George Rebane
RR readers may recall that the two necessary pillars on which science rests are Occam’s razor and falsifiability. The former selects the simplest theory that explains observations, and the latter requires every theory to contain propositions that, the subsequent falsification of which, will either negate or restrict the applicability of the theory. Religions are belief systems that require compliance to neither. Today progressivism is a secular humanist religion that has many belief tenets (propositions) which cannot be falsified. Currently two of the more often cited are 1) Justice Kavanaugh is a sexual predator, and 2) candidate Trump conspired with the Kremlin in order to win the presidency. Daily statements from the lamestream, progressive activists, and the Democratic leadership confirm that there neither is nor can be nothing that will change the verity of these tenets.
Apropos to the above, the asymmetry of the Left and Right in about every dimension of behavior in the public forum is familiar to most Americans. It is denied by the Left that always seeks to attribute equally reprehensible actions from the Right anytime something obviously atrocious is carried out by the Left. However, their ability to cite evidence – in either frequency, intensity, or participants – to back their claims is woefully lacking. Today the rise of alt-Left socialism, as espoused by Democrats like Sanders, AOC, Warren, Harris, …, concerns the more established party leaders. These leaders seek to discount their more radical brethren by identifying them as just the Left’s version of the Tea Party, the group they and their lamestream identify as being equally rightwing radical. But again, there is no evidence presented; it is just a religious belief. My recent invitation for local leftwingers to remedy this deficit (here) continues to be met with silence.
Free speech is dying at hands of corporatist giants on the internet. Conservative leaning outlets like Daily Caller, Daily Signal, and Breitbart are being censored by social media giants and even banned as references on information sites like Wikipedia, as they, including Fox News, are accused of being hateful and sources of ‘fake news’. There is no evidence for that; in fact, the evidence is exactly the opposite especially as concerns major stories that have dominated our attention for these last years – e.g. Trump’s Russia collusion, DoJ corruption, the glories of nationalized healthcare, and global warming. Instead, outlets like CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo are being glorified (e.g. awarded Pulitzer prizes) for being demonstrable sources of fake news. For example, it was they who kept spreading the collusion lie for over two years, and even today are doing their best to keep it alive. They have done untold harm to the administration of Trump the candidate and then as the sitting president. And by extension they have harmed America in our efforts to effect policies foreign, domestic, national security, and in world trade. Being a progressive leftwing news outlet means never having to say you are sorry.
[18apr19 update] ‘Afghanistan is our longest lasting war’ seems to be repeated more and more these days for purposes unknown or hazy at best. In reality, it turns out to be a propagandized meme without moment. The ‘war’ started in 2001 with our defeating the Taliban who had then been ravaging the country for some years while supporting Islamic terrorist organizations in the land they governed. Over these last 18 years America has sacrificed fewer than 2,500 lives in conducting what at best can be called a simmering counter-terrorist operation. To put this number in perspective, during this period over 9,300 Americans have been violently killed in Chicago alone. And that number is multiplied several times when we include other bastions of our progressives’ prize-winning policies in cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles. (It is there where we should concentrate our efforts to save American lives.) During real wars in the 20th century, America lost more than all of Afghanistan in one day as we assaulted the beaches of Europe and the Pacific. The reality is that there will be an ongoing price that our military and their families must needs pay if we are to remain the world’s peace keeper and white hat hegemon. Our overarching and abiding concern should be that such ongoing sacrifices will be made wisely, and only as the last resort to serve our country’s legitimate national interests.
[19apr19 update] The climate change hysteria has developed all the trappings of a cult. I gave my Occam razor and falsifiability arguments above, and did not here make their connection to global warming strongly enough (although in previous posts this point has been much emphasized). The cult connection has been detailed in a piece, ‘Climate Change and the Ten Warning Signs for Cults’, posted on Russ Steele’s blog (here).
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