By
Christopher Ziegler
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In 1992,
the US Supreme Court expanded abortion rights in America in a case called Planned Parenthood of
Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.
At issue
was a Pennsylvania law that required a married woman to notify her husband if
she was planning on having an abortion. The court overturned the law, writing
that, “It cannot be claimed that the father’s interest in the fetus’ welfare is
equal to the mother’s protected liberty.”
This
decision is but one in a series of decisions stretching from the 1960s to the
present day that have dismantled the Constitution and replaced it with the
philosophy of liberalism. However, Casey is worth revisiting because of one particular sentence
contained in its decision.
Speaking
for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy (America’s favorite Catholic
apostate) wrote the following:
“At the heart of liberty is the
right to define one’s own concept of existence, of
meaning, of the universe,
and of the mystery of human life.”
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| Anti-Solomon, the most powerful man in the United States Justice Anthony Kennedy, the one swing vote on the Supreme Court |
Is this
not the clearest and most succinct definition of liberalism ever given by a
public official?
Of
course, Kennedy was freelancing when he wrote the words, “At the heart of
liberty.” He was not defining liberty but redefining it according to the
new anti-Constitutional (liberal) interpretation.
The true
meaning of liberty is self-rule and self-mastery—the inner-strength to choose
to uphold that which is right. There is an objective truth, which exists
independently of us. The duty of each individual is to discern this truth and
conform to it through knowledge, self-disciple and virtue.
Such was
the understanding held by all the great sages: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the
Old and New Testaments, Augustine,
Aquinas, Confucius, the U.S. founding
fathers and Lincoln. It was the view shared by most of our countrymen and the
courts until relatively recently.
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| 16th president of the United States Abraham Lincoln. He led us through the Civil War, preserved the Union, abolished slavery and modernized the economy. |
But that
view is so passé.
Hence, we
needed our Supreme Court to give us a looser interpretation of the law of the
land. It is summarized by these words: “Liberty is the right to define one’s
own concept of existence.” Voila! In the eyes of the law, the person who lives
his life in rebellion against reality is now considered morally equivalent to
the person who strives to conform to reality.
One area
where we clearly see the effects of this liberal philosophy is in the big push
currently going on for transsexual “rights.” The sex of a person is based on a
biological reality determined by their genes—these are the facts. But the facts
don’t matter according to liberalism because “liberty is the right to define
one’s own concept of existence.” You
get to decide your gender. Ignore those lame chromosomes.
Or take
the example of abortion. Life begins at conception. The life of the child in
utero is nascent and precarious but it is a life nonetheless. However, as
Melissa Harris-Perry of the archliberal network MSNBC said,“When does life
begin? I submit the answer depends an awful lot on the feeling of the parents.
A powerful feeling—but not science.” Life begins when we feel like it
begins, because “liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of
existence,” or, in this case, someone else’s existence.
Or take
the example of this country’s current approach to Islamic terrorism. The
leaders of the Islamic State eat, sleep and breathe the Quran. They talk
endlessly about Islam, sharia and the caliphate. But liberals understand what these Muslims believe better than the Muslims themselves. They
know the terrorists must be misinterpreting the Quran because Islam is a
“religion of peace.” Liberals can say that without having any understanding of
Islamic history because “liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of
existence.”
And then
there’s Obergefell
v. Hodges, the
Supreme Court’s up-coming decision on gay “marriage.” It’s an undeniable fact
that gay couples cannot produce children. Everyone should know that sex used outside
of the way we were structurally created (such as sodomy — in either a same-sex
relationship or an opposite-sex relationship) spreads disease. And, of course,
the notion that the
Constitution contains a “right” to same-sex marriage is
flagrantly absurd. But none of that matters because “liberty is the right to
define one’s own concept of existence.” And if you believe otherwise you are a
bigot who deserves to be ridiculed into silence.
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| Newly married same sex couple and adopted daughter (AP Photo) |
As you
can see, this philosophy can be used to justify literally anything.
Liberalism is the negation of the reality that
there is such a thing as
objective truth. Liberals have no respect for tradition, natural law, religion,
or whatever else is not expedient and useful for obtaining what they desire.
This leaves them with no basis for morality beyond the will of the majority—the
belief that might makes right. It is the triumph of the will, the essence of
Nazism.
People
accept the lie of liberalism because they are enslaved by their lusts and
pride. America has fallen under a spell induced by decades of television and
advertising, which have been constantly exhorting us to seek pleasure and
enjoyment. Many have surrendered their power of self-control and have begun to
worship their desires as idols. As a result, that which hinders their desires (reality) has to be minimized and
explained away as something oppressive and useless.
We are at
a turning point in this country where the tone of liberalism is becoming
increasingly shrill and self-righteous. Anger is the inevitable outcome of
trying to fight against reality. As reality continues on in defiance of the
liberal’s desire, his anger at what he deems “oppressive” turns into hatred and
eventually rage.
The rage is directed at the group of people, who are supposedly responsible for the "oppression," such as Christians, pro-lifers or people against same sex marriage, but really their hatred is just directed against reality. Under enough pressure,
this rage can erupt into a spell of totalitarian violence—a reign of terror.
From the guillotine to the gas chambers to the gulag, the history of liberalism
is one of malice, resentment and bloodshed.
The
arrogance and empty promises of the Obama administration is what has brought
the country to this sudden boiling point. Whether sanity is restored or whether
the blood-dimmed tide is loosed depends on the prayers of the faithful men and
women who remain.
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This post was first published at Barbwire.com
