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“I prefer the company of those who are proud of their country, and proud of their religion — the African Americans have it right, the American Liberal Jews are wrong; there is neither beauty, utility nor safety in identification with one's oppressors. Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. Central to this religion is the assertion that evil does not exist, all conflict being attributed to a lack of understanding between the opposed. […]
It is fine for the uninvolved to say of everything, "The truth must lie somewhere in between," but who on the Left says so, for example, of Abortion? The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all. I do not see where there is a middle ground. […]
The Liberal attitude to our war with Radical Islam is a preference for that action which would end the conflict immediately, and without rancor. That action, unfortunately, is surrender. American Liberals do not wish to surrender their particular country, but many wish Israel to surrender hers; they wish to have someone else (the Israelis) pick up the cost of their own psychological upset: Note #40{What is the Liberal's dilemma? That he is forced to choose — to weigh rationally two positions, and base his choice upon an honest assessment of his own probable actions under similar circumstances. He is asked, finally, to be moral — the cost, however, of such action, is too high. It is his exclusion from the Group.} …
The essence of socialism is for Party A to get Party B to give something to Party C. The Liberal West would like the citizens of Israel to take the only course which would bring about the end of the disturbing "cycle of violence" which they hear of in the Liberal press. That course is abandoning their homes and country, leaving, with their lives, if possible, but leaving in any case.
Is this desire anti-Semitism? You bet your life it is.”
— David Mamet, The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture, Chapter 15
If you want to understand whence comes your loathing of the Liberal Left, read David Mamet's The Secret Knowledge. Be advised that understanding will likely effect more intense loathing.
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