tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post8755836392558243756..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Brief Notes: LiberalismMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-20100313103338347292012-02-05T00:08:48.946-08:002012-02-05T00:08:48.946-08:00Moral relativism.
Like, say, comparing Likud to H...Moral relativism.<br /><br />Like, say, comparing Likud to Hamas?<br /><br />One would have to be a moral moron to make such a comparison.<br /><br />Yet they do.<br /><br />It's astonishing, really.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-5852838746850070672012-02-03T18:00:35.947-08:002012-02-03T18:00:35.947-08:00Will try soon. I was away for some family stuff an...Will try soon. I was away for some family stuff and have other things going on.<br /><br />You remember when I mentioned this stuff awhile ago as the most important issue? It is where Obama has dropped the ball more than anywhere else.<br /><br />The progressives, even the Jewish ones, wet their pants when the matter is raised, but it's liberalism at its best, since it speaks to universal human rights and truthfully exposes those that abuse or otherwise enable it.<br /><br />Again, our progressive friends quake in fear to be called bigots by those who practice bigotry. What better way to hide one's bigotry than pointing fingers at others. People learned this game at the UN and perfected it at Durban.<br /><br />I'll try to say more about this, but it's complicated both to understand and communicate.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-8152400396245353562012-02-03T15:43:34.948-08:002012-02-03T15:43:34.948-08:00It's all about moral relativism. Progressives ...It's all about moral relativism. Progressives are full of it; Liberals are not to any great extent.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-11938705308314551142012-02-03T15:11:16.285-08:002012-02-03T15:11:16.285-08:00Oh, for God's Sake, will you kindly write on t...Oh, for God's Sake, will you kindly write on this?<br /><br />800 to 1000 words.<br /><br />Publish it at your place, but cross-post here.<br /><br />Pleeeeese.<br /><br />:O)<br /><br />Take your time, but we are on to something that is important, but not discussed.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-32441040844833816952012-02-03T14:02:39.103-08:002012-02-03T14:02:39.103-08:00 There are several people who deal with the subjec... There are several people who deal with the subject, but it's often from the perspective of political philosophy that looks at universality and cultural relativity.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-59730329974260455252012-02-03T12:22:22.195-08:002012-02-03T12:22:22.195-08:00Supposedly Bernard-Henri Levy has written about it...Supposedly Bernard-Henri Levy has written about it. I actually read some of his book Left In Dark Times, but it was so full of name dropping and personal anecdotes that I didn't get too much out of it. Perhaps I'll give it another try.<br /><br />Anyway, this idea is definitely out there.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-9374809250289383592012-02-03T10:41:10.187-08:002012-02-03T10:41:10.187-08:00Hey fizziks,
I'm just glad that you wrote abo...Hey fizziks,<br /><br />I'm just glad that you wrote about it because for awhile I thought I was entirely alone in noticing this central tension within contemporary liberalism.<br /><br />I cannot tell you odd it felt to apprehend something so huge and yet so uncommented upon.<br /><br />The fact is, of course, that the tension between universal human rights and the multicultural ideal is the central philosophical-political dilemma in the west today, yet nobody talks about it.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-63465165694831934752012-02-03T10:35:59.112-08:002012-02-03T10:35:59.112-08:00It's regrettable that over there where you wro...It's regrettable that over there where you wrote about it, to raise this matter engenders calls of ODS and worse, with intolerance and censorship that would make any ideologue warm and fuzzy.<br /><br />When people call themselves progressive they should act progressive, and they should not walk in fear that some will, for political purposes, seek to label so as to silence the truth.<br /><br />The truth is that universal human rights and cultural relativity are in conflict, as best seen in the disconnect between the UDHR and Cairo Declaration. Proponents of multiculturalism too often see their own culture in the worst light and practice benign racism that excuses individuals, as if the latter are incapable of agency, except as a consequence of what was done to them. Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-49562926393602746032012-02-03T09:32:04.634-08:002012-02-03T09:32:04.634-08:00If anyone is intetested, I wrote about this same t...If anyone is intetested, I wrote about this same topic here: http://progressivezionist.blogspot.com/2012/01/human-rights-versus-multiculturalism.html<br /><br />I agree that universal human rights and multiculturalism are often in conflict, and that the far left errs when it chooses multiculturalism, with disastrous results.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-41861608292712463922012-02-03T05:42:05.658-08:002012-02-03T05:42:05.658-08:00Correction: "...essence..."Correction: "...<i>essence</i>..."Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.com