Are There Any Liberal Leftists Amongst Us?

For most of the 20th Century, the terms liberal and leftist were synonymous. President Franklin Roosevelt (1882 - 1945} was the foremost liberal politician in the western world, and after World War II, his style, personality, and words were imitated, copied, and studied for many decades by the free world. The United Nations, too, was his dream; a liberal ideal. Roosevelt famously said:

"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear." 

"No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities." 

"The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred."

"As Americans, we go forward in the service of our country, by the will of God... I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion." 

These have always been the watchwords of the classic liberal: freedom of speech and expression; freedom to worship God as one chooses; freedom for minorities of all kinds; recognizing hate groups as destructive; recognition of God and His works in America's foundation; and the sense of humor and proportion - not extremism. 

But a terrible thing has happened. The Left is no longer respectful of religion or liberal at all. If you don't like abortion, big government, high taxes, restrictions on the freedoms of speech and minority opinions (even on college campuses); or are critical of the violence we're seeing every day against law enforcement and those who disagree with mobs, then you are open to every lie, slander, and calumny. You will be threatened and harmed by Leftists of every stripe, masquerading as liberals, progressives, 'democratic socialists', or whatever the newest label for totalitarianism is. At their root, Leftists are totalitarians who will crush all free thought and individuality, just as China, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela have done. 
  
On June 24, 2017, Representative Steve Scalise, Louisiana, a Republican House Majority leader, was shot and nearly killed by a rifle-wielding Leftist who was angry that his candidate, Leftist Bernie Sanders, lost to President Trump. Six others were wounded before the gunman was shot and killed by police. A list of a dozen other conservative Congressmen he planned to kill was found in one of his pockets (Link). 
Death threats from the Left are routine and openly paraded by western media. Comedian Kathy Griffin was applauded last year for displaying a blood-dripping, severed wax head of President Trump (Link). The New York Times this week published a fictional scenario that featured the assassination of President Trump by a Russian spy, aided by the president's own Secret Service bodyguards. 
This is the opposite of liberalism, and a violation of ethics never seen before in the U.S., except by the Left in the last eighteen years. We never hear anyone  in the so-called liberal community condemn these acts, and they all speak and march in lockstep conformity. If any Republicans ever acted in this way, the entire media would crucify them. The Left never criticizes itself, except for being too moderate. Their hypocrisy is gargantuan; on a level never seen before.  

The truth is today's modern Leftists are openly communist, fascist, and racist:

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Our battle for freedom is beginning anew; taking a nonviolent path. The voting booths of free nations are the frontlines in this larger war which is rooted in Scripture; since Abraham, Moses, and Christ. Your reward for choosing God's side in this conflict is greater than you can imagine:  

We will experience a new birth of freedom in America if you join the millions of us who trust in God, the country we built together over four centuries, and the destiny of faithful, free people of good will. 

The 14th Dalai Lama: "Europe belongs to the Europeans"

The 14th Dalai Lama is a figure of great prominence, and according to polls, is "the world's most popular leader." He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and has traveled the globe for decades, effectively speaking out against tyranny, poverty, oppression, and the obligations we have toward each other as human beings. A great number of people have likened him to the prophets of Scripture, both Eastern and Western. He's the 14th leader of the Tibetan wing of Buddhism (a lineage of high priests that dates back to the 15th Century), and is renowned and venerated for facing and denouncing the Communist Chinese for their invasion of Tibet in 1950. A violent revolution forced him to flee his country in 1959, and he was until recently the head of the Tibetan government in exile: Link.

The world-wide Leftist-Socialist-Progressives have for many years quoted, flattered, and used him to further their agendas, but that hasn't always worked well for them. The Dalai Lama caused a firestorm on September 13 while visiting Sweden. Speaking from the city of Malmo, which has been besieged by thousands of Muslim refugees and is suffering an epic violent crime wave, the Lama said, "I think Europe belongs to the Europeans... ultimately they [refugees] should rebuild their own country."  Link.

He was invited to Sweden to speak at a the 80th anniversary of an aid organization, and entitled his talk The Art of Happiness and Peace. Previously he has said that ethnicities are highly dependent on religion, and countries can be literally shattered by waves of people with contrary ideas to their native beliefs. Many other EU member nations besides Sweden are suffering horrific terror from radical Islamists. He has said, "Europe, for example Germany, cannot become an Arab country. Germany is Germany. There are so many [refugees] that in practice it becomes difficult... From a moral point of view, too, I think that the refugees should only be admitted temporarily."

This is an ancient and simple truth we in the modern world have forgotten; a fatal catastrophe unfolding daily before our eyes. The West has been generous to refugees and immigrants for many years, but increasing crime and strife are causing a backlash. Most refugees - Muslim and otherwise - can't or won't integrate into their host societies.

Canada is enduring a permanent state of high tension with Quebec, a French-speaking country sandwiched in between its English-speaking provinces. The Quebec Sovereignty Movement nearly tore Canada apart decades ago, but, because they at least share a European cultural heritage and legal system, Canadians were persuaded that their prosperity depended on borderless cooperation, so they managed to stay relatively unified.

But this cannot happen when radical and oppositional cultures flood into a host country. One culture or the other will take over. For example, Islamic Law, called Sharia, is a 7th Century system that totally undermines modern societies. A single theft can result in your hand being chopped off; adultery, being raped, or being gay invoke the death penalty. There's no presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and the rules of evidence we in the West demand are almost non-existent. In addition, the birth rates of these refugees are far higher than their host countries. This lopsided demographic fact - if left unchecked - will ultimately doom all of Western civilization and every other religion but Islam. This is another reason why the Lama spoke out. Buddhism and Hinduism, too, will be destroyed. Islam (which means submission) allows no competitors. Christians and Jews all over the Middle East have suffered persecution and mass murder in the last decade:

Coincidentally, Buddhist priest sex abuse was another issue the Dalai Lama had to confront this week. Not only Catholics, but all other religions have similar problems. Corrupt predators infest religious authority everywhere, to some degree. This is another sign of The Tribulation, a period of great crime and suffering in the world, prophesied thousands of years ago by Judeo-Christian Scripture.  

The Dalai Lama speaks about his life's mission in this Swedish television interview from 2010. English is spoken from the 1:17 mark: