Leftist Defined

Evan Sayet has an interesting take on left versus right:

Every once in a while liberals stun me with a moment of unconscious self-awareness. Yes, I know this is a seeming oxymoron, but stick with me. What I mean is that the Liberal will create some work with a theme whereby he admits to the cruelty and stupidity of the Modern Liberal while seemingly unaware that this is the message.

I was first reminded of this when I again watched the Wendy Finerman-produced, Tom Hanks-starring Forrest Gump on TV last week. The entire message of the movie is that, as much as liberals like to think they are morally and intellectual superior to any and all others, they are really stupider than is even a mentally-challenged conservative.

After all, Jenny, the “smart” one, does all the things that the “enlightened” liberal did over the course of the Modern Liberal Era. Jenny joins all the right causes (like the Black Panthers), fights all the right evils (like the Vietnam War), “expands her mind” with drugs, takes advantage of her sexual liberation by being promiscuous and the result is that she gets beaten by the Panthers, almost commits suicide coming down off of a night of drugs and ultimately dies of the sexually transmitted disease of AIDS.

Forrest – the “stupid” one – does the things that conservatives do. He loves one woman, he fights for his country, he’s good to his friends and the result is that not only do none of the horrors of Liberalism befall him, but only he is around to help his son grow up. Two generations – Jenny and Forrest Jr. – caused to suffer because the liberal is so much smarter than everyone else.

He also takes on Larry David and the two series he created - Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld. It's a good read.