We can only hope that there is some truth to this theory.

Could ISIS Influence the Future of Liberalism? This Scholar Thinks So.

...Speaking yesterday as part of a panel at the think tank discussing where liberalism is headed, David Azerrad also said that if Americans thought prosperity were at stake, they "would lose interest in large segments of the Left's agenda."...

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As the United States confronts renewed terrorist threats in Iraq and Syria, a Heritage Foundation expert on America's founding principles contends that "terrorism at home and war abroad" could curb the future of liberalism.

Speaking yesterday as part of a panel at the think tank discussing where liberalism is headed, David Azerrad also said that if Americans thought prosperity were at stake, they "would lose interest in large segments of the Left's agenda."

Azerrad was joined for the event by William Voegeli, senior editor at the Claremont Review of Books, Kevin Williamson, a correspondent for National Review, and–as moderator–Ben Domenech, publisher of The Federalist.

Azerrad and Williamson agreed modern-day Democrats have failed to develop and execute a robust foreign policy, but have thrived in deploying rhetorical strategy to capture the attention of Americans.

But Azerrad, director of Heritage's Simon Center for Politics and Principles, argued that should the United States be faced with a growing threat of violence from terrorists or another source, tenets of the liberal agenda would be depressed. He said:

    Modern liberalism, you see, is just not capable of dealing decisively with issues requiring violence, crime and terrorism at home, and war abroad.

Should the world continue to become a more dangerous place, should the homeland be threatened, or should we witness a return to 1970s levels of violent crime, I think that would put a considerable damper on the prospects of liberalism."...

http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/24/could-isis-influence-the-future-of-liberalism-this-scholar-thinks-so/?

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QuoteModern liberalism, you see, is just not capable of dealing decisively with issues requiring violence, crime and terrorism at home, and war abroad.

Today's liberals would argue that point but every case they'd name would have a FAIL on it. In that light it's tough not to think long and hard about increased militarization by municipal police departments --- heavily-promoted by the Obama leftist administration. I can see an arms race happening from the crooks, to respond to this boost.

Liberalism = an abiding faith in surrendering.  You name it, libs believe-in surrendering it.

Do it for the ones who love you... blah blah blah.  Conservatives don't really care if society doesn't love them.  We couldn't care less about some lib 1,000-miles-away who's worried about our loved-ones loving us.

I'm sorry some dog got killed by a car in Beijing this-morning.  But I'm not gonna let it govern my daily principles.

The biggest fear about the Red Scare was so-called 'loved-ones' squealing-on-you to authorities 'for your own good'.  That's an end-result of liberalism.

Obamacare are libs squealing-on-you, because they care more about your health than you do.  You must surrender your individual liberties without question because they want you to be loved.  Nothing they believe-in makes any real sense at its core.

Negotiating with bullies?   Why?  Lib-thinking infecting our schools increases suicides, in my opinion.  Kids should be rough 'n tumble, if they're prone to be. 

Going to the UN, or to another Country, then criticizing/apologizing for your-own Country is appallingly surrenderful.  Name any world-leader who does that, besides obama, kerry, & co.   

Can we get a MOD to truncate that link in the OP? My wide-screen monitor just left for the next county....

If I can reproduce that link like THIS with just a few keystrokes, we need to put up a tutorial with guidelines and how-to's to prevent this crap.

Liberalism can't be curbed. It can only be rejected. Obama is taking care of that for us....

Quote from: The Boo Man... on September 25, 2014, 09:43:40 PM
Liberalism can't be curbed. It can only be rejected. Obama is taking care of that for us....

He's doing a by-God slow job of it.

We need a cleansing, a purification. We need a Reagan.

Quote from: TboneAgain on September 25, 2014, 09:48:11 PM
He's doing a by-God slow job of it.

We need a cleansing, a purification. We need a Reagan.

He's doing a fine job of illustrating to the voters why Liberalism is scary and destructive.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on September 25, 2014, 09:52:30 PM
He's doing a fine job of illustrating to the voters why Liberalism is scary and destructive.

Showing folks what the road to Hell looks like is not the same as showing them what the road to Heaven looks like. It would be ever so nice to be able to offer a positive alternative.

Quote from: TboneAgain on September 25, 2014, 09:59:49 PM
Showing folks what the road to Hell looks like is not the same as showing them what the road to Heaven looks like. It would be ever so nice to be able to offer a positive alternative.

Yes but the left has won half the war for us.

Quote from: TboneAgain on September 25, 2014, 09:59:49 PM
Showing folks what the road to Hell looks like is not the same as showing them what the road to Heaven looks like. It would be ever so nice to be able to offer a positive alternative.

Sometimes people need to feel pain, so as to recognize an alternative.
I agree with Boo, I've been saying it for years, the Marxist was the very thing the nation needed to wake it up. (insert frog in the pot analogy here)

Quote from: The Boo Man... on September 25, 2014, 09:52:30 PM
He's doing a fine job of illustrating to the voters why Liberalism is scary and destructive.

As Michael Savage wrote "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder."  He is right.  Most of it makes NO common sense.

DaisyJane     

The truth is the nation always has swung from left to right on the political scales. In times of war or great upheaval, the nation has always tended to be more conservative and more liberal in times of plenty and peace.

Which is, pretty typical for most human beings themselves when you think about it.

The problem today though, is that liberalism today, is not what it used to be.

Today it is socialism, and that's something very different than what liberalism (American liberalism that is) began as.

Quote from: daidalos on September 28, 2014, 07:31:56 AM
The truth is the nation always has swung from left to right on the political scales. In times of war or great upheaval, the nation has always tended to be more conservative and more liberal in times of plenty and peace.

Which is, pretty typical for most human beings themselves when you think about it.

The problem today though, is that liberalism today, is not what it used to be.

Today it is socialism, and that's something very different than what liberalism (American liberalism that is) began as.

Exactly right D.
It's why historically the Dims were against war, because they knew a complacent society would be complacent in accepting govt growth and intrusion under the guise of "We're from the govt and here to help".
But a society threatened, tends to focus on govt far more than they like, it also sucks away from the treasure the leftists use for their social programs.

Sadly all that changed when Nixon took us off the gold standard, and the left saw an endless supply of tong they could use to buy a new generation with, and the end result is what we're seeing today.
But it's also why the Marxist in the WH has been using our Military to advance his cause, because the left knows they can get away with it.

I have to say, I'm somewhat in awe of the masterful planning by the Marxists over the last 40 yeas.

Quote from: DaisyJane on September 27, 2014, 06:39:11 PM
As Michael Savage wrote "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder."  He is right.  Most of it makes NO common sense.

DaisyJane     

Liberalism relies on a juvenile, often infantile embrace of any bottom level of dishonesty, fantasy, hate, illogic, and even criminal activity.  Especially just "pitching a fit".

They have no social, community, or interpersonal filters, only a base desire to get their way.

And this can be very successful, as conservatives most often just walk away like the adults in an argument with kids.  Giving in to the embarrassment of it all, the desire to walk away from aggravation and tediousness.

Liberals use this like a cudgel.  Alinsky wrote a whole playbook for it.  Folks like Jesse, Al, Charlie, Pelosi, Reid, the Obamas, the Clintons......just revel in it.  The little pussy POS Alinsky thought it was great to act like a child, and reap the benefits of doing so.  No dignity, decency, or responsibility for anything in this world.  Just "getting their way".

And thus the mental disorder.