Leftist Psychology: Delusions In Disguise

                                         By Michael Parish



  I've blogged on here before about the psychological inadequacies plaguing the modern Left, but I've never systematically analyzed them and presented a full conclusion. So, to cop a line from Lenny Bruce, I, as a "surgeon with a scalpal for false values" will dedicate this blog post to doing just that. So kick back, relax, and crack a beer as I shine a flashlight through the mothballed corridors of liberal consciousness...


  The liberal mind cognizes deductively, albeit having internalized its own strawman reasoning. Expressed abstractly it goes something like this-

1.Policy A is intended to advance the interests of group B.
2.Person C opposes Policy A.
3.Therefore, Person C opposes the societal advancement of group B.
4. Person C is therefore an "ist" or "phobe" regarding group B.

 This line of thinking is applied to all objects of discourse.Opposing-

1. Affirmative action = "racist"
2. Abortion = "sexist"
3. Gay marriage and/or adoption =  "homophobe"
4. Mass immigration = "xenophobe."

 These are then added together and deduced to the following equation-

1. Conservative and/or non-left thought opposes affirmative action, abortion, gay marriage and adoption, and mass immigration.
2. Affirmative action, abortion, gay marriage and adoption, and mass immigration are neccessary for the societal advancement of their corresponding groups.
3. Therefore, conservatives and non-leftists oppose the societal advancement of those groups.
4. Therefore, conservativism and non-leftism are not ideologies but discursive covers for straight white males seeking to mantain their own supposed privelege while suppressing others.

 This serves a dual function for the leftism, which likewise is deduced from a starting point-

1. Conservative and non-leftist views are not an actual ideology but covers for bigotry.
2. Therefore, the leftist is exempt from having to engage in actual debate with conservatives and non-leftist.

 And-

1. Conservative and non-leftist arguments against liberal positions are actually arguments in favor of restoring past bigotries and inequalities.
2. Therefore, the leftist's positions are exempt from conservative and non-leftist criticism.

 From this reductionist deflation of conservative claims is deducted the leftist's own self-image-

1. Conservatives are societal deviants seeking to perpetuate bigotry and inequality.
2. Leftists oppose conservatives and their agenda.
3. Therefore, leftists are societal heros fighting against societal deviants and their bigotry and inequality.

  And from this we derive the leftist conception of the socio-political realm-

 1. All politics is a good versus evil struggle between left-wing heros and right-wing villains.
 2. As the heroes, the Left and its policies are exempt from criticism and need not engage in actual debate.
 3. As the villains, the Right and its policies deserve nothing but criticism and need not be actually debated.

 
   It becomes obvious, then, that-


   1. The modern Leftist adheres to a false paradigm constructed through the use of deductive   logic that starts with false premises and ignores all actual facts and information.
   2. Adhering to a false paradigm constructed using this method is a delusion.
   3. Therefore, modern Leftism is not a real ideology but a delusion, or mental illness.


   It's plain to be seen who the truly irrational, unreasoned, and bigoted folks are in this place.