Jamie Glasov Explains: Why the Left is Just Plain Nuts

Note: I previously posted this article under the heading "The Psychological Pathologies of the Far Left." Then I remembered that most Americans voted for Barack Obama and are too dumb to know what that means. So retitled my article in simpler English that means the same thing and have reposted it here.

I started reading my new book last night. It’s by Jamie Glasov and is entitled “United In Hate,” about the coalition between the far left and militant Islam (see my previous post below on the subject). The book is good at explaining the mind set and the psychology of the far left. That mind set includes:

1. Self-hatred or self-loathing, leading to a desire to efface the self, to submerge the individual into the anonymity of the masses where personal identity and responsibility disappear. In the most extreme case, the leftist desires death, especially dying for the cause, as that goal gives him a tremendous sense of significance and purpose.

2. Estrangement from society as a whole, leading to sympathy for antagonistic or hostile systems that the leftist imagines will fulfill all of his psychological needs. Since he hates his own society he is naturally sympathetic to other systems that share his hate.

3. The desire for a political system where the individual will feel validated and empowered and given a feeling of purpose. The most powerful systems thrill him the most, particularly those that engage in mass killing and oppression. By identifying with these systems he attains a vicarious feeling of power. Glasov notes that both Stalin and Mao enjoyed their greatest praise and pilgrimages from western leftists precisely at the peak of their mass murder and oppression.

4. Guilt for being well off. Self-hating leftists imagine themselves to be victims of a society that has failed to provide them with a feeling of fulfillment or purpose; they naturally identify with other “victims.” However, western leftists live in the most prosperous nations on earth, and it is hard to feel like a victim under those circumstances. So they make unreasonable demands on the power structure so they can picket and march and preach hate of the establishment. They especially like to be arrested as this adds to their desired feeling of victimhood.

Glasov takes several key ideas from Eric Hoffer’s classic “The True Believer.” Just understanding the psychology of self-destructive leftists is worth the price of the book. I will write more about this book as I finish it.

Communists and Islamists: Evil Leading Evil

I stole this photo from Atlas Shrugs and edited it just a bit to make it more accurate. It shows a bunch of Muslims bowing to "Allah" with their butts in the air...in New York City. I guess we are supposed to be either impressed with their piety or intimidated by their presence. My major reaction is one of disgust.

I really don't care what religion people believe in and follow, except when their religious beliefs are harmful to others. Jehovah's Witnesses kill children by refusing them blood transfusions based on a perverted interpretation of scripture. Mormons are really great people in spite of the absurdity of their beliefs about Jesus in America; however, they harm no one so I don't mind.

Muslim beliefs are very harmful. They believe that all Jews must be killed before the judgment day for rejecting Muhammad for the false prophet that he was. They believe all worldy governments must be replaced with Islamic Sharia law, wherein people must be stoned to death for adultery, thieves must have their hands cut off, and those who leave Islam beheaded. It is a brutal religion more suited for 7th century desert bedoin tribes; it has no place in the modern world. Women are considered inferior to men and animals who are slaughtered for food must be killed in a painful way so they will be "halal," the Muslim version of kosher.

Islam was the brainchild of Muhammad, who injected into the religion all of his personal pet peeves, habits and prejudices. In Islam you can't eat pork, no matter how delicious and nutritious it is; you can't own a dog because Muhammad thought them dirty (he may have been allergic to pet dander); and you can't play or listen to music because Muhammad was tone deaf and thought music worthless. Finally, you can't drown your sorrows in wine or beer because Moe outlawed that too. Cigars hadn't been invented yet but we can safely surmise they too would be verboten. Moe just wasn't much of a fun guy.

The overwhelming percentage of violence in the world today is due to Muslims following their religion, which commands them to make war on all non-Muslims until they convert to the faith or, in some cases, accept a form of slavery called dhimmitude. The constant violence, terrorism and murder in Israel is another example. It is the product of Muslims hating Jews, wishing to wipe them out because they follow another religion and because Muhammad hated Jews.

Early on Muhammad went to Jewish leaders and told them he was the last and greatest prophet, and if they looked in their holy scriptures they would find his coming foretold. Perhaps they shouldn't have laughed so hard as it made Muhammad a bit resentful. He hated them for the rest of his life and imparted that everlasting hatred to his minions.

That Muhammad was a patent fraud and his religion thoroughly evil should be obvious, but we will leave the former for a future post. The evil part has already been fully described in this blog in many prior posts.

Today we see the Far Left supporting the Muslim terrorists as if the two were brothers. This is curious, as the Muslims would kill all the Leftists after taking power; they hate Communism because it isn't Sharia and they hate atheists, which is what most Communists are. But for now they are strange bedfellows united in a common hatred of western civilization. Evil is in bed with evil. Let's hope they give each other STD's.