The other day a self-confessed liberal friend informed me that she
was ‘depressed’ at the prospect of war after India’s cross-border
strike. She is a very nice person but I can’t remember her saying the
same after the Uri terror attack in which 18 Indian soldiers were
killed. Apparently Terrorism is not as depressing as the ‘prospect of
War’.
I have observed this phenomenon among many liberals. They go
ballistic to certain terms like ‘War’. Some of the other trigger words
being – ‘Racism’, ‘Fascism’, ‘Misogyny’, ‘Patriarchy’ and even ‘Peace’.
Now, let me be clear – No sane person would wish for war, or Racism for
the matter. But for the idea of war (never Terrorism) to induce
depression/nervous breakdown is bit of an overkill. To understand this
unnatural liberal doublethink, one needs to realize how the left has
used certain words loaded with connotations through their version of
History. These words, thus loaded with effects, have been instruments in
their hands for triggering emotions like depression, revulsion, fear
and guilt among their political constituency.
Many of these words are borrowed from 20th Century European
historical experiences. ‘Peace’ and ‘War’ are two such terms which have
roots in the US-USSR nuclear confrontation in Europe and the Left
inspired agitation-propaganda (Agit-Prop) across West in that period.
During that era, ‘Peace’ became a political slogan of the Left in its
proclaimed objective to remove tactical Nuclear weapons which protected
Western Europe. ‘War’ as per the Left narrative became synonymous with
the preparation of the West to defend itself – just as Indian
counter-strike is ‘war mongering’ yet terrorism which prompted it is
not. Many gullible liberals were/are thus co-opted by the communists in
this open support of the Communist war effort.
Joseph Stalin called them ‘useful idiots’. During those years I
remember Marxist CITU members at Trivandrum shouting slogans against
America’s ‘Star Wars’ missile protection shield in the name of ‘World
Peace’. Through their repeated and global use spanning across decades,
words like ‘Peace’ and ‘War’ acquired new grotesque forms capable of
triggering irrational reactions.
Mussolini’s ‘Fascism’ and Euro-American
‘Racism’ were similarly loaded and mapped on to the Indian political
landscape. It is interesting that the word ‘Racism’ is used by
Left-Liberals both in India and Europe to describe the opposition to
Islamism–which by definition is a religious issue and not a racial one.
The revulsion associated with these terms have been internalised by
long years of Communist indoctrination in academic circles so much so
that genuine liberals like my friend tremble at the prospect of being
labelled a ‘fascist’ or ‘war monger’. This Communist psychological
conditioning has been so systematic that it actually makes Liberals act
strangely and even fall physically ill at the mere mention of terms like
‘War’ – even as an act meant to defend their own people.
All this reminds me of a 70’s Charles Bronson movie ‘Telefon’. The
movie was about deep cover Soviet sleeper agents leading perfectly
ordinary lives in America. Suddenly they would be called up by their
Communist handlers and triggered by certain pre-programmed words to
carry out zombie-like irrational acts of sabotage and self destruction.
Even today, Left-liberal reality can be as crazy as a B-Grade Hollywood flick.
P. Girish
Courtesy: VSK Bharat
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