Precis: This is what happens when people mature: they shed ideas that are self-destructive, and embrace what humanity's achieved. Modern liberalism's changing, and tearing down the individual through demonizing and scapegoating (such as with Michael Savage, currently banned from the U.K.) is its primary tactic. We see this far too often. In another article, writer Robin of Berkeley writes this defining quote:
"I'm in my 50's and liberalism has changed so much since I was young. It used to be about free speech and now it's about controlling speech."
Excerpt:
Everything that came out of Savage's mouth offended me. He blared on about feminized men; borders, language and culture; and other alien concepts.
To my tender, politically correct ears, Savage seemed like a mad man. But in time, I realized that he was crazy like a fox.
Twain wrote that when he was a teenager, his father didn't know what he was talking about. When Twain became a young adult, suddenly his old man made sense. Twain quipped that he couldn't believe how much his dad had learned in a few short years. Like Twain, I was finally growing up.
If you've ever been scapegoated at work or at home, you know what it's like; it's psychologically eviscerating. Scapegoating is designed to wipe out another person's humanity.
Full article: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_scapegoating_of_michael_sa.html
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