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- 1. Written to Liberals, but also for Conservatives The Nuclear Counterarguments Essay Series speaks directly to the liberal reader in a polite, conversational style for the educational purpose of revealing how liberalism has covertly affected the reader's life. Essentially, the N.C. Essay Series is the result of a harmless liberal’s pilgrimage. I grew up in a mostly apolitical household. Although my parents were opinionated about a select few political and social topics, many more were never discussed. My development in these matters was mostly left up
- 2. to my schooling, what I watched on television, the suppertime news on the radio, and the sports section of the newspaper. It was thus inevitable that I would grow up to be fundamentally ignorant of most political and social matters, with a meager amount of knowledge mostly accumulated from sound bites. What little I was aware of was naturally tilted towards the left of the political spectrum. Unfortunately, this is probably also the story of most Americans who grew up from the sixties onward. We didn’t choose to become ignorant and liberal. We just went with the flow of life and ended up there.
- 3. I see contemporary progressives and liberals as synonymous in regard to the topic of the N.C. Essay Series, so for brevity I have chosen to address liberalism as representative of both, intending insult to neither. Even though the N.C. Essay Series is specifically aimed at the ideological leftwing in a generic sense, most self-styled moderates and conservatives will enjoy its insights as well since most have also been affected by liberalism in at least some areas of their lives. Somewhat liberal by default and fairly harmless, I look back at myself as a gentle variety of liberal. Being a Canadian, and giving
- 4. you the same benefit of the doubt, I am sure we can interact in a civil manner. So, American neighbor, let me tell you what happened that eventually led to my writing this series of essays. In my mid twenties I began reading the A section of the newspaper and the occasional mainstream news magazine like Time and Maclean’s. All were liberally slanted publications – not that I really knew the difference. But then, in my thirties serendipity struck when I picked up a small, regional news magazine named Alberta Report. It was decidedly and unabashedly conservative, not
- 5. only proclaiming it, but explaining conservatism and distinguishing it from liberalism every week. This was an epiphany for me. My sociological and political world views changed in short order and I have never looked back. I hope the N.C. Essay Series will be just as serendipitous for you, American neighbor. My Curiosity It was obvious how I had become a conservative – the rational counterarguments I read each week in Alberta Report overwhelmed my then basically
- 6. one-sided, naive liberalism. However, I also became curious as to how I ended up as a liberal in the first place, and why I was so unaware of its development in my life. As I researched this curious history in my life and those of millions of others, I began to see patterns in liberalism. I started to wonder if there were some sort of governing principles that predictably define liberalism’s day-to-day functions. I investigated its origins. I searched out the mechanism of how liberalism grows within a person, apparently without any consenting knowledge. I observed many negative societal and self-destructive
- 7. personal traits in liberalism. Eventually, I cracked what evidently was a code of conduct that subliminally manages the life of every liberal. It was then that I decided that my understanding of liberalism could be applied to helping any and all who have been exposed to liberal conditioning, and perhaps rehabilitate American society as a whole. Your Opportunity Paralleling the beginning of contemporary liberalism, American society took a distinctly
- 8. ideological left turn in the nineteen-sixties. This led to drastic social changes for America, many with very negative implications. But it is not my purpose to arrogantly lecture you on these, American neighbor. Neither will I scorn you. And the N.C. Essay Series is not a rant like many political books, nor simple fact-placing. I will not condemn myself for having innocently become a liberal, and neither will I condemn you for developing into a liberal. More so, rather than as ideological enemies, I see liberals as victims of a pernicious societal habituation (as I was). The N.C. Essay Series is simply a collection of my
- 9. observations about where contemporary liberalism originated, its history, how it operates within American society, how it can affect your personal life, and how it has affected contemporary political and societal issues. I will offer you a suggestion or two for rehabilitating yourself at the conclusion of each essay, but it is entirely up to you whether you decide to use the information and suggestions. No Ivy League college can give you an education on contemporary American liberalism like the Nuclear Counterarguments Essay Series.
- 10. • A presentation by deprogrammingliberalism.com • Deprogramming Liberalism Slideshow Series © 2013