{"id":7643,"date":"2017-08-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=7643"},"modified":"2025-03-29T14:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T17:35:45","slug":"518-the-value-of-political-polarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/7643","title":{"rendered":"518 – The value of political polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poor Ezra Levant<\/strong> and the Rebel Media<\/strong>. They just left. Barbara Kay just left. Brian Lilley just left. And, Alt-Right IS Just Left<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Did we get that right?<\/p>\n

As if destined to fulfill our prophesy, recent events at the Rebel Media have demonstrated exactly what we suggested might happen to the Rebel Media: an eventual polarization and separation of the differing ideologies meeting under one umbrella of the \u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what happens when people who are claiming a spot on the right aren\u2019t really right at all – like \u201cAlt Right.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with the term \u201csocial justice,\u201d \u201cAlt-Right\u201d is an anti-concept.<\/strong> All anti-concepts are, as explained by Ayn Rand, \u201cunnecessary and rationally unusable terms designed to replace and obliterate some legitimate concept.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another anti-concept is what has been called the political \u201ccenter,\u201d an awkward position to occupy since it is non-existent, given the natural polarity of political options. As an anti-concept, the political \u201ccenter\u201d is a word used to obliterate Left and Right as representations of real ideas and real philosophies which are polar opposites of each other. <\/strong><\/p>\n

If the political \u201ccenter\u201d could represent a place at all, it is the place where principle must be abandoned, lying and corruption are the norm<\/strong>, and where everyone has lost their political sense of direction as they all drift Leftward together.<\/p>\n

In complete contrast to what the vast majority of political commentators are calling for, <\/p>\n

Only In so doing, can principles be clearly defined \u2013 the true and real principles of Left and Right.<\/strong> Better still, in so doing, politicians will themselves once again have an opportunity to present their positions honestly and to establish some sense of trust (if not agreement) with the electorate.<\/p>\n

Having a reliable political compass<\/strong> to guide people Left or Right while sailing on the sea of differences between them, is not unlike the journeys taken by ocean-faring sailors of the high seas. <\/p>\n

Using the North Star POLARIS as their compass, sailors have for centuries sailed the oceans of this earth secure in the knowledge that, with its ever-polarized and firm position to guide them, the direction in which they were sailing was always Just Right. <\/p>\n

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