Comments on: One Day in the Life of an Ex-Leftie

By: OGolly

OGolly — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:59:07 +0000

The interviewee, David Solway, is truly an inspired, thoughtful and independant thinker, something leftist theologans and writers can only dream of …

But we may have it all backwards. "Progessives" don't hate others who disagree with them because they are unfulfilled idealists. True idealists see love and virtue in the most unlikely places. No, the hate starts with *themselves.* When people hate themselves, they cannot love anyone else. Leftists are not failed idealists, they are failures, period. And they hate themselves for it, and feel obliged to hate anyone who is still trying to keep the faith.

They love their oppressors because, down deep, they actually believe they are unworthy of love and adoration. I don't know that there is an external cure for this sad situation. It perpetuates itself, this self-loathing.

By: Steynist 404st « Free Canuckistan!

Steynist 404st « Free Canuckistan! — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:28 +0000

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By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:40:58 +0000

Riiiiiiiight….we'll just pretend you know what all these words mean.

By: Stephen_Brady

Stephen_Brady — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:08:05 +0000

Marxist is as Marxist does. Take the President, for example …

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:48:36 +0000

I love FPM "conversion" stories. Especially when life-long friends just walk out the door because you've suddenly become "conservative". Honeslty…politics is only one dimension of life. Not everyone is walking around thinking about things as "left" and "right" and how this political shorthand is some kind of great religious dichotomy.

Maybe it's when you started treating politics like religion and insisting what other people believed that your "friends" left.

"that TBL was listed as a nonfiction bestseller and hit the #13 ranking on Amazon.ca"

Oh yeah, I don't see why the publishers weren't jumping all over your new work.

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:25:55 +0000

No one calls Horowitz a Marxist. Horowitz calls everyone else Marxists….a day doesn't go by…hell, an article doesn't go by without FPM and it's writers calling someone a Marxists or Communist…or Stalinist.

By: David Solway « Monjoies

David Solway « Monjoies — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:06:52 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:11:33 +0000

Bless you for your character and honesty.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:40:43 +0000

You are so right Mr. Solway.The left seem to be defenders of totalitarianism,no matter what
form it comes in; as long as its totalitarianism.With the failure of communism,Islam is their
new hope for a utopia.

By: USMCSniper

USMCSniper — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:26:53 +0000

Canadian leftists are nasty people whose ignorance is only exceeded by their unrelenting arrogance,

By: Altalena

Altalena — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:36:31 +0000

I have told everyone I know who will listen to me that Mr.Solway's new book is a masterpiece. It is more than that; it is what Jews call "modern Torah" — a book worthy to stand alongside the three major prophets and the twelve minor prophets of the Hebrew Bible. To use a very hackneyed term, it is a "must-read" for anyone concerned about the future of Western Civilization.

By: Democracy First

Democracy First — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:30:50 +0000

Why have David Solway articles disappeared from FPM? They appeared regularly for a while, and are now missed.

By: Today’s Lynch List « The Lynch Mob

Today’s Lynch List « The Lynch Mob — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:18:22 +0000

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By: Avidyananda

Avidyananda — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:15:58 +0000

I remember when I was studying about Buddhism I learned that in Buddhism there are the two concepts of Englightenment: Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Enlightenment.

Avidyananda

By: Judith L

Judith L — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:00:02 +0000

I left the left almost 20 years ago. The only friend I have who remained with me through that transition is–and was conservative. She was my friend when we disagreed about politics. She is my friend now that we (mostly) agree. The Lefties have all gotten mad–or embarrassed–and left.

By: Barry Cooper

Barry Cooper — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:03:12 +0000

I accidentally posted an article from a site apparently run by Lyndon Larouche, got to thinking about it, and decided to figure out who he is. I have always associated him vaguely with David Duke as a part of the nutty right.

He isn’t. He is perhaps the most paradigmatic exemplar of the undeniable similarities between what we call Fascism–which likely is better termed National Socialism–and Communism. For most of his life, he was a dedicated Marxist revolutionary, who apparently got his “right wing” reputation for mobilizing physical attacks on competing Leftist groups. His ideology is a muddle, but based on the government taking over large segments of our society, and the use of brainwashing.

He was at Columbia, working with the SDS, as a Marxist, at the same time as Bill Ayers, if I have my chronology right. When he wasn’t running for President for the Labor Party, he was running as a Democrat.

Just last year leaders in both China and Russia issued positive evaluations of his views.

Make no mistake: most jack-booted thugs in the 20th Century–and certainly today–do their Heil salutes to Marx, Lenin, and global streams of blood. (Was I the only one who noticed clear symbolism–and warning–in “Curse of the Golden Flower”?)

Here is a Wikipedia link that does not appear overly bad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche

By: One Day in the Life of an Ex-Leftie « THE BLACK KETTLE

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By: EMAN

EMAN — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:31:24 +0000

im waitin for somebody to give me shit for my conservative views… the first person who does will be very sorry !! im just disgusted about the ignorance of the left !!

By: Stephen_Brady

Stephen_Brady — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:25:04 +0000

The hatred of the Leftists go across the ideological dividing line, as we so often see in discussion boards. How many times have I seen a Leftist attack David Horowitz as a "Marxist" in conservative debates? The word "neocon" is constantly used as a pejorative in such discussions with the definition, "He was a hardcore Leftie … you conservatives can't trust him."

It's only a matter of time until someone attacks Mr. Solway in this thread on his past.

As for me, I am pleased to see former inhabitants of the Left universe coming over to our side. Every one of them is welcome.

By: el thado

el thado — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:37 +0000

as i sit less than a mile away from the detroit river and less than ten from dearborn, i wonder if i am living in a dreamworld too.
i dont really blame the leftists for our world, i blame the spineless rich who thought they could buy their way into friendships with their souls and values.
we once had the highest standard of living in the world, now we have nigerians with deadly underwear flying over our heads. there will be blood, the question is wether or not we want to die in a camp or on our own streets fighting back. wolverines!!