Why The Left Always Projects

Hanson moves on and then gets to Obama. First: The most elite and wealthy institutions in America are predominantly liberal bastions: Silicon Valley, entertainment, universities, professional sports, Wall Street, the mainstream media, and foundations. Most “people of color,” who are the loudest about focusing on the evils of privilege and lack of equity, are themselves multimillionaires or multibillionaires, such as the Obamas, Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James, Jay-Z, or Meghan Markle. Accusing an entire group—white people, or conservatives, or Trump supporters—of being privileged deflects the apparent shame of elitism away from oneself on the cheap. After all, accusing some part-time lecturer or Trump deplorable of “white privilege” is a lot easier, both psychologically and materially, than giving up a nanny, trading in the gas-guzzling big Mercedes, or just saying no to private jets. Read it!

I'm always hesitant to gainsay the great VDH, for whom I have the greatest of admiration and respect. BUT! Although I understand his point about "projection," projection is a psychological mechanism that presupposes a rational mindset temporarily overcome by emotion, such rationality NOT being the case with the Leftists, for the simple reason that, even though they do the very same things they pillory their enemies for, they ACTUALLY BELIEVE their moral superiority makes everything they do and say RIGHT by definition. I'm sorry that's not very clear but it was the best I could do in the small space allotted, my point being, the LEFT is not rational but MENTALLY ILL. I've been hoping for a long time VDH will address this issue but nothing so far. VDH, are you listening?

If all you read is the intro you're missing a lot. One of Hanson's best.

I was born in 1940 into a family of 10 where my father, at times, worked three jobs to support us. I do not remember going hungry or being ashamed of the hand-me-down cloths I wore as many families in the 1940's were in the same condition. From the time I was 12 or 13 I was privileged to have a job of some sort or I went without spending money. I mowed lawns, shoveled snow, washed windows and baby sat children or pets for people when they were away. In high school I picked rocks, picked potatoes, hauled hay, set pins at the local bowling alley and worked as a roustabout in the oilfield in North Dakota. In some of these jobs I was even privileged to pay taxes. After high school in the 60's, I was privileged to spend four years in the military helping to secure the freedoms we all enjoyed, until now. While in the military I was privileged to do two tours in the beautiful "Far East." I was even privileged to pay taxes to help pay for the ever increasing government give away programs I did not agree with. After I was honorably discharged I worked as a roustabout, a roofer, a surveyor, a mechanic, a welders helper and the foreman of a roustabout crew. In all of these endeavors I was privileged to pay taxes. In 1967, having decided that there were better was to starve to death, I enrolled at the University of Montana, where I carried a 4.0 grade point average for two years. Having married in 1970, and unable to obtain financing to stay in school, I was privileged to go back to work as an automobile mechanic in order to support my wife, a full time student, and our new born daughter. I had a difficult time finding employment as an auto mechanic with 6 years experience because a government program would pay 1/2 of the wages of a member of a minority with no experience. At the same time my wife was unable to secure "Work Study" employment because a government program gave preference to minorities. She had applied for a position in Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation, but her prospective employer was told that if they couldn't hire a minority locally, one would be shipped in from Chicago or elsewhere. She informed them that she was a minority on the Blackfeet reservation, to no avail. After she graduated with a degree in Education, she worked as a teacher on the Blackfeet Reservation and was privileged to pay taxes also. In 1973 I was able to find employment in one of the most maligned industries in the nation. I worked for Texaco Inc. until retirement in 2002. During most of the 29+ years I worked for Texaco, I was privileged to get up at 5:30 AM every morning and drive 60 miles to work, work a minimum of 8 hours, often 10 or 12 hours, and drive 60 miles home. While our three children were growing up, I worked every Christmas, Thanksgiving , New Years and Easter. In all those years we were privileged to pay taxes, and my wife and I, also paid off our student loans and those of our children. In the 1980's while working for Texaco, the Company instituted a new policy whereby we were informed that from that point on, special considerations would be given to women and minorities in all hiring and promotions. We were further informed that this was not a quota system, and were asked to comment. My comment at the time was "A skunk by any other name still smells." From then on white male employees were privileged to work with little opportunity of advancement. After "retirement I have worked installing equipment in the Oil Fields of Montana, and on road construction in Wyoming, and was privileged to pay taxes. Today my wife and I Volunteer to deliver "Meals on Wheels," and other charity work. We donate a considerable amount to charities of our choice, to reduce our Income taxes, which we are still privileged to pay. We Have never received free cell phones, energy subsidies, rent subsidies, Food Stamps, "Earned Income Tax credits," Aid to Dependent Children, or any of the other myriad government give away programs we are force to support. From 1990 until 2019 inclusive, we have paid $224,906.75 in income, Medicare and Social Security taxes. (Compiled from 1040 tax forms) That figure is larger than what we paid for our two houses and all the automobiles we have owned combined, and does not include Montana Income Taxes, Wyoming Sales Taxes, Real-estate Taxes, Personal Property Taxes, Gasoline Taxes or any of the myriad Excise Taxes imposed on most everything we buy. We receive Social Security that we worked 30 or 40 years to pay for, only to be told it is an entitlement program. And we are once again privileged to pay taxes on 85% of it. Now as we approach our eighth decade we are expected to atone for our "Original Sin," of having been born white, by relinquishing our "White Privilege." The question I have is when can we expect our refund check?

Ah, VDH ... Even your shorter pieces take a great deal of time because I have to read every sentence twice .Well worth it. Now I have to come back tomorrow to read it again.

#4, thank you for your excellent post. It's much appreciated, as are you.