Sunday, September 21, 2025

There is no villainy equal


 

—No hay vileza igual a la del que se apoya en

virtudes del adversario para vencerlo.

—There is no villainy equal to that of the man who supports himself with the virtues of his adversary in order to conquer him.


In this aphorism, Davila describes perfectly the phenomenon called liberal projection where the liberal accuses his opponent of doing what he is actually doing himself, all the while cloaking himself in virtue. Specific example: turning the Kimmel dismissal into a free speech issue.



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There is no villainy equal

  —No hay vileza igual a la del que se apoya en virtudes del adversario para vencerlo. —There is no villainy equal to that of the man who  s...