Escape from Accountability
I’ve just posted a number of previous writings to my blog; go to the top and click on “Other Writings from my Brain”. A few years back, I wrote a piece entitled “The Essence of Liberalism”, and it included this phrase: “Modern-day liberalism, in a nutshell, is an escape from accountability”. Is that not exactly what we are seeing played out in the current debates regarding what to do with illegal aliens?
Of course it is. This issue is categorically not about racism. It is categorically not about immigration, even. It is about one matter, and one matter only: do we expect people to follow the duly-enacted laws of our nation, or do we not? Will we hold people accountable for this, or will we not? In short, do we believe in the rule of law, or do we not?
The House of Representatives passed common-sense legislation aimed at doing just this; the Senate, and the President, seem poised to spit in the face of the rule of law. What price will be paid if we move forward with an amnesty program (of course, Arlen the Wonder Senator says that this is “not an amnesty program”, but Arlen the Wonder Senator has forgotten that a rose by any other name…)? It’s pretty easy to know: we will say, and it won’t be the first time, that we really don’t seriously expect people to obey the laws of our nation. We will contribute to the further disrespect for the rule of law. This is what liberals seem to always do…and it’s always wrong.
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
One Response to “Escape from Accountability”
AAAAAAAA-MEN!!!
Oh, wait…slap me on the wrist! Surely somehow, somewhere I offended someone. We can’t have that, now, we’re in America, and we don’t offend people here!
So for goodness sakes, stop trying to hold people accountable for breaking the law! Don’t arrest anyone! If you see a person breaking into your car or home, don’t just call the police–make sure that they’re not an immigrant so you don’t hurt their delicate feelings!
*Voice dripping with sarcasm*
Okay, Mel’s done now.
Mel ~ Mar 30, 2006 at 7:33 pm