DIMINISHING CAPACITY

Many moons back, a sibling of mine who was going through a rough patch shared a thought with me during a car trip to somewhere. He offered with regard to his personal experiences and observations that people who were mildly retarded seemed to be consistently more happy and carefree then “sane” people. He wondered out loud if life would in fact be more pleasant and less stressful living with such a condition. He commented that “slow” people did not seem to worry much about outcomes or responsibilities; they didn’t appear to think critically or analytically and they were never held accountable for their actions or behavior; receiving special consideration for whatever they did or wherever they went. He quietly finished his thought by claiming to be a little envious of these “lucky” people. The topic never came up again.

Many times over the course of the last thirty years I have reflected on that brief but provocative comment. My level of sophistication regarding the different types of mental or physical conditions out there is unimpressive at best and it is not my intention to offend; but something in what he said nibbled at me over time for reasons unknown. I had no idea why but I made a point of keeping his comments alive along the outer boundaries of my youthful recollections. I think subconsciously I felt that his comments would someday resurface as an important link to something else. I have recently mused one possible link.

There are those who have made the argument that liberalism is a mental disorder. There are behavioral similarities that are difficult to simply brush aside. Indeed I trust that many of you have at some point in your lives’ attempted to engage a liberal in an articulate, fact based, adult conversation about some social, economic or political topic matter, and if I am right, most, if not all of you failed miserably. Don’t feel bad. It can’t be done.  Make it easy on yourself and try splitting an atom instead. It’s well known that Liberals generally lack even the most pedestrian ability to think critically or participate in a point-counter point discussion using facts or logic, similar in many ways to someone with reduced capacities. They go into these discussions unarmed with any real information and have nothing to offer in support of their position but emotion and feelings, thus rendering the whole conversation useless for the purposes of productive social intercourse. Could it be they are actually just suffering from some form of mild retardation?

Liberals steadfastly refuse to be responsible for their words or actions. There is a major disconnect between what came out of their mouth and what they recall saying. Try to convince a liberal to accept responsibility for anything they say. Even right after they say it! I dare you. When cornered, Liberals will immediately declare they were misunderstood, misquoted, taken out of context or deny saying it at all. If none of the aforementioned tactics work, they will insinuate that you are mean or racist, or both.  What they will not do, under any circumstances, is take any responsibility whatsoever. Go ahead…..try it. Find a liberal and test this out. Make a game out of it!  But be courteous….its looks more and more like there is the possibility you may be dealing with a “special” person.

Liberals are professional blame throwers. Just like with their words, liberals will never take responsibility for their actions, no matter how many times you show them the video! It is simply not within them. You see, to a liberal, there is ALWAYS someone or something else to blame for their failures. They have insulated themselves completely from accountability by declaring any number of irrelevant, superfluous outside influences as the real culprit. Their transformation back to childlike defense mechanisms is curious no? Instead of incredulous looks and pity, maybe we should we be giving them a medal and a hug!

 I recently watched an episode of the comedy cartoon Family Guy. In this particular episode Peter Griffin played Trivial Pursuit with his family and was secretly asked questions from the elementary school level so he could win. He subsequently proclaimed himself a genius and took an IQ test to see how just how smart he was. Of course the results showed him to have the intelligence of a high functioning retard. His displeasure with the unexpected news was quickly transformed into glee when he discovered that a retarded person could basically do whatever they wanted without consequence! He proceeded to call people names, stole from stores, touched woman’s body parts and visited the ladies restroom, all the while basking in the glory of complete immunity; nearly identical behavior to that of liberals in today’s culture. Were the producers at Fox somehow trying to tongue in cheek a comparison between slow people and Liberals?

I know what you’re asking yourself as you read this…….did he really go there? Is he seriously drawing some kind of comparison between diminished capacity behavior and liberalism? Relax. I’m much too sensitive a guy to poke at that Hornets nest. Besides………..I would never treat the handicapped that way.