The Myth of Brokeback Mountain...and other Liberal Tall Tales

Brokeback and the Bogus Breakout Meme

So you've heard about how Brokeback Mountain is sweeping the nation? Even in the Red State heartland? Just like Fahrenheit 9/11 did, right? Before you get carried away, take a read of Mickey Kaus' latest offerings and get a heady dose of reality.

The truth about most liberals (most specifically the readers of such frothing-at-the-mouth sites such as Daily KOS and DemocraticUnderground) is they believe that since everyone they know shares their beliefs, it is a nationwide trend that will sweep their side to victory tomorrow. To them, it's not a measure of the insularity of their lives and the lengths to which they have innoculated themselves against anyone and anything capable of challenging their world view: it's the way *EVERYONE* thinks. It's not that they're too narrow-minded to see the possibility of any alternative outcomes: it's that *EVERYONE* thinks that way too.

So liberals find themselves repeatedly crushed emotionally after each defeat. You can read the anguish in the blogs: people breaking down in tears, throwing their computers, and cursing their very existences after each and every loss. Why? Because they never saw it coming. To them it was inconceivable that they could lose. Hence, their capacity for new and inventive conspiracy theories since *EVERYONE* they knew was for their side, only a sinister cabal of evildoers could have sabotaged their success. It never occurs to them that there exists a wide world who doesn't agree with them or allow for the possibility that they might be wrong in their singular perspective. So the cycle repeats...and repeats...and repeats...

This is the very cycle of liberal self-destruction that Kaus is writing about today. It's a strong reminder to avoid the cocooning so obvious in the internet's liberal community: get out in the world and challenge your opinions on a subject by engaging in debate. The best way to sharpen an argument is to have one with someone who disagrees with you....