The Bleat Goes On 0
Ed Quillen investigates the never-ending stories, pointing out that, when the war is won, the battles continue. A snippet:
No. I get scores of impassioned pleas about saving old-growth forests, preventing potential pipeline leaks, protecting endangered species and reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. An apocalypse looms unless I send money. And I’m sure that things will keep getting worse, for no matter how much money they get, they’ll always need more.
But right-thinkers are just as likely to avoid victory. To them, the republic is always under attack by sinister forces. When I was in college, marriage was rather unpopular among liberal sorts and often criticized as a form of oppression. And back then, hardly anybody, especially a liberal, wanted to join the military.
But when gay and lesbian groups began agitating for equal rights to marriage and military service, did the right-thinkers celebrate? Have they shouted “Hallelujah, praise the Lord. Even America’s homosexuals have seen the light”? Of course not.
More examples at the link.
