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Morals’ hypocrisy? David Limbaugh finds no lack in NYT

One of my favoriste writers, David Limbaugh, writes about Morals’ hypocrisy over at TownHall.com. He only had to take a quick glance at the New York Times to confirm his notion.

This paragraph (by David) deserves special attention:  “The liberals’ self-adulation over moral issues has remained a constant over the years. The only thing that’s changed is that presumptuous conservatives who obviously don’t know their place finally started to challenge the liberals’ claim to moral superiority. And that just won’t do.”

Isn’t it ironic that liberals seem to resent conservatives for promoting moral issues and being judgmental when every ounce of their leftist fiber bristles with an air of moral superiority?

It’s a turf thing, a matter of entitlement. Liberals are truly annoyed that large segments of the population vote Republican primarily because of social issues, when for decades the “progressives” have claimed to have a monopoly on morality and compassion.

Ever since I’ve been discussing politics—as far back as the late Sixties and early Seventies—I remember smug liberals looking down on conservatives for their lack of compassion, their bigotry, their fidelity to evil corporations and their delusional paranoia about Communism. In their minds our differences were never the result of an honest disagreement, but selfishness, greed and backwardness.

Very little has changed on that score during the last 35 years on the liberal side except that their arrogance has inflated into a vainglorious self-satisfaction, insulated by a staggering close-mindedness as to what motivates their “malevolent” political opponents.

As a little experiment I opened the New York Times editorial page Wednesday morning to see if I could readily find evidence for my assertion.

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