Dear friends,
It seems to me, the reason the political left is so irrational is that they are projecting on constitutionalists, that which they themselves would do. During the Obama years the battle cry was that republicans would impeach Obama the moment they got in office… so the American people put Republicans in charge of both the Senate and the House. Yet the republicans didn’t impeach Obama. The democrats were blowing smoke. I do think however, democrats honestly believed republicans would impeach Obama, because they would if the positions were reversed. As they are threatening to do to Trump if they get control of the House and Senate. Moreover, if you have any memory, everything democrats said republicans would do if elected, democrats have done… unabashedly.
All people judge others by themselves since we really only know ourselves to compare. As Christians we are called not to compare ourselves to others. To do so always leaves one both arrogant and jealous. Yet it is our nature to compare each other. Since we only truly know ourselves, we are the measure we use. So when we see someone we expect them to react as we would. All of us do unless we make a determined effort not to. That is why liars think everyone is a liar, scammers always believe they are being scammed and democrats always believe the republicans are as immoral as themselves. Democrats judge republicans by the only standard they know… themselves, and by that standard, they find themselves wanting.
Leftists know what they would have done, had Hillary been elected, and they fully expect republicans to do it as well. To a leftist, power is the be all end all of human existence. They epitomize Thrasymachus’ “great men” who are not content to live their lives but are instead compelled to oppress others. The primary attribute of an aristocrat, (or democrat) is their willingness to force on another, that which they would never tolerate. That is how Cyrus the great was discovered not to be a sheep herder’s son but the grandson of the Persian king Astyages. It was his willingness to use violence to force another to do what he would not. Democrats are cut from the same cloth as Cyrus, Alexander, Xerxes, Darius, Tamerlane, Hitler, Stalin and Mao. That is why they fear losing power… they fear themselves.
This is why we see so much political violence coming from the left. Since power is the goal, and the means irrelevant, they will happily use violence to forward their goal of absolute power over the rest of us. Many leftists even have convinced themselves it is for the common good, that they become tyrannical autocrats, wielding arbitrary power. It is obvious, that someone willing to use violence to forward a political goal… will also stoop to such things as deceit, manipulation, colluding with enemies, exploiting the Hegelian dialectic, etc… there is not a bridge they will not cross. Moreover, blind lust for power is not normal, but is the result of a personality disorder, like sexual dimorphism disorder, in the case of leftists… it is psychopathy and sociopathy.
When a democrat says he or she “worries” if a republican, gets power, they will kill the first amendment, exploit impeachment as a political tool, twist the Constitution, (back to it’s original intent), hold violent protests, create intolerance, not enforce laws republicans don’t like, undermine democracy, etc… in short, everything democrats have done. Obama’s not enforcing laws he didn’t like is legendary, leftists openly call for impeachment, coast to coast violent political riots by leftists, perverting our Constitution, register and protect aliens to vote in our elections, actively destroying freedom of religion and free speech, as well as the second Amendment. That is why they are so irrational today, they know what they would do if they got power, and expect republicans to do it too.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
