Re: Peggy Noonan on the Democrats
Well, there's always a danger comparing people to the worst dictators. But I re-read the article for context and don't get bent out of shape about it. There is a significant faction on the left who will forgive the transgressions of collectivist monsters, because they are themselves collectivists. This is prevalent in academia. And the radicalism in the 60's included aid and comfort to these folks. Kids in Berkeley helped Ho, radicals celebrated Che and Fidel and Ho, etc.... These people did not go away. And like Noonan I'm not talking simply of people who protested the war or whatever, but people who really hated America and apologized for (and in some cases helped) left-wing totalitarians.
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