{"id":195428,"date":"2017-05-28T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/how-liberal-short-term-thinking-is-destroying-america-townhall\/"},"modified":"2017-05-28T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T12:08:35","slug":"how-liberal-short-term-thinking-is-destroying-america-townhall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/liberal\/how-liberal-short-term-thinking-is-destroying-america-townhall\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liberal Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America &#8211; Townhall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>        |      <\/p>\n<p>        Posted: May 27, 2017 12:01 AM      <\/p>\n<p>    \"We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities    imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.\" --        Jacques Cousteau  <\/p>\n<p>    Facts dont care about your feelings.      Ben Shapiro  <\/p>\n<p>    Like a crack addict who cant seem to think about anything    other than his next fix, liberals cant seem to think about    anything but spewing their emotions at the world. They may be    reflexively saying something that makes them feel    compassionate, outraged, sensitive or angry, but liberals    usually seem to be caught in the grip of some strong emotion.  <\/p>\n<p>    Of course, it goes without saying that emotion unmoored from    logic produces a lot of warped views, but it also mires a    person in short term thinking.if you could even call it that.    Because when youre emotional, most of the time youre not    thinking; youre reacting based on your feels. This is where    a lot of liberals live 24 x 7 and so, its not shocking that    their behavior is so thoughtless.  <\/p>\n<p>    Take rock star Katy Perrys reaction to the Manchester bombing,    \"No barriers, no borders, we all just need to    coexist. So, what does co-existing with radical Islamic    terrorists who want to kill you mean? Is Katy Perry going to    invite ISIS terrorists from Syria to bomb her next concert?  <\/p>\n<p>    Can you imagine how bizarre the typical liberal reaction to    terrorism must seem to the terrorists?  <\/p>\n<p>    Terrorist: We want to kill you in the name of    Allah because were good Muslims!  <\/p>\n<p>    Liberal: No, youre not. Thats not what you    believe.  <\/p>\n<p>    Terrorist: Yes, it is.  <\/p>\n<p>    Liberal: No, noyoure oppressed and probably    upset about global warming.  <\/p>\n<p>    Terrorist: Wait, what?  <\/p>\n<p>    Liberal: Lets all co-exist!  <\/p>\n<p>    Terrorist: How did you miss the entire, We    want to kill you in the name of Allah thing? What is wrong    with you?  <\/p>\n<p>    Then there are the Trump Administration leaks. Undoubtedly,    some of the leaks inside the Trump Administration are coming    from his staff, but others appear to be coming from the deep    state. In other words, Democratic holdovers in the government    bureaucracy are leaking information to the press in order to    attempt to sabotage a rival political party. Obviously, these    leakers are so consumed with their hatred for Trump that they    feel politically motivated leaks are justifiable. Except whats    going to almost inevitably happen once a Democrat gets back    into office? Republicans in the deep state are now going to    leak things in an attempt to embarrass him.  <\/p>\n<p>    Liberals are so overwrought with emotion that they dont get    the idea that theyre setting precedents when they do these    sort of things. Its like the shock and surprise they    experienced when they used the nuclear option to keep    Republicans from blocking Barack Obamas cabinet appointments,    only to find that it also meant they couldnt stop Trumps    cabinet appointments. Wait, you mean that applies to liberals,    too? Yes, and those leaks? The next Democrat President is    likely to be undermined in exactly the same way.  <\/p>\n<p>    Look at the liberal threats and violence at universities that    have become a regular occurrence. At worst, liberals riot when    people they disagree with speak on college campuses and at    best, they make threats and do everything they can to rob    conservative speakers of their First Amendment rights. Liberals    are so supportive of this kind of thing that the police in    liberal cities or on liberal campuses refuse to stop the    rioting or disruptions.  <\/p>\n<p>    In other words, conservatives no longer get the same protection    from the police. Even illegal aliens are treated better by the    police on campuses controlled by liberals. So, when thats the    case, is anyone surprised to see that someone like Based Stick    Man was warmly received by conservatives for breaking a    stick over a violent ANTIFA protestors head? It wouldnt    surprise me if we start seeing armed gangs of conservatives    policing marches to protect other people on the Right from    armed gangs of liberals since the Left has convinced the police    not to do it. This is the world liberals are creating with    their short term thinking: one where both sides of the    political argument will have armed factions at political    rallies. How healthy does that sound for the country?  <\/p>\n<p>    Liberals do the same thing on the deficit. Supporting that    program makes me feel good! Spend somebody elses money on it    and I dont like thinking about the debt; so just ignore that.  <\/p>\n<p>    They did it with Obamacare. They lied about the bill, assumed    no one would recognize they were misled to when the bill became    law and cared nothing about creating an expensive new    entitlement program when the country is drowning in debt.  <\/p>\n<p>    They get upset that Trump actually told NATO that if were    going to be in a military alliance, then the nations involved    will have to spend enough on their militaries so that they    field an effective military force. How dare Trump try to make    NATO useful again!  <\/p>\n<p>    Theyre so blinded by their emotions that theyll even rank    Hillary Clinton as the     6th most beautiful woman on the planet.    Seriously.  <\/p>\n<p>    It is impossible to competently govern a nation based on pure    emotion and short term thinking. Additionally as a practical    matter, its impossible to cut a deal with people whose entire    rationale for doing things is, A celebrity told me what I    should believe and now I have to do it or I heard a sad story    yesterday; so everything has changed. At some point, liberals    have to engage in some long term thinking that goes beyond, As    long as were in charge, everything we do is okay, or our    country is going to get dragged down the tubes along with them.  <\/p>\n<p>            Obama-Appointed Federal Judge Tosses Benghazi            Families'Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton          <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/johnhawkins\/2017\/05\/27\/how-liberal-shortterm-thinking-is-destroying-america-n2332321\" title=\"How Liberal Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America - Townhall\">How Liberal Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America - Townhall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> | Posted: May 27, 2017 12:01 AM \"We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.\" -- Jacques Cousteau Facts dont care about your feelings.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/liberal\/how-liberal-short-term-thinking-is-destroying-america-townhall\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187824],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}