The Liberal Mind Is A Terrible Waste

October 19, 2015

Professor Emeritus Daniel Hamermesh

University of Texas at Austin

Department of Economics

2225 Speedway

Austin, TX  78712

Dear Professor Hamermesh:

The liberal mind is amazing.  Let me ask you a question; would you have dared leaving your family, friends and familiar surroundings, almost assuredly forever, to board a small, wooden sailing ship for a two or three-months agonizing voyage across a vast and inhospitable ocean, all the while knowing, if you arrived safely, there would be no place for you to lay your head, and the food you would eat, if any, would come only from your own hands?  And you had to know this was just the beginning of your hardships.  Would you have boarded that ship?  Your answer defines your character.

The liberal mind sees the world as a much different place than what our forefathers encountered when they immigrated to America.  For one thing, you see government as a benevolent and trustworthy companion, an institution which has served our nation admirably well, and whose best days are yet to come.  In fact, the liberal mind is anxious to see government take a bigger and more controlling role in the lives of its citizens.  Our founding fathers saw government quite differently.

However, the liberal mind doesn’t trust the effectiveness of government.  Case in point, you’re leaving Texas for fear for your life.  Yet it was the liberal mind that championed stricter gun control laws and who demanded tough restrictions and comprehensive background checks of anyone desiring to carry a concealed handgun.  But you are still fearful of students licensed to carry even though government has found them worthy and fit to do so.  It is those students who will be your first line of defense in the event of another deranged mass murderer.

So let me suggest the reason you are leaving has nothing to do with your fearfulness.  The big government you desire just isn’t big and powerful enough for you.  You don’t trust most of us and you don’t want to compete against those who are the most competent and ambitious.  You see government as a big equalizer – protecting you from all of your biggest fears.  Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.

Sincerely,

Bill Monroe