There is No Such Thing as a Bleeding Heart Liberal
Love of the poor. Care for the infirm. An infinite metric of the empathy of one human to another. And yet, not. The term “bleeding heart liberal” gets thrown around from time to time, as often as not from the “bleeding hearts” themselves, but it represents nothing of the position of the American left. The belief in government assistance programs, and their targeting of the “underprivileged” in America seems to imply an excess of empathy. That excess of empathy is derided by the right and worn as a badge of honor by the left. The reality, however, is that…
