They deem themselves the keepers of the moral good, with only their goals and aspirations worthy, so they don’t care a bit about how they achieve them. For liberals, the ends justify the means — always. And that’s terrifying. To liberals, all conservatives or moderates or libertarians — everyone who does not think exactly like them — are stupid. They simply don’t understand the complexities of the world, can’t possibly fathom them, or else they would be liberal! It’s that simple: If you’re not liberal, you’re stupid.
To liberals, conservatives want to destroy the environment, murder old people and make sure all children are poorly educated. Oh, and conservatives want women either pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen or in a back alley with a coat hanger. To the intelligentsia that makes up the liberal masses, the “tolerance” they chant as mantra does not apply to anyone who thinks differently from them....
Not often do we get a glimpse behind their facade of “tolerance,” but just such a peek came last week with the discovery of taped comments of a chief architect of Obamacare, Jonathan Gruber. The MIT health economist who helped write portions of the Affordable Care Act spoke candidly about how top Obama officials employed devious tactics to circumvent what he dubbed the “stupidity of the American voter.”
...The Supreme Court may soon review the law now that a Court of Appeals has thrown out a key IRS regulation that helps the federal government dole out Obamacare subsidies. Chances are they won’t like the purposeful lack of transparency, the ends-justify-the-means mentality or government officials who think the American people are “stupid.”
•Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter @josephcurl.
