Reid plays the 'hate card'

When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said "slow down, it's too early, things aren't bad enough."

– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Dec. 7, 2009

I find it suspiciously opportune that the political left has habituated Americans into the belief that one of the worst things one can be is a big, fat hater. As I see it, the methods by which they have accomplished this are identical to those they employed in creating hypersensitivity around racism and issues of race. This, of course, has proved invaluable to them in the area of securing capitulation on the part of their political opponents.

In the case of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., it is difficult for me to assess this man's comportment over the last year without resorting to personal attack, so heady are the emotions his actions arouse. Then again, I honestly can't think of anything worse to call him than what he already is. While "craven, purulent slime" and "desperate old whore" come to mind, these really don't say anything definitive about his exploits or why one might appraise them as untoward or evil.

On Dec. 7, Reid likened congressional Republicans who oppose the current radically socialist health-care "reform" proposals to those who opposed the abolition of slavery. His questionable stratagem highlighted another of the left's key machinations, one which has proven eminently effective in securing their objectives: the implementation of a communist-inspired model for our educational system that is nothing more than a vehicle for indoctrination and social engineering. It has effectuated the existing level of ignorance on the part of Americans; consequently, millions have no idea whatsoever that it was Democrats who were in nearly unanimous support of slavery and later, segregation.

The audacity Reid displayed with his defamatory remarks, though he hardly corners the market on such rhetoric, reflects not only a complete absence of principles and ethics, but all pretense apropos his respect for Americans or their intelligence.

Why you be hatin', yo ...?

This sort of thing transcends simply playing the race card, which progressives do so often and so well. I have discussed current events with liberals, and suddenly been accused of "hating," when all that occurred was a disagreement bereft of any emotional component. Even with avowed conservatives, I've mentioned hating certain aspects of progressive behavior or doctrine and received the retort: "Well, hate is a pretty strong word."

Do you see how insidious this conditioning has become?

The opportunism to which I referred concerning the left's alacrity in accusing their adversaries of hatred lies in the fact that they regularly engage in speech and actions that are hateful, or those which inspire hatred. Not only were Reid's comments scurrilous, they were in defense of a key device (health-care reform legislation) by which Congress and the administration will pauperize and ultimately enslave Americans. As difficult as survival has become for millions of Americans, Reid and his colleagues seek to create a scenario in which mere subsistence will become incomprehensibly more difficult for American families – in order to consolidate the power of the former.

Is this not hateful in itself, and might it not engender hatred in one of those consigned to pauperization and enslavement?

While many question the prudence of the Obama administration's and the congressional leadership's policies, people such as myself have long since realized that they are banking on the calamity others fear their policies will bring about. To them, it is the coup de grâce to the mortal wound the financial implosion of late 2008 inflicted, itself brought about by the decades-long machinations of America's political left.

Is that not hateful as well?

If you were forced to watch a young honor student gang-raped by a dozen homies over a protracted period of time, what would your reaction be? Would you wish to love and understand the assailants? Engage them in constructive debate, perhaps? Of course not: your reaction would be potent. It would likely be one of extreme anger and hatred. Initially, you might contemplate vigilante justice; later, you would modulate that to "prosecution to the fullest extent of the law."

This is how I and many Americans feel as we are forced to watch high-functioning, well-dressed criminals violate Lady Liberty, as it were, again and again, with arrogance and belligerent relish. The scope of suffering that they are poised to bring about on the part of Americans – that they intend to bring about – is of a brand so detestable that very few punishments or ills which might befall these villains ought to be considered "too harsh."

My personal philosophy is that the practice of hatred is decidedly unconstructive and unhealthy. In fact, my spiritual beliefs all but forbid it. Let us be honest, however: we are human beings; we love and we hate. Without hate, and the ancillary convictions to which it gives rise, one could not contrast those things for which they felt the opposite emotions, such as affinity or love.

Despite what the left would condition us to believe, one can hate a behavior without dedicatedly hating those who behave in that manner – even the oligarchs who wish to make life exponentially more difficult for all save themselves, and all for their own twisted greater glory.