The origin of the liberal lack of common sense and reason

It started with the JFK assassination 44 years ago.

Noteworthy:

"It was the liberals who threw evidence and reason to the winds, inheriting the crippling effects of their own bad judgment."


"Mr. Piereson's own argument is persuasive and well-presented, but liberalism was never as reasonable as he assumes. The irrationalism that exploded later in the 1960s had been a component of left-wing ideology well before."

"It's not reason that is at the heart of modern-day liberalism but rather the claim to superior virtue and, even more important, to a special knowledge unavailable to the unwashed or unenlightened. Depending on the temper of the time, such virtue and knowledge can derive disproportionately from scientism or mysticism--or it can mix large dollops of both."





This piece is a thorough and insightful look at the malaise that runs rampant today in those who profess to be "progressives", as reason is subjugated to unfounded emotion and irrrational thought and action.