-Caveat Lector- > Today's liberals loathe democracy > by Don Feder > > Monday, August 9, 1999 > > Liberals hate democracy. While that has never been a state > secret, it's becoming more and more apparent. > > Democracy is here defined as individual autonomy, as well as > majority rule. > > Recently, Gray Davis (California's liberal governor) and a > phalanx of judicial activists and liberal litigators held a > burial service for California's Proposition 187. Next of kin were > not invited. > > The measure, enacted in 1994 by nearly 60 percent of voters, > prohibited the state from providing public services to illegal > immigrants. It was an effort to control our borders and stop the > hemorrhage of government spending on illegals. > > The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles decided the measure > violated the 14th Amendment or the Code of Hammurabi or Roberts > Rules of Order or something, and struck it down. > > As a candidate, Davis promised not to enforce Prop. 187. Now he's > decided it's best for everyone to drop the state's appeal. And > the will of the 5 million Californians who enacted Prop. 187? To > hell with these ignorant, xenophobic bastards - is what liberals > in effect are saying. > > In 1988, Arizonans made English their official language. That was > nullified by the Arizona Supreme Court on the grounds that it > violated the state's obligation of the equal protection of the > laws for all. The state, which never really wanted it, defended > the referendum so ineptly it was clear that the match was being > thrown. > > Loathing for vox populi, free speech and individual choice are > the trademarks of modern liberalism. When Dan Quayle submitted a > proposal for his second book, ``Worth Fighting For,'' to Random > House. Its president, Ann Godoff, wrote back that the book would > probably be a commercial success. > > ``The trouble is,'' Godoff continued, ``I just don't want to be a > party to the promulgation of ideas I disagree with so > profoundly.'' The trouble is, if every major publisher were as > narrow-minded as Godoff (most are), conservative books would > rarely make an impact (which is generally the case). > > From ``I will defend to the death your right to express ideas I > abhor,'' liberalism has become ``I don't want to be a party to > the promulgation of ideas I disagree with.'' > > Here are a few more examples of liberalism's growing affinity for > jackboots and thumbscrews. > > Speech codes. Ostensibly to promote sensitivity, liberals in > academia censure the expression of ideas they find unacceptable. > > Term limitation. This is another favorite target of liberal > litigators. In the name of defending democracy (allowing voters > to ``choose'' a candidate who's been in office since the > Pleistocene Era), liberals undermine the democratic process. It's > the advantages of long-term incumbency that short-circuit > democracy. > > School choice. The ACLU recently went to court to overturn a > Florida law providing private-school vouchers to kids at failing > public schools, on the grounds that anything which takes funds > from public education is unconstitutional. > > Why not admit it? Liberals don't want parents to have any control > of their children's education. They want liberal teachers > teaching liberal dogma (multiculturalism, collectivism, humanism) > in schools to which families will be forced, by economic > necessity, to surrender their children. > > Gay rights. From the liberal social agenda, dissent will not be > allowed. Last week, New Jersey's Supreme Court unanimously ruled > that the Boy Scouts are Motel 6 (a public accommodation) and so > must take homosexual scoutmasters, like it or not. The liberal > definition of tolerance trumps voluntary association every time. > > Taxes. Why are liberals making such a fuss over an $80 > billion-a-year tax cut, when federal revenues have increased $375 > billion in the last five years alone? Why do liberals only care > about the national debt when a tax cut is pending? > > Liberals know that money is power - power over your family, your > business, your life. They want that power in their hands, not > yours. > > American liberalism isn't what it used to be. In the 19th > century, liberals championed universal suffrage. The > turn-of-the-century Progressive movement pushed for the direct > election of senators, initiative and referendum, and recall. > > Today, the liberal program reduces to: Do this, you can't do > that, just shut up and give us your money, your guns and your > kids. > > This elitism is a reflection of the liberals' crisis of > confidence. They no longer believe the people are with them and > so can't be trusted to govern themselves. > > The democratic left? It went the way of the New Deal and > Americans for Democratic Action. 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