The author of this blog is right about two things: the term "idiotarian" is inherently insulting, and potentially, if not inevitably, misleading. As I understand it, the argument here is that one is an idiot if one supports evil, particularly while in a state of moral denial.

Historical moment: Donald Rumsfeld shakes hands with Saddam Hussein. Idiot?

Historical moment: Franklin Roosevelt allies with Stalin to beat Hitler. Idiot?

Historical moment: Man buys wife diamond, sold to support brutal civil war in Sierra Leone or Algeria. Idiot?

Historical moment: Catholic Church officials fail to dismiss known pedophiles. Idiots?

Historical moment: You or I or anyone buys carton of Tropicana orange juice, made with fruit picked by illegal immigrants working under slave-labor conditions. Or we buy clothes made in Chinese sweatshops, etc etc. Idiots?

Historical moment: GWBush choosing to spend Vietnam war stateside, not fighting evil in Southeast Asia. Idiot?

Historical moment: You or I put gas in car, and a portion of the money lands in Saudi Arabia, used to prop up repressive and arguably evil regime. Car perhaps made by Ford, whose founder once used his profits to disseminate anti-Semitic propaganda. Idiots?

Historical moment: US allies with Taliban to fight Russians in Afghanistan. Idiots?

One man's opinion: for all the bile heaped on the hapless heads of the liberals of the world, they are far from the most powerful forces of moral relativism. That prize goes to business and government. History shows, without question, that either will ally with virtually anyone if the alliance advances their interests. While it's not inevitable that either will support evil, it happens all the time, whether with local governments and small businesses, or "big" gov't and big biz.

Certainly it is honorable to be infuruated by the presence of evil in the world. But it seems to me that the so-called left wing is a poor target - or at least, a potentially misleading one. Not only because the left has demonstably acted as a force that countered evil in the past - fighting, for example, segregation and labor abuses when the mainstream was prepared to tolerate them - but because the left isn't all that powerful.

Thus the term "idiotarian" to me represents a facile and shortsighted interpretation of the role evil plays in the world - and the role we as Americans play in its support.