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To put it more simply, being liberal does not necessarily make you a better person. Sign me up. Update your browser for the best experience. Their bankrupt political ideology demands division. Their theme is always "us vs. Their first cause is always tolerance — tolerance of any who agree with them. Because they are elitists after Plato's model, they believe they know better than anyone else. Plato's ideal separated the elite, the guardians of society, from the dross below them. That is infused in the hearts and minds of the liberal Left.
Any who disagree are so undermining to the Left's agenda as to be intolerable. Or, in Hillary Clinton's vernacular, "deplorable. People on the Left are tolerant of only those in agreement with their positions. The dystopic atmosphere of George Orwell's novel "" was fiction. One of the noteworthy aspects of the imagined dictatorship in the novel is its distortion of concepts.
Everyone who has read the novel would readily remember these three sentences: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Those who utter the notion of "freedom of expression" most are pursuing policies of violence and censorship intended to silence people, while the concept "positive discrimination" is being used to whitewash crimes. Let's look at Britain to make my point clearer. Debates in Britain over Brexit have become a catalyst for polarization. Liberals have set their sights on those who defend Brexit.
Among the forms of anti-Brexit protests that have mostly turned violent in recent months, the most famous is about throwing milkshakes at Brexit supporters. But throwing anything at a person on the street is an act of violence. According to liberals, however, launching a milkshake throwing campaign against those who do not think along the same lines is a "political struggle" and a "peaceful protest.
One can say: "Come on, it's just a milkshake! Do they seem to be afraid? The fact is there are many more restaurants and bars that serve liquor by the drink inside the Knoxville city limits than in Knox County.
The chief of police is not, as is Sheriff Spangler, elected by anybody. The Chief of Police of Knoxville is appointed by the city mayor and answers directly to the city mayor.
Have you heard a single member of the Knox County Commission say Kincannon and the Knoxville City Council should take the cure for lockjaw and actually enforce the law? Nope, neither have I. Instead, our commissioners would rather chase each other around the table or virtually arguing about whether we need a Board of Health.
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