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Introduction b
1. Written to Liberals, but also for Conservatives
The Nuclear Counterarguments Essay Series
speaks directly to the liberal reader in a polite,
conversational style for the educational purpose
of revealing how liberalism has covertly affected
the reader's life. Essentially, the N.C. Essay
Series is the result of a harmless liberal’s
pilgrimage. I grew up in a mostly apolitical
household. Although my parents were
opinionated about a select few political and social
topics, many more were never discussed. My
development in these matters was mostly left up
2. to my schooling, what I watched on television, the
suppertime news on the radio, and the sports
section of the newspaper. It was thus inevitable
that I would grow up to be fundamentally ignorant
of most political and social matters, with a
meager amount of knowledge mostly
accumulated from sound bites. What little I was
aware of was naturally tilted towards the left of
the political spectrum. Unfortunately, this is
probably also the story of most Americans who
grew up from the sixties onward. We didn’t
choose to become ignorant and liberal. We just
went with the flow of life and ended up there.
3. I see contemporary progressives and liberals as
synonymous in regard to the topic of the
N.C. Essay Series, so for brevity I have chosen to
address liberalism as representative of both,
intending insult to neither. Even though the
N.C. Essay Series is specifically aimed at
the ideological leftwing in a generic sense, most
self-styled moderates and conservatives will
enjoy its insights as well since most have also
been affected by liberalism in at least some areas
of their lives. Somewhat liberal by default and
fairly harmless, I look back at myself as a gentle
variety of liberal. Being a Canadian, and giving
4. you the same benefit of the doubt, I am sure we
can interact in a civil manner. So, American
neighbor, let me tell you what happened that
eventually led to my writing this series of essays.
In my mid twenties I began reading the A section
of the newspaper and the occasional mainstream
news magazine like Time and Maclean’s. All were
liberally slanted publications – not that I really
knew the difference. But then, in my thirties
serendipity struck when I picked up a small,
regional news magazine named Alberta Report. It
was decidedly and unabashedly conservative, not
5. only proclaiming it, but explaining conservatism
and distinguishing it from liberalism every week.
This was an epiphany for me. My sociological and
political world views changed in short order and I
have never looked back. I hope the N.C. Essay
Series will be just as serendipitous for you,
American neighbor.
My Curiosity
It was obvious how I had become a conservative
– the rational counterarguments I read each week
in Alberta Report overwhelmed my then basically
6. one-sided, naive liberalism. However, I also
became curious as to how I ended up as a liberal
in the first place, and why I was so unaware of its
development in my life. As I researched this
curious history in my life and those of millions of
others, I began to see patterns in liberalism. I
started to wonder if there were some sort of
governing principles that predictably define
liberalism’s day-to-day functions. I investigated its
origins. I searched out the mechanism of how
liberalism grows within a person, apparently
without any consenting knowledge. I observed
many negative societal and self-destructive
7. personal traits in liberalism. Eventually, I cracked
what evidently was a code of conduct that
subliminally manages the life of every liberal. It
was then that I decided that my understanding of
liberalism could be applied to helping any and all
who have been exposed to liberal conditioning,
and perhaps rehabilitate American society as a
whole.
Your Opportunity
Paralleling the beginning of contemporary
liberalism, American society took a distinctly
8. ideological left turn in the nineteen-sixties. This
led to drastic social changes for America, many
with very negative implications. But it is not my
purpose to arrogantly lecture you on these,
American neighbor. Neither will I scorn you. And
the N.C. Essay Series is not a rant like many
political books, nor simple fact-placing. I will not
condemn myself for having innocently become a
liberal, and neither will I condemn you for
developing into a liberal. More so, rather than as
ideological enemies, I see liberals as victims of a
pernicious societal habituation (as I was). The
N.C. Essay Series is simply a collection of my
9. observations about where contemporary
liberalism originated, its history, how it operates
within American society, how it can affect your
personal life, and how it has affected
contemporary political and societal issues. I will
offer you a suggestion or two for rehabilitating
yourself at the conclusion of each essay, but it is
entirely up to you whether you decide to use the
information and suggestions.
No Ivy League college can give you an education
on contemporary American liberalism like the
Nuclear Counterarguments Essay Series.
