In the last ten years or so it has become increasingly evident that you are are either believing what the left (or the diet pill manufacturer) is saying or you are paying attention to reality.
There are at least 10 major lies that are now so ubiquitous
that most people never question them:
Lie #1 – Truth is Relative
In the leftist handbook, truth is a function of feeling.
This may be the greatest deception ever perpetrated on humanity since Pilate
asked, “What is truth?” Yet, for so many of the academically indoctrinated,
this is the fulcrum of their philosophical worldview and the secret source of
their smugness.
Lie #2 – Abortion is Personal
There is no “other” in the womb, no independent life. This
has become so embedded in leftist ideology that abortion has become the banner
issue in nearly every election over the last 60 years. In a conversation with a
friend with very progressive leanings (he needs the money), abortion came up. I
questioned him about partial-birth murders and he said, “That hardly ever
happens.” Really? As if one baby homicide were okay? The more irrational the
argument, the more ingrained the original lie. Little lives apparently don’t
matter.
Lie #3 – Utopia is Possible
Perfection is possible if we just…make solar powered air
planes, dump Trump, make everyone wear masks forever. The list goes on and on
and is a direct result of the Madison Avenue spin machine. Whatever
ails you, we’ve got PRODUCT X. And if you’re a millennial, now you can have it
all on someone else’ dime. Just ask Bernie. But whatever you do, don’t look at
the facts, especially in Venezuela.
Lie #4 – Death is Avoidable and You Can Feel Safe Forever…
…if you do the right (sic: party-approved) things and take
the prescribed chemical cocktails. So anything that keeps you youthful and
sexually active is good, no matter what. Do I really need to elaborate on this
one?
Lie #5 – Biology is an Illusion
There are no true genders; only states of mind. After 35
years in clinical practice, after hearing just about everything noble,
demented, or delusional, this still astounds me. Have you ever had a
conversation with someone speaking “word salad?” This is it. And the ultimate
goal of this lie? The elimination of the family and the stable, present father.
Lie #6 - If you Love America, You'll Destroy It
Violence means “I love you.” This is the core BLM deception.
Because they care so very much, they are driven mad by normal citizens who are
minding their own business, so mad they are compelled to burn down stores,
attack you while you’re dining out, break into cars, set fire to your home, and
tear down historic landmarks. This lie strikes me as particularly interesting
since they also claim to be the advocates of minority’s, women’s and children’s
rights. “I hit you ‘cuz I love you” is the excuse of every single narcissistic
abuser I’ve ever met.
Lie #7 – The Lie of the Mask
Remember The Minority Report in which “criminals” are
prosecuted before they’ve committed a crime? Welcome to the machine.
Because it’s all about potential, proof is not necessary, but we all need
to be afraid. Very afraid. If it isn’t the end of all life with climate
changes, it’s a virus that will end yours soon if you don’t wear the solidarity
mask even if you have no symptoms. In this version of leftist Utopia, we are
faceless disease vectors, quarantined forever in pursuit of an impossible level
of safety.
Lie #8 – Money Solves Everything
Housing projects are the answer to poverty and poverty is
society’s greatest ill (as if some of our greatest citizens weren’t poor and
many of our worst criminals weren’t rich). It is a monstrous lie as anyone who
lives within 50 miles of a major city can attest. (See Thomas Sowell’s
piece A Legacy of Liberalism.) This is the lie that decimates
community.
Lie #9 – God’s A Crutch for the Unsophisticated
Anything is permissible because there is no God. And if,
just if, there is a God, He’s just plain mean and doesn’t deserve our
obedience. In the post-Disney age, not being nice is the greatest sin of all.
This lie is, in my opinion, the crux of the matter, because it makes all the
other lies possible.
Lie #10 – If It’s On Television, It’s True
They wouldn’t lie, would they? Wish it were so. Marketing,
and corporate-subsidized news networks, are all about spin. Truth is never
paramount. I mean, what good would it do to spend millions of dollars coaxing
the public to buy a product that’s “kinda okay?” It has to be subliminally
attached to a need that drives us to make purchases that are irrational. Lying
is breathing in marketing.
One of the most egregious lies I’ve ever seen: Ali
Velshi, in an MSNBC report , (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mxJMIIMuE)
is standing in front of a burning police precinct claiming the riots were
just protests and not really “unruly.” What does lying like that do to a
person? To a soul?
The Grub Effect: The Anti-Lie Instinct
Here’s what lying does: It eventually kills us. There’s
something I’ve noticed about healthy people no matter their culture of origin.
When exposed to a noxious substance, they instinctively recoil. I call it The
Grub Effect. (They’re those critters in the soil that roll into little balls if
you touch them. They don’t like us.) It’s a sane and natural response to the
appropriate stimuli. It promotes survival. When it ceases to exist,
so—eventually—does the organism. Even when the organism is a nation-state. And
that means: When you lie to yourself enough, when you fail to recoil from
noxious agents, when you no longer see good for good or bad for bad, when you cannot
face the truth, you are facing your own end. Ignore it at your own peril.
Judith Acosta, LCSW, CCH is the author of The Worst is
Over and The Next Osama.
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