Debating Leftists is Like Debating Charles Manson

Keith Olbermann’s recent hour-long commentary was quite revealing.  Like Michael Moore’s “capitalism hasn’t done anything for me” comment, the outpouring of support and sympathy for serial pedophile and admitted rapist Roman Polanski, and President Obama’s shenanigans at the U.N. and G-20, it drove home a simple, powerful point…
These people don’t know what they are talking about.
Keith Olbermann’s recent hour-long commentary was quite revealing.  Like Michael Moore’s “capitalism hasn’t done anything for me” comment, the outpouring of support and sympathy for serial pedophile and admitted rapist Roman Polanski, and President Obama’s shenanigans at the U.N. and G-20, it drove home a simple, powerful point…
These people don’t know what they are talking about.
Moore grew up middle class in Flint, Michigan.  He wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth.  Under a Socialist system, the young Moore would never have been able to grow (and I mean really grow) into the ultra-rich toast of Hollywood who has a net worth in excess of $50 million.  The jarring juxtaposition of the bloated, classless Moore, with his mustard stained T-shirt, Midwestern droll, and soiled baseball cap, noshing in swanky Manhattan eateries is a snapshot of Capitalism in action.
There should be no irony in Michael Moore making a film called “Capitalism:  A Love Story.” Michael Moore should love Capitalism as much as he loves White Castle slyders.
Similarly, Olbermann’s diatribe was a brave stand against…death?  You know, that inevitable thing that happens to all of us.  Somehow, he managed to make the leap in logic that government-run health care is some sort of magical insulator protecting us from the Grim Reaper. It doesn’t make sense.
They stopped making sense awhile ago.
Imagine, if you will, a group of people who state that clouds are made of cotton candy.  Children love cotton candy.  In the sky, there is an unending supply of the sticky treat.  To harvest the cotton candy, we must spend billions of taxpayer dollars to create machines that pluck the confection from the heavens.  We must do this for the children.
“Ludicrous” states half of the population.  Clearly, clouds are not made of cotton candy.  In fact, we know exactly what clouds are made of.  We also know the exact ingredients in cotton candy. The two are completely unrelated. Recipes and scientific data are presented to prove the case.  To build a machine to collect non-existent cotton candy is a waste of money and resources.
The cotton candy cloud advocates respond.  Anybody who claims that clouds are made of water vapor must want to hoard the cotton candy. They must benefit from the sales of cotton candy.  Having free cotton candy would destroy their merciless pursuit of profits.
Oh, and obviously, they hate children and are probably racist.
This is what we are dealing with.
By acknowledging and accepting these laughable, false and dangerous ideas as simply “the other side” of a logical debate we bestow a validity to them that is unwarranted and ultimately unfair.  I scoff at people like David Frum who call for civility and intellectual debate.
Who do we debate?  Where are the other intellectuals?
Debating leftists is like debating Charles Manson.  It’s crazy talk.  When you debate a leftist you never get to debate the policy.  You debate their intended outcomes and their perception of who you are.  That’s a serious lapse in logical and critical thought.
World peace?  An end to poverty?  Proper medical care for all?  Equal opportunity for all men and women?  I agree.  Great.  Fine.  We all want that.  Appeasement?  Wealth redistribution?  Government controlled economy?  Pre-occupation with race and gender?  Whoa.  Wait a second, how does that work?  How do those policies equal those results?  When has that ever worked?
President Obama is fond of saying “the debate is over.” My question is, when did it really sart?
By Leigh Scott