“indeed leftism in general to a great extent, has shifted over from a political ideology to a religion”

Just wow. Yes – universal healthcare, safeguarding of worker rights, the minimum wage, these things are religion, as demonstrated by the defacing of the Mao portrait in Tiananmen!

So I figured I ought to get a taste of what PJM was all about, despite my past aversion. I open Roger L. Simon’s page and stumble upon this little morsel.

Where to even begin?

“The defacing of the Mao portrait in Tienanmen Square, which I saw back in my more “fellow traveling” days, calls to mind what most of us are beginning to realize.”

No! No, it doesn’t. Imagine the reaction if Lincoln’s statue in Washington were defaced. Or if Ataturk’s portrait in his mausoleum was defaced. That is ALL this is, not some earth-shattering indication that leftism is a religion.

“Mao is almost inarguably the greatest mass murderer in human history.”

Alright. Based on this parochial blog post, you obviously have no idea what China’s history was like before Mao took over. For nightmarish decades, China was ruled by tens (possibly hundreds) of horrifically corrupt and brutal warlords, underneath the even more corrupt Guomindang.

Mao was no saint, his later years were a disaster, but he laid the concrete foundations of a unified, stable, secure country.

Unlike many of your PJM cohorts, you seem like a nice guy. But I shiver to think that this is passed off as wisdom, or that you were/are a hollywood screenwriter.

I am reminded of a certain hollywood actor, who was the most stunningly shallow person I have ever met.