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title: "2 New Left Quotes By Kim R. Holmes"
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> [ “\[W\]hat is historically new is the alliance with the cultural left. Back in the 1960s, many economically minded New Deal liberals and even socialists wanted nothing to do with the cultural warriors of the New Left, thinking them shallow and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/w-hat-is-historically-new-is-the-alliance-with-the-cultural-left-back/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

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> [“The postmodern left gets its particular brand of egalitarianism from the New Left of the 1960s. It was then that neo-Marxism and other radical movements transformed the radical politics of America into something entirely new. The focus shifted from economics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/the-postmodern-left-gets-its-particular-brand-of-egalitarianism-from/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

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## More by Kim R. Holmes

> [ “\[W\]hat is historically new is the alliance with the cultural left. Back in the 1960s, many economically minded New Deal liberals and even socialists… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/w-hat-is-historically-new-is-the-alliance-with-the-cultural-left-back/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments. He tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/jefferson-s-ambivalence-toward-the-french-revolution-matters-as-a-key/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“The French Revolution gave history its first instance of modern leftist illiberalism -- an embrace of tyranny in the name of the people. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/the-french-revolution-gave-history-its-first-instance-of-modern/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“University Life" bureaucrats are teaching the next generation of young Americans that the First Amendment is not a guarantee of constitutional rights; it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/university-life-bureaucrats-are-teaching-the-next-generation-of-young/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“Racial stereotyping. For Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders, the sin of white racism was stereotyping all black people as inferior.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/racial-stereotyping-for-martin-luther-king-jr-and-other-civil-rights/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“Practically every radical cause in America today shows the influence of this postmodernist assault. From radical feminism to racial and sexual politics, postmodern leftists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/practically-every-radical-cause-in-america-today-shows-the-influence/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“Being accused of microaggression can be a harrowing experience. Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald relates in City Journal how an incident got out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/being-accused-of-microaggression-can-be-a-harrowing-experience/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“When most people think of intolerance, they imagine a racist taunting a black person. Or they may envision a male chauvinist hurling bigoted insults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/when-most-people-think-of-intolerance-they-imagine-a-racist-taunting/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“As existentialists as Jean-Paul Sarte learned, radical individualism can be a dead end for social justice. It is not easy to establish a coherent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/as-existentialists-as-jean-paul-sarte-learned-radical-individualism/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“It can be astonishing how far some colleges will go to enforce ideological discipline. For example, at the City University of New York's Hunter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/it-can-be-astonishing-how-far-some-colleges-will-go-to-enforce/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“artificial order on civilization is with brute force. The only way to make something unnatural appear to be natural is to force everyone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/artificial-order-on-civilization-is-with-brute-force-the-only-way-to/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“Double-Standard Bigotry. It is not uncommon within progressive circles to find the assumption that certain kinds of people are less equal than others. White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/double-standard-bigotry-it-is-not-uncommon-within-progressive-circles/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“The popular culture has also lowered the threshold on public shaming rituals. It is not only suppressing certain speech on college campuses, but making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/the-popular-culture-has-also-lowered-the-threshold-on-public-shaming/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

> [“The postmodern left gets its particular brand of egalitarianism from the New Left of the 1960s. It was then that neo-Marxism and other radical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-r-holmes/the-postmodern-left-gets-its-particular-brand-of-egalitarianism-from/)

[Kim R. Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-r-holmes/)

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