[March 26, 2025] Past Deputy PM of Australia John Anderson recently interviewed journalist Melanie Phillips to get her ideas about the disturbing logic of Western Leftists. She says that Leftists believe themselves morally good because they are Leftists. The interview can be found here at this link.
Leftists – which she calls “Liberals” – tell themselves, “I’m a good person because I’m Liberal, which means that I believe in things like the brotherhood of man, conscience and compassion, looking after the wretched of the world, the poor, and standing up against abuses of power.” They see these as all good things.
One of the expressions of the Leftist’s goodness is that they support the Palestinian Arabs, who they believe are an oppressed people. They are oppressed by the Israelis, who have taken their land away from them and are oppressing them.
Melanie Phillips says this is a lie. But she asks us to set that aside for now. A Leftist thinks that supporting the Palestinians is therefore something that makes the Leftist Progressive a good person.
October 7 happened, and suddenly, there is a situation in which the Palestinian people these Leftists supported have turned into bloodthirsty savages of the worst kind. These Palestinians were not just killing but doing so in the most sadistic, barbaric, debauched, and depraved fashion that exceeds our imagination.
The Palestinians have slaughtered, raped, beheaded, tortured, and burned alive babies, children, women, elderly men, and others. Leftists still see those slaughtering innocents as good because they are “oppressed” and “victims.”
The Leftists cannot see these barbaric murderers as evil. If they do, the entire Leftist worldview is shattered; their entire Leftist cause representing goodness is shown to be evil. And what does that say of the Leftist? It makes them evil, as well.
So, the Leftists can’t have it. They then go to extraordinary lengths to pretend that injustice is justice, that oppression is resistance, and that the Israelis are at fault. The Israelis must be blamed for what happened.
There is no better way of blaming people than accusing them of the very thing of which they are the victim. Projection. They accuse Israel of genocide and of being Nazis.
In their Leftist logic, if the Israelis are Nazis, then the Leftists are free of any guilt or association with any bad thing. This allows the Leftists to be free to continue with their fantasies of being good people.
Melanie Phillips also draws our attention to the Leftists tearing down posters of hostages. These weren’t posters advertising Israel or the Israeli Defense Force. They were pictures of babies, of children, of women who were kidnapped by the evil monsters who were subjecting the hostages to untold horror.
These posters were torn down by many whose faces were contorted with rage and hate. We have to ask ourselves, “What is going on in the mind of that person?” It seems the Leftists had to tear the posters down to get them out of their sight because it could not be tolerated.
The very idea that Israeli babies and children were victims of the people they had been supporting contradicted the narrative on which they’d hung their own moral worth. It must be denied.
It’s not just disgusting or ridiculous, but it is evil.
NOTE: Melanie Phillips calls the Leftists “Liberals” or “Progressive Liberals.” A more accurate term is “Leftist,” and so that’s what I use.
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Disturbing is the word.
Leftist are easily manipulated by Marxists who promise moral superiority to weak-minded people.
How about this, they are mentally ill. Well that says it all.
——- and there is one fact, often left out of discussions, is anywhere a Leftist is in charge, things go to hell. Look around at all the cities Democrat run and you’ll immediately see the high crime, political corruption, and awful public schools. This is telling but unspoken. Let’s get the word out on how bad Leftists govern.
Greek Senator, well said and I do agree wholeheartedly. 💯
Figure out logic, proven wisdom, strength in strategy, and American Patriotism and DO THE OPPOSITE. That’s Leftist logic in a nutshell.
Gen. S., thanks for this attention-getting post. We all need to learn how to improve upon ourselves and failure to tell the truth is one of things we should never allow. Unfortunately, the Left is defined by lies, lies everywhere and it matters not where. Why? Feelings are not reality and Leftists, which now make up the majority of the Democrat Party, are no longer living in reality. They are not stupid, but they are easily manipulated. That is what is so sad. They often say they are fighting against Oligarchy or fighting for Democracy. The problem is that they are the real threat to Democracy and want an Oligarchy. That is what they all want regardless of what they say. Look at their total support of Marxism, yes, that is a start.
I saw someone on YouTube write that the only thing that would motivate a person to tear down these posters of those held hostage and put up by a family member who want them back, is pure hatred. Hatred is the manifestation of evil. Evil is not about logic or understanding. It’s about all of those and the absence.
Like this Atlantic “journalist” who was accidentally on a secret conversation. The Left can’t help themselves.
Here’s more on X about Jeffrey Goldberg.
https://x.com/mark_penn/status/1904698796996780464?s=46&t=QGwiusV56BCGNDKnj1syRw
The very fact that these Leftists start every sentence with “I feel …” rather than “I think …” tells us everything we kneed to know.
I’m 65 and my opinion is that those who claim to be “good people” are some of the worst people. When you agree that you are superior to all others, then you are part of some of the worst persons on earth. —-
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.” — H.L. Mencken
The term “Liberal” certainly no longer means pro-liberal but now pro-authoritarianism. This is a deep manipulation of our language.
Leftists are mentally ill. Wait, someone else said that already. Uh, Mark Levin. A great man.
I also recommend Melanie Phillips substack account where you can find more great articles that show more of her thinking.
https://melaniephillips.substack.com/
Here is a good example where she has figured out that Islam is the problem.
The West is facing an Islamic holy war
High time to start joining up the dots
MELANIE PHILLIPS
MAR 14, 2025
LEFTIST HORROR.
The crazy logic is real and will only go away if we educate ourselves properly and learn to take responsibility for our actions.
Exactly!!! 🤡 their clown show is everywhere and needs kicking around in open debate. The American media is infected with it and consistently gives us a biased view. That’s why we reject the mainstream media.
Agreed. 🤡 🤡 clown 🤡 show 🤡
A collapsing ideology that deserves to be in the dustbin of ancient history. We’ll study its fall for many decades in the future. Their last refuge is the outburst of violence. We are watching it in real time. Let’s help it along with the implosion of the US Democrat Party. Never give them money. Mock them. But beware not to fall for their strategy of violence. 🕷🕷🕷🕷
We are finally seeing the terrible rotten fruit of Leftists — based upon a neo-Marxism — and it is crashing throughout the world, not just in the West. Gen. Satterfield has written many times about the evil but also the attractiveness of this ideology. We saw it destroy the lives of children here in America and we are struggling to overcome its horrific outcomes but us Americans are winning. Other countries like the UK have succumbed to its insidious nature.
….. and we are seeing their real personalities when they commit violent acts across the world.