The Intolerance of Liberalism

It is a horrible thing when abstract principles become objects of devotion. This is what modern liberalism is. (gay marriage, no exclusive status for Christian holidays, economic socialism, radical feminism, animal rights, etc.) It is a devotion to ideals which have never been been realized. Nothing is so selfish as to attack reality out of devotion to one's ideas. To displace an existing cultural order one must slay the inward moral and religious sentiments long established in a society in order to destroy the outward forms to which they give life. (This is at the heart of our cultural war which will probably be on the increase.) The liberal loves broad and expansive ideals at the expense of social realities.
For liberal progressivism to be established there needs to be a culture of critique to replace a culture of loyalty. (Away with patriotism and up with revisionist history!) If you oppose liberal initiatives, you are called a hate monger. (Look at what Rick Warren has been subjected to even though he has raised millions of dollars to fight AIDS.) Liberalism has no room to be tolerant. It cannot be if it hopes to fundamentally remake culture.