# I pit...myself

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/977744 "2023-01-05T20:32:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/977744/84 "2023-01-07T01:25:20Z")

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It’s not that complicated.

The real issue is that the left doesn’t really believe in liberty or fundamental freedoms. The left, much like religious zealots, uses a concept to fool the gullible in order to obtain power. Once power is obtained promotion of a particular idea is no longer as useful. As a famous leftist once said, “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.”

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