Obama's Media Obsession Is A Symptom

The Obama White House stance on Fox News and the blogosphere is nothing new. It's just the most recent symptom of the biggest problem with liberalism. It's a reminder of how liberals operate in all things. Obama isn't the only one with a neverending campaign... it's the definition of liberalism.

Here's the problem, in a nutshell: They can't just get their way and be satisfied. Oh, no. They can't win, get their validation, and go on with grace about their business. They must transform. They must alter reality. It has to be an absolute metaphysical CONVERSION to the tenets of liberalism.

Many folks feel like, "We know, we know... you WON. Now could you please shut up about getting the job and DO the job?" But that isn't the way it works. They've never even pretended that's the way it works. There are countless examples.

Abortion. It isn't enough that abortion is legal... And let's be realistic, it's going to stay legal. They still feel the need to fight and march and press on, even though they are well aware it is going to remain legal. That's because legal isn't enough. It must be commonplace. We can't just accept it, we have to celebrate it. Liberals want women who've had an abortion to come out and be proud of their abortions. Legal isn't enough. Socially acceptable isn't enough. We need to raise abortion to a state that is nearly a status symbol.

Homosexuality. Again, it isn't good enough to tolerate homosexuality. It must be embraced. It must be mainstreamed. And worse... We can't just accept the openly gay businessman. We can't just befriend the lesbian couple next door. We can't base our involvement with the gay community on our shared values and our similarities. Not at all. We're also to embrace... uck... the weirdo in the violet chaps and tiara, with his tattooed arse in the breeze as he prances in the pride parade. Never mind that we would not be accepting of a straight person acting like a perverted loon in public. When it comes to homosexuals, the only way to convey equality is to accept the farthest fringe freakshow right along with gay people who are completely normal.

Separation of Church and State. Another link in the pattern. The first amendment protects us from the government proclaiming an official religion while preserving the right of each person to believe and practice pretty much what they like as long as it doesn't infringe on others. But this won't satisfy liberals. They read freedom of religion as freedom FROM religion. Instead of peacefully tolerating all faiths, we must repress ALL faiths... or at the very least, subject them to mockery. (Except, of course, for the one that would react with violence and terror. Them we'll cave in to -- I mean, accept and tolerate.)

Race relations. (Yes, I'm going there.) Liberalism is the worst thing that has ever happened to race relations in America. The civil rights movement was a success. But the rightful end of discrimination did not go far enough. We must go beyond equality to preferential treatment in order to balance the scales. We must assume that anyone not white requires extra points on tests, quotas to ensure employment, crippling social programs to "help" them... We must also accept that to be white is to be inherently racist. And by denying our racist tendencies, we only prove they exist.

This same liberal mindset now applies to President Obama's popularity index. It's not enough that he WON. The President (and his people) can not just ignore his name and image in the media long enough to get their job done. Each bit of unflattering mention must be tracked down and addressed directly. Because we need to love him. We must never doubt his wisdom and good intentions for us. Or if we do, we'd better not express it for fear it may spread. They've narrowed down the dissension to the racists, the ignorant, and those being misled by the news programming they watch. They're denouncing the racists, calling on their community organizations to educate the ignorant, and now they have gone on the offensive against any news outlet not echoing the liberal agenda.

So we need to accept it. They WON. That's right, don't you forget it. They WON, and it isn't enough to accept him. You must deny your own ideas, switch teams and put on the damn purple jersey. We must all join in post-racial bipartisan bliss. The media must report only the glorious Hope&Changery in properly reverent terms while the masses engage in goodthink.

And still... it will never be enough for them.