The Law Is a Mood: A Field Guide to Leftist Logic
Inspired by the themes of Victor Davis Hanson
The Law Is a Mood: A Field Guide to Leftist Logic
By Jim Reynolds | www.reynolds.com
Inspired by the themes of Victor Davis Hanson
When everything is a crisis, nothing is consistent—except elite immunity and double standards in eco-luxury packaging.
Ah, America 2025: where logic wears a mask, justice wears a team jersey, and “equity” means you still don’t get to sit near the people who shout it the loudest. Let’s take a short walk—no electric scooter needed—through the walled gardens of modern leftist ideology.
1️⃣ The Law Is Not the Law, Unless It's Their Law
We used to think laws were printed in books. Silly us. Turns out they’re written in feelings and edited in hashtags.
If you break immigration laws because you believe deeply enough in your own compassion—voilà! You're not a lawbreaker; you're a moral visionary. But try enforcing those same laws? Suddenly, you're Bull Connor in Dockers.
BOB: "The Left believes in border control. They just prefer Guatemala control ours."
January 6? “Insurrection!” A year’s worth of arson and assault in 2020? “Mainly peaceful.” Because remember: fire is not violence if it’s in the name of social justice—it’s climate-neutral rage.
2️⃣ Justice Is a One-Way Street with a Bike Lane for Bureaucrats
Trump gets a SWAT raid for a document folder in a locked closet. Biden stores classified files next to his golf tees in a garage—and we get (the now defunded) NPR saying it’s “contextually different.”
Then there’s the Great Russia Collusion Fable™—a $32 million taxpayer-funded fanfiction project with fewer plot twists than a soap opera but far more official memos. After years of leaks, lies, and Pulitzer Prizes for things that never happened, nobody went to jail. They didn’t even lose brunch reservations.
BOB: "If you tried to frame a sitting president, you’d be in jail. They got book deals."
You see, the Left doesn’t break laws—they reinterpret them mid-sentence. It’s like watching someone rewrite the Monopoly rulebook while taking your property and still demanding rent.
3️⃣ The Rules Are For the Little People (And You’re the Little People)
Want to drive a gas-powered truck to work? Monster.
Want to fly private to a climate summit in Davos? Hero.
Want to homeschool your kid? Extremist.
Want to send your own kids to $50,000-a-year prep schools named after dead white men? Progressive parenting.
These people don’t just live in glass houses—they have them cleaned by the policies they pass.
4️⃣ Rich People Are Bad, Unless They’re Left-Wing and Rich
George Soros funds campaigns to reduce incarceration while living behind enough security to make Fort Knox blush.
Nancy Pelosi doubles her portfolio by front-running policy she helped write—and we’re supposed to believe she’s doing it for the downtrodden.
BOB: "When a leftist says ‘I’m doing this for the people,’ check your wallet. You’re the people."
It’s not hypocrisy. It’s hierarchy. The elite aren’t violating principles—they’re hovering above them in eco-friendly silence.
5️⃣ Race Is Sacred, Unless It Affects Real Estate
They shout about systemic racism from their Martha’s Vineyard decks.
But bring a bus of migrants to the Vineyard, and suddenly it’s DEFCON 1 with a “bless their hearts” care package.
This isn't about equality. It’s about performance. Guilt is a luxury good now—only the upper crust can afford it.
They don't live diversity. They sponsor it, like a wine auction.
🏁 Final Lap: The Doctrine of Moral Immunity
What ties all this together? The sacred belief that the Left is morally untouchable.
If they err, it’s noble. If you breathe wrong, it’s an indictment.
They are never wrong. They are misunderstood.
Never hypocrites—just too complex for your simplicity.
Call them out on flip-flopping? They'll smile, tilt their head like a social studies teacher, and say they're “evolving.”
Which, in their view, is like a papal indulgence with a reusable tote bag.
One minute they're for border walls, fossil fuels, and the sanctity of marriage—the next, they're passionately against them.
But it’s not a contradiction; it’s moral growth. Magical, isn’t it?
BOB: "If you change your beliefs, it's a flip-flop. If they do, it's a spiritual awakening at Whole Foods."
They claim to speak truth to power—while being the power that no one is allowed to speak truth to.
🎤 And So…
In the age of progressive purity, your job is to obey, donate, evolve, and nod.
Their job is to fly, flaunt, forgive, and reimagine their own contradictions as depth.
But don’t worry—you’re saving democracy by not asking questions.
Postscript Grook
Of Laws and Loopholes
The rules you bend for virtue’s sake
Will later snap and make you ache.
The mask you wear to save the face
Reveals, in time, a power base.
The truth you claim as moral shield
Is best when facts remain concealed.
So write the law with shifting sands—
But don’t be shocked when justice stands.