Faustian Fisticuffs: Progressives vs. Fascists
In Egypt, the liberally-minded folks (in the classical meaning of liberalism) find themselves aligned with the military against the Islamofascists. Who would have thought that a military dictatorship would be preferable to a fascist theocracy? The magic of Arab Spring continues as the tree of democracy is watered by the blood of religious and political minorities, all across the Middle East.
In those parts of Israel popularly referred to as “Palestine”, Hamas and Fatah are on the brink of a civil war. No longer content to jointly call for the extermination of an entire race and hold hands while crouched behind school children, the two ruling parties have been trying to frame each other to suggest that the other party supports the military leadership of Egypt over the Muslim Brotherhood. It is an Arabic version of the “I Know You Are, But What Am I?” game. Foreign policy pundits suggest that it is only a matter of time before this familial conflict bubbles into a full-fledged civil war.
Given that these territories have always served as a flashpoint for the rest of the Islamic world, chances are this conflict will inflame tensions which already exist in many nearby countries, sending the entire region up for grabs.
But most telling of all, the rumors of a schism between Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton are true. The former-BFFs are engaged in a Twitter feud and have each appealed to the other’s followers to simmah down. What is the world coming to when Gaga and Perez are at each others’ throats?? If there was ever a sign of the impending demise of bonhomie on the Left, this is it.
Turns out that moral relativism, combined with multiculturalism, mixed with a healthy serving of narcissism, and frosted with progressive socialism isn’t a very yummy cake after all. The utopian dreams from the President’s ideological father, Saul Alinski, breed nothing but chaos, strife, poverty, and the breakdown of society as we know it. As Goethe himself said, “Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” It would seem the inverse holds true as well.
