It is a signal of Truth when one’s beliefs are consistent not only with each other, but also with observable facts. Yet leftists often flaunt their inconsistency.

“One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions,” wrote the atheist’s atheist, Friedrich Nietzsche, in Twilight of the Idols. It’s a common sentiment. In our time, New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell has opined that “if you don’t contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you’re not thinking.” My, talk about putting a happy face on superficial reasoning and situational values born of convenience.

Contradiction is even more common as a behavior — and it defines what we call the Left. Just consider a current big story, President Trump’s supposed collusion with Russia to “steal the election” and his allegedly having revealed secrets to the Vladimir Putin regime. Putting aside the charges’ trumped-up (excuse the pun) nature, since when did the Left object to such actions?

Note here that the King of Commie Collusion, “Lion of the Senate” Ted Kennedy, did in fact attempt to conspire with the USSR, to try to thwart Ronald Reagan’s reelection bid in 1984. As Forbes reported in 2009, relating the contents of a 1983 memorandum from the Soviet archives, “Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend [Yuri] Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election.” Furthermore, Kennedy offered to visit the USSR and “help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda,” Forbes continued; he also would “make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television.” Didn’t they once hang people for such things?

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