Ah. So liberalism really *is* a mental disorder. Gotcha.

Professor Blather on May 24, 2007 at 11:40 AM

Liberalism is, bottom line, simply a refusal to grow up and take on adult responsibility for the slings and arrows of mortal existence: refusing to look within for answers to what’s bothering them in their lives.

It’s manifested by a collection of psychological avoidance mechanisms – denial, projection and displacement being the top three – as well as a mental laziness that refuses to grapple with what Napoleon Hill called the “Seven Major Negative Emotions” (Anger, Hatred, Jealousy, Greed, Fear, Superstition, Revenge) that, when you think about it, form the basis for much of what liberals constantly feel and express.

Whatever the root cause of the arrested pre-adolescence that is the essence of liberalism – harsh toilet training, not getting that toy they really, really, really wanted for Christmas when they were six, or because when they said, “Mommy, look at me!” mommmy didn’t look – it’s libs’ inability to cope with human nature, personal responsibility and the simple fact that Life Is Not Always Fair that leads them to the infantilism that is their signature characteristic.

In fact, saying “It’s not my fault! It’s my genes, I can’t help it!” is – drumroll, please – simply another avoidance mechanism. Anybody else see a pattern here?

Spurius Ligustinus on May 24, 2007 at 12:41 PM

Wow – well said. Especially the “arrested pre-adolescence” part.

I concur completely. I long ago concluded that liberalism is fundamentally based in immaturity.

Which is why most people tend to become more conservative as they age, and encounter that real-world reality you describe. Hell, I voted for Dukakis back in the day … and then I grew up.

I honestly believe that all – and I mean all, without exception – liberals are either 1) very young, 2) very immature and stuck in that “arrested pre-adolescence,” 3) part of some societal group that is “owed” something by the government – or think they are (and that is in itself a kind of rampant immaturity), or 4) living their lives in some way that protects them from reality – as in, Hollywood actors, the mega-rich who inherited their wealth … or those who spent their lives in academia.

I believe every single liberal on Earth falls into one of those categories – and that as soon as they leave their category, they’ll almost certainly stop being liberal.

Liberalism cannot survive maturity and reality. Get a job, have a family, work in the real-world … and liberalism becomes laughable.

Professor Blather on May 24, 2007 at 2:58 PM