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Line 189: − − In an article BloombergView article, Stephen L. Carter wrote about the left: − {{Cquote|But the left has work to do, not only on policy and organization but also on attitude. Too many of my progressive friends seem to have forgotten how to make actual arguments, and have become expert instead at condemnation, derision and mockery. On issue after issue, they’re very good at explaining why no one could oppose their policy positions except for the basest of motives. As to those positions themselves, they are too often announced with a zealous solemnity suggesting that their views are Holy Writ -- and those who disagree are cast into the outer political darkness. In short, the left has lately been dripping with hubris, which in classic literature always portends a fall.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-11/trump-and-the-fall-of-liberalism Trump and the Fall of Liberalism] by Stephen L. Carter, BloombergView</ref>}}
Atheism and mockery (view source)
Revision as of 16:20, November 29, 2016
, 16:20, November 29, 2016→Secular left intolerant of ridicule directed toward secular leftism
When Jerry Seinfeld revealed that fellow comedians had warned him away from colleges because they “were too PC,” he was savaged by the left media. Columnist Amanda Marcotte accused him of making excuses for being “a second rate hack.”<ref>[https://heatst.com/culture-wars/beyond-a-joke-why-millennials-are-losing-their-sense-of-humor/ Beyond a Joke: Why Millennials are Losing their Sense of Humor]</ref>}}
When Jerry Seinfeld revealed that fellow comedians had warned him away from colleges because they “were too PC,” he was savaged by the left media. Columnist Amanda Marcotte accused him of making excuses for being “a second rate hack.”<ref>[https://heatst.com/culture-wars/beyond-a-joke-why-millennials-are-losing-their-sense-of-humor/ Beyond a Joke: Why Millennials are Losing their Sense of Humor]</ref>}}
=== Soviet Union and the Department of Jokes ===
=== Soviet Union and the Department of Jokes ===