The Left has always sought single, non-values-based explanations for human behavior.

That's a phenomenon of the Left: You don't fight evil. You fight carbon emissions

Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion.

For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price.

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

If you really do hate evil, you can't hate anything else

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil