Topic: Decline of the West
Progressivism embodies a kind of institutional stupidity capable of making people sound like idiots when they comment on political issues, even if they’re quite intelligent people otherwise.
Now I can’t place my hand on my heart and swear that Washington Post columnist Colbert I. King is actually an intelligent fellow, but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. He does, after all, write for a major American newspaper. How, then, to account for his reaction to yesterday’s ruling by the Supreme Court, striking down the District of Columbia’s gun ban? Here is King, in full screed:
There's one group of District residents absolutely unfazed by today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling shooting down the District's strict handgun ban: the dudes who have been blowing away their fellow citizens with abandon since the law was put on the books 32 years ago.
So let me get this straight, Mr. King. The District’s gun ban has been on the books for 32 years—despite which fact, “dudes” have been “blowing away their fellow citizens with abandon.” Another way of putting this would be to say that whereas the ban disarmed law-abiding citizens, it left the criminal class armed and dangerous. This is an argument for gun control? Are you an idiot?
No, Mr. King is probably not an idiot. But he is obviously a progressive. Thus when it comes to political, economic and social issues, he’s incapable of thinking straight.
Update: It should be noted that barack Obama, who in the past spoke strongly in favor of the District's gun ban, same out with a statement in support of the Supreme Court's ruling. I wonder what Mr. King would have to say about that?
