atheism and the insanity which produces it. And the predicate of this false syllogism, solipsism as Wright correctly classifies it, is necessary for the rest of Leftist irrationalities, which culminate in the presumption of moral and intellectual supremacy and the three class Marxist system which is updated for modern consumers: Messiah Class, Victimhood Class with Victims designated by the Messiahs, and the "Others": the Oppressor Class which is necessary in order to have victims for the Messiahs to save.

" Once logic has been dismissed as a tool of cognition, reflection and judgment are unnecessary, and the process of thought is greatly simplified. Instead of a levelheaded discussion such as Leftists, back when they were in the minority, were wont to pretend to want, the modern Leftist substitutes venom, vilification, sneers, slights, and self congratulation."

And this:

"Their word-noises are not meant to convince themselves or anyone. They are ritual repetitions of mumbo-jumbo phrases, meaningless words whose only meaning is as a gang-sign. By these bafflegab phrases, the members of the herd identify themselves to each other and proclaim their loyalty. By claiming that all polite and right-thinking persons should adopt these phrases they can make the herd seem larger than it is, by tricking the unwary, the craven, and the inattentive into repeating the gang-sign word-noises along with everyone else.

Anyone who does not low the word-noises on cue with the rest of the cows is ejected from the herd by expressions of scorn. Hence, the comments by Morlocks found here and elsewhere discussing conservative ideas contain not the smallest scintilla of logic. That is not their role. They are expressions of scorn meant to eject nonconformists.

But there is more in this case. To say that even sex is subject to the rules of prudence and justice is to provoke the Left to their utmost madness. Sex is their idol. Sex is their Mohammed. Sex is their golden calf and sacred cow.

Sex is an overwhelming pleasure, a union, and therefore (but woe to the Lefty who admits this) the closest thing the materially-minded man has to a religious experience and unity with the divine. Sex is innately mystical.

So when I made the outrageous claim that there is a right way and a wrong way to approach their great god, Eros, and that the right way was more fun, the Leftist paramount idea was challenged at the most fundamental level.

As you can see from the Seven Lame Ideas listed above, Leftism is perversion, both intellectual and legal, but also sexual and physical. Leftism is the parasite attempting to distort, maim, corrupt and kill its host.
That is all it does. It is not a worldview, but a mental process that destroys worldviews."

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