Syllogism Saturday, Iran Edition

Leftists claim to support voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights. They claim to oppose Donald Trump because they assert that he poses a threat to voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights.

In the United States today, we have elections, women's rights are protected de jure and de facto, we have freedom of speech, and minority rights are protected de jure and de facto. In the past 20 years, at various times the Democratic Party has controlled the White House and/or Congress and at other times the Republican Party has controlled the White House and/or Congress. It is evident statistically that approximately 40% of voters vote Democratic in each election, approximately 40% of voters vote Republican in each election, and approximately 20% of voters swing back and forth between the parties. 

In short, the United States has a healthy, thriving democracy; partisans from each side claim that electing the other side to power will mean the end of democracy, but we managed to survive power switching back and forth without losing our freedoms and without the country collapsing.

After the Islamists--supported by Leftists--seized power in Iran in 1979, Iranians have had no voting rights, no women's rights, no freedom of speech, and no minority rights.  

Logically, anyone who supports voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights would not support any person, entity or country that threatens voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights--yet, after President Trump took military action against an Iranian regime that has slaughtered thousands of dissidents while opening calling for "Death to America," Leftists who were silent about Iranian repression are now quite vocal about opposing U.S. military action against Iran.

A syllogism demonstrates that Leftists are either lying about supporting human rights or are being hypocritical by being silent about Iran while attacking President Trump: 

1) Leftists claim to support human rights (including voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights).

2) Iran represses human rights (including voting rights, women's rights, freedom of speech, and minority rights). 

3) If Leftists truly support human rights then they must oppose Iran's repression of human rights. 

Iran's regime has been trampling human rights for nearly 50 years. President Trump's opponents accuse him of threatening human rights, but the reality is that in the United States today citizens have human rights--including the right to publicly criticize President Trump.

The fact that Leftists are focused on attacking President Trump while ignoring Iran's repression of human rights forces one to conclude that Leftists do not really support human rights, because if Leftists support human rights then they would focus their energies toward confronting an Iranian regime that represses human rights instead of focusing their energies on confronting a President who is providing Iranians with a golden opportunity to overthrow a regime that has oppressed them for nearly 50 years. 

Acknowledging that President Trump is right to confront Iran does not require liking President Trump or agreeing with any of his other policies--but failing to acknowledge that President Trump is right to confront Iran exposes Leftist self-proclaimed human rights activists for being more focused on partisan politics than on protecting human rights.