MANDATORY "COMMUNITY SERVICE"

Freedom is a dirty word to the left. I've said time and again, if you haven't read Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism" yet, I would strongly encourage you to do so. He doesn't make the argument that all leftists are fascists, but that fascism came out of the left and is a trend liberals consistently fall into.

Thomas Sowell talks about freedom and mandatory community service in a recent article. Well, what could be possibly wrong with helping people? It's compassion, right? The problem is that under the banner "community service" the left imposes it's ideology and it's definition of what "helping people" is. From his article:

Most people on the left are not opposed to freedom. They are just in favor of all sorts of things that are incompatible with freedom.

Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you do not approve of. Nazis were free to be Nazis under Hitler. It is only when you are able to do things that other people don't approve that you are free.

One of the most innocent-sounding examples of the left's many impositions of its vision on others is the widespread requirement by schools and by college admissions committees that students do "community service."

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Supposedly students are to get a sense of compassion or noblesse oblige from serving others. But this all depends on who defines compassion. In practice, it means forcing students to undergo a propaganda experience to make them receptive to the left's vision of the world.

I am sure those who favor "community service" requirements would understand the principle behind the objections to this if high school military exercises were required.

Indeed, many of those who promote compulsory "community service" activities are bitterly opposed to even voluntary military training in high schools or colleges, though many other people regard military training as more of a contribution to society than feeding people who refuse to work.

In other words, people on the left want the right to impose their idea of what is good for society on others-- a right that they vehemently deny to those whose idea of what is good for society differs from their own.

The essence of bigotry is refusing to others the rights that you demand for yourself. Such bigotry is inherently incompatible with freedom, even though many on the left would be shocked to be considered opposed to freedom.

They want to brainwash our children, shut down free speech and take our money- all because they want to "help" people. This is why the most oppressive fascist-leaning liberals you will ever meet will kindly smile in your face and feel sorry for your misguided views. They just want you to be happy and sincerely regret that if you refuse what they offer you have to be shut down. Kind-hearted, yoga-loving, green-living fascism. If they put the power-hungry, arrogant hatred that is in their hearts, onto their faces, they would be defeated immediately. The problem is that they cloak it all in smiles and kind words. Brilliant, that. And evil.