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January 05, 2006

The Clay Feet of Liberal Saints

The clay feet of liberal saints is exposed for what it is (i.e.- myth making, wishful thinking, hero worship, and of course cynical propaganda), in this piece from the LA Times. Which is all kind of surprising given that it is the fookn’ LA Times, but whatever, that’s another issue for another day.

The author starts by deconstructing some nonsensical verbiage by left-wing liberal actor/director George Clooney and expands on this theme giving examples from recent history. From the article:

“ 'But then, 'what is history,’ asked Napoleon, ‘but a fable agreed upon?’ Which returns us to [George] Clooney, a decent-seeming fellow and certainly brighter than the dim-bulb stereotype of many Hollywood liberals. Still, he too is in the fable business: He has unilaterally beatified Edward R. Murrow as another hero of liberalism. The truth is that Murrow was just another journalist, better than average but flawed like all of them, who arrived late to the anti-McCarthy bandwagon. Never mind. Clooney's fans, like Sinclair's, always order the usual. And always seem to get it.”

Pretty good stuff. Even if the author, an ex-National Review On-Line editor, is the one saying it. I just hope ol’ Jonah remembers that the neo-cons do this same kinda thing all the time too. They certainly aren’t any more honest about history, just more careful because they get called on it more often by the msm and academics who tend to be overwhelmingly of the left side of the philosophical street.

Posted by Ali Massoud at January 5, 2006 10:39 AM

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