{"id":16942,"date":"2021-12-09T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=16942"},"modified":"2021-12-09T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:53:08","slug":"cracks-continue-to-appear-on-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/09\/cracks-continue-to-appear-on-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracks Continue to Appear on the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no more stereotyped group than New York City Jewish Intellectuals.\u00a0 It brings to mind Woody Allen riffing on his Jewish girlfriend&#8217;s upbringing in Annie Hall:<\/p>\n<p><strong>You, you, you\u2019re like New York, Jewish, left-wing, liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, the socialist summer camps and the, the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right, and the really, y\u2019know, strike-oriented kind of, Red Diaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This demographic is as entrenched on the Left as anyone can be.\u00a0 So when they start questioning their allegiance to &#8220;the Left&#8221; something&#8217;s definitely &#8220;happenin&#8217; here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liel Leibovitz writes for Tablet Magazine which describes itself as &#8220;a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture.&#8221;\u00a0 In her article called<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/the-turn-liel-leibovitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Turn: When I saw the left give up everything I believe in, I changed politically. You can, too<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She describes how a lifelong and sincere believer in the Left found herself betrayed by the Left on almost every principle she believed in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>You don\u2019t get to be \u201cagainst the rich\u201d if the richest people in the country fund your party in order to preserve their government-sponsored monopolies. You are not \u201ca supporter of free speech\u201d if you oppose free speech for people who disagree with you. You are not \u201cfor the people\u201d if you pit most of them against each other based on the color of their skin, or force them out of their jobs because of personal choices related to their bodies. You are not \u201cserious about economic inequality\u201d when you happily order from Amazon without caring much for the devastating impact your purchases have on the small businesses that increasingly are either subjugated by Jeff Bezos\u2019 behemoth or crushed by it altogether. You are not \u201cfor science\u201d if you refuse to consider hypotheses that don\u2019t conform to your political convictions and then try to ban critical thought and inquiry from the internet. You are not an \u201canti-racist\u201d if you label\u2014and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/07\/education-dept-curbs-decision-on-race-based-affinity-groups\/\">sort!<\/a>\u2014people by race. 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