Exclusive: A Smallpox Thanksgiving and other Happy Tales from the Loony Left

"Pilgrims" hand the "Indians" some smallpox infected blankets and an "Indian" thankfully responds with, "I will give them to my wife and vulnerable children." So much for telling it like it is. Exclusive: A Smallpox Thanksgiving and other Happy Tales from the Loony Left Robert Weissberg Despite heartfelt warnings from friends and family, even an occasional, "Don't go in there!" I keep an Internet eye on what I call the Loony Left. These muddle-brained folk are not about a coherent ideology like Marxism; their agenda (if you can call it that) is typically a jumble of clichés, empty slogans entering on multiculturalism, diversity, race and ethnic grievances, a dollop of feminism, a half cup of anti-Americanism, a pinch of economic redistribution and whatever might attract this motley crew of progressive "activists." My aim in tracking this web-based nonsense is quite serious - much of today's horrific political idiocy began with some "silly" musing by some obscure airhead lefty, and it is better to expose this foolishness before it has metastasized. If this is doubted, recall how such pernicious contemporary ideas as cultural relativism, the social construction of academic merit and the multiple definitions of "family" all began in tiny corners of the political spectrum and were initially dismissed, at least by normal people paying attention, as "too crackpot" to be taken seriously. Imagine if Ricky had mentioned "gay marriage" to Ozzie and Harriet? Read Article Here Post Your Comments Here