Assistant Village Idiot
2007-05-12 19:30:43
“One might say Progressive morality is based on rooting for the underdog…”
Almost. That is the rationalization they use, as Americans have a strong streak of underdog-rooting and respond to it. But they define who the underdog is in twisted fashion. In their worldview, they are the underdog battlers against oppression here in America, and their support for factions in foreign countries traces back to their own competition for power here. Trying to assign underlying principles to that can be a hall of mirrors: because their first aim is to be against Western conservatism, who they are for can vary widely. They support those with leftist rhetoric when they can find them, but in a pinch, anyone against American conservatism will do.
