"THE MYTHS THAT FUEL THE LEFT'S DENIAL"

    The essence of psychological denial is a refusal to look at
    or acknowledge reality....

    Anna Freud once wrote that the ego of a child in denial
    "refuses to become aware of some disagreeable reality.... 
    It turns its back on it, and in imagination reverses the 
    unwelcome facts."

    The essence of psychological denial is a refusal to look at
    or acknowledge reality.

    Fortunately, reality exists outside of one's head and is 
    objective and verifiable. It is not altered by whim, 
    desire, lies or myth....

    Psychological denial and the avoidance of an unpleasant 
    reality are certainly not confined to one side of the 
    political spectrum or the other. But what I find endlessly
    fascinating is how the political left has created and 
    fully integrated specific ideological tools that 
    facilitate ongoing psychological denial....

    The political left has been utilizing the same 
    psychological strategies inherent in the paranoid style 
    since the end of the cold war and the 20th century....

    This is what makes it so frustrating to debate or argue 
    with today's typical postmodern leftist....

    [T]heir myths have become inextricably entwined and 
    inseparable from their most sacred ideological beliefs. 
    These are the myths that are the cornerstone of their 
    faith in the evil of George Bush, Republicans and America.

    To acknowledge even the slightest possibility that these 
    keystones of their religious political faith are warped 
    would threaten their entire ideology--and thus, their 
    image of themselves....

    For 5 years now, America has had to listen to the 
    Democrats' and the left's constant carping; we have had to
    withstand their contempt for American values and our 
    military had to bear the brunt of their incoherent rage 
    and careless enabling of the enemy we fight. We have 
    listened to the endless repetition of their mantras and 
    slogans; the unrivaled self-righteousness of their 
    superior intellects; and seen firsthand the intensity of 
    the hatred that motivates them.

    In all that time there have been very very few able to 
    summon up an iota of insight; or a moment of self-
    reflection about their own [calumnious, treacherous & 
    irresponsible] behavior....

    Don't dare question their patriotism, they scream. But 
    look at their behavior....

    One of the most serious psychological challenges that any 
    human being must face is to face reality, particularly 
    when the consequences of confronting truth are personally 
    unpleasant and very painful. That is exactly what 
    psychological denial seeks to avoid doing.

    For the Democrats and their increasingly histrionic 
    leftist base, denial--not America-- has been their country
    of residence since September 11, 2001. Generally, it has 
    been a safe and happy place for them to be; because as 
    long as they can hate and vilify George Bush, Dick Cheney,
    Condi Rice and all those evil Republicans and Lieberman 
    Democrats out there; and as long as they can pretend that 
    the objects of their hate are the real cause of any 
    problem; then they don't have to deal with the external 
    reality of Islamofascist terror, or face the truth about 
    their own unacknowledged and pathological internal 
    reality. They can continue to cling to the holy, neo 
    socialist faith, newly risen from the ashes of the 20th 
    century; and delude themselves into thinking that they are
    wonderful, caring, loving and reality-based people....

    Klavan comments, "...we can't bring ourselves to 
    fictionalize the larger idea: Islamo-fascism is an evil 
    and American liberty a good. But somehow today's Democrats
    and the political left has no difficulty in fictionalizing
    the reverse."

    Let's face it, the myths that fuel the left's denial are 
    designed to make sure that they--not America--come out the
    winners. >>