I’m glad to see an editorial in the New York Post concerning the very real “perversion of compassion” issue the left has saddled us with. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link. The key thought:
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres got it 100% right this month when he slammed progressives for their “perversion of compassion” in allowing vagrants to haunt our transit hubs and streets. Particularly those who are mentally ill and in need of help. They make life miserable — and dangerous — for everyone. Including themselves.
Progressives think they’re being kind, considerate, compassionate to these troubled people. Civil libertarians think they’re protecting their freedoms. Many of them truly believe they’re doing the moral thing by letting these people fester. They’re horribly wrong,
Longtime readers know COTTonLINE has been steadfast in this view, essentially forever. Mostly we’ve been a lonely voice, a decidedly minority opinion.
It is nice to have some public reification. It is long past time to undo the damage Ken Kesey wrought in 1962 with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
