It becomes ever more striking just how illiberal todays liberals are. A word that once represented a school of thought including the likes of James Madison, John Locke and John Stuart Mill now provides a comforting home for Marxism. No longer does liberalism represent freedom and tolerance of different views and ideas. Rather, those who take that label today are narrow-minded, intolerant and authoritarian.

Exhibit A (Hat tip: Right Wing News):

Times defends hiring conservative Kristol

The New York Times’ hiring of Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol to write for its op-ed page caused a frenzy in the liberal blogosphere Friday night, with threats of canceling subscriptions and claims that the Gray Lady had been hijacked by neo-cons

But Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal sees things differently.

Rosenthal told Politico shortly after the official announcement Saturday that he fails to understand “this weird fear of opposing views.”

“The idea that The New York Times is giving voice to a guy who is a serious, respected conservative intellectual - and somehow that’s a bad thing,” Rosenthal added. “How intolerant is that?”

Exhibit B:

Rendells planning a dictatorship in 2008?

Metcalfe posted an article called “Judge Rendell Endorses Dictatorship” in which Mrs. Edward G. Rendell, aka Judge Midge, advocates a dictatorship for her husband, the governor.

Apparently that’s the only way Rendell can get his way despite having a Democratic majority in the state House.

Mrs. Rendell’s “benevolent dictatorship” comments were made at a Nov. 8, 2007, panel discussion in Philadelphia by The National Association of Women Judges.

Judge Midge told the audience that a “benevolent dictator” like her husband could solve all the state’s problems.

“The arrogance of Mrs. Rendell’s comments expose the liberal core beliefs of her and her husband that have been evident through the actions of the tax, borrow and spend Rendell administration,” writes Metcalfe, a Republican from Butler County.

These two stories exemplify everything that is wrong with modern liberalism. Intolerant and growing ever more distrustful of freedom, todays liberals have tarnished a once respectable word.

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