Evan Sayet, former writer for Bill Maher:
Imagine being in a restaurant with an old friend and you’re catching up. And suddenly he blurts out, “I hate my wife.” And you kind of chuckle to yourself because he says it every time you’re together, and you know he doesn’t hate his wife… they’ve been together for 35 years. He loves his daughters and they’re just like her. No, he doesn’t hate his wife. Then you’re having some dinner, and you look out the window and spot his wife… and she’s being beaten up. And you grab your friend, and you say, “Come on, let’s help her, let’s help your wife!” And he says, “Nah… I’m sure she deserves it.” At that moment, it dawns on you: he really does hate his wife.
Well that’s what 9-11 was to me. I would hear my friends from the Left say how evil and horrible and racist and imperialistic and oppressive America is, and I’d laugh to myself, Eh they always say that, they love America. And then on 9-11 we were beaten up. And I grabbed them by the collar, and I jumped up and said, “Come on, let’s help her, let’s help America!” And they said, “No… she deserves it.” At that moment, I realized: they really do hate America.
I always appreciate the perspective of poltical “switchers.” Video after the break. It’s a long watch, but worth it.
very interesting. i’m currently reading the book “Witness” by Whittaker Chambers, which is about his coming to and break from the Communist Party. And, not to beat the drum of modern-day-mccarthy-ism, so much of what Chambers writes about (communist values, revolutionary goals) directly applies to what Sayet is talking about. Fascinating read.
Well, certainly we should be careful about completely re-visiting the McCarthy era, but it’s not as if there weren’t real concerns. Perhaps the method and veracity with which people were convicted should have been a touch more tempered, but the issue of a Communist plot in America was very real. And while not the main issue of our day, it is still the admitted purpose of the Community Party in America to make use of a backdoor to introduce itself into the political process. But just like Sayet said, it’s always the enemy you DON’T have your eye on that sneaks up behind you to take you over.