Pedro's Podium: Irrational Thinking

Tuesday night I just could not resist watching the O’Reilly Factor to see the interview with Whoopi Goldberg*. Something she said triggered an old memory. When she was asked about a poll on the public’s response to the Ground Zero Mosque, she said that she did not believe it. She also refused to believe that there are far more attacks on Jewish people in the US than Muslims. In both cases it seems that her personal views override her willingness to ever consider that what she believes may be wrong. Some may call it arrogant. But I think it goes deeper than that; I believe it is irrational.

In this video she states that the Japanese did not attack the US at Pearl Harbor. I think the point that she was trying to make was that all Japanese people were not responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor. That would connect to the idea that the US is not at war with all Muslims. The problem with her thinking is that the Nation of Japan attacked the US. The Second World War was not a fist fight between FDR, Adolf Hitler, and Emperor Hirohito.

Like too many Liberals Ms. Goldberg seems to forget about the war crimes committed by the Japanese Army in Korea and China. The Nation of Japan was building an Empire and was ruthless in their pursuit of growing it. Unlike WW2 the current war with radical Islamist we are fighting an enemy that crosses ethnic lines. Yes, the 911 attackers were Arab, but since then this is not the case. The driving force is a religious ideology. Of course there was a religious ideology. The use of the Shinto religion to appeal to the warrior’s loyalty was the reason behind the willingness of so many solders to sacrifice themselves for their country. The use of national pride and religious beliefs have been major forces in battle since the start of organized warfare.

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When I heard this interview, I thought of a “person in the street” interview from several years ago. A person was asked about some government statistics. Her answer was: “That can’t be true, because I don’t believe it.” Now this may be an antidotal example, but it is another example of defective thought processes. It is a shame that more people don’t understand logic and are unable to think critically. It seems that most people live their lives and only believe what they chose to believe. This is a dangerous philosophy of life. I would be like walking down the train tracks and saying: That train can’t harm me, since I don’t believe in trains.

Our nation has too many people who seem irrational. I know a person who is a Demcrat, a Progressive Socialist, a member of SDS, believes that George W. Bush stole not just the first, but the second election, and hates all Republicans. . We’ve discussed the 2000 and 2004 before and this person can not talk about it without going into near hysterics. I’ve actually seen this person stick their fingers in their ears whenever facts are presented that challenges their ideas. This person is a “respected” College Professor.

This type of irrational thought extends to the leadership of the Democratic Party. With the largest lose of seats by a single party in over 50 years the Democrat’s not only kept their same leadership, but seem to completely misread the reason behind their lose. They still think that the reason is simply because they did not explain themselves enough. They are sure that their policies of class warfare, political corruption, unsustainable spending, and tax manipulation are the best policies for the nation. They seem to be so sure that they know better than everyone else that their answers are the only ones. I guess spending so much time in Washington has left them so out of touch that they are unable to thing rationally.

This extends to the Administrative Branch. There are the instances of the DOJ not enforcing voter rights laws while legally attacking the State of Arizona on immigration. The support for The Dream Act that will backdoor amnesty for illegal aliens while the majority of American opposes it is another. Of course what rational person who is serving as President of The United States refer to the citizens as “the enemy” while speaking on a program that targets foreign nationals who are invading our nation.

I can see no other answer to these events. This is a dangerous time for this nation. With so many people in respected and positions of power who are showing signs that they are not able to think logically, how can we expect to succeed as a people or nation?

* Disclosure: I was once involved with a Whoopi Goldberg project. I was paid for the work that I originally preformed, which I donated to charity. Ms. Goldberg took it upon herself to change the rules in the middle of the game and refused to follow through with a promised reward for additional work preformed. She decided to break the agreement that had been made for this work and showed that she is a person that does not honor their word. So I felt that she owed me a personal debt. It is not the amount owed and is not the point, but this episode did color my overall opinion of her. My past experience does not change what she said and has no affect on my opinion of the interview. From her own words I believe that my overall opinion is justified.