Heyoka...

Heyoka: A Lakota way of being, a medicine way. A Heyoka is one who does things backwards or opposite. The idea that Heyoka is a clown comes from the opposite behavior; it is part of the medicine of Heyoka, to remind us we are merely human beings and not to become too serious about ourselves, not to imagine we are more powerful than we really are, reminding us that Spirit holds all the power. In this day there are those among the Lakota who pour Heyoka lodges, which are directed towards the West and full of laughter. If a Heyoka man messes up he has the Thunder Nation to deal with. Spirit chooses who is Heyoka; it is a very difficult path to follow.

- Laughing Deer From a comment thread on the Belmont Club. The liberal weltanshauung is burning down before our very eyes. Their irrational hatred of George W. Bush has set them against genuinely liberal principles such as freedom, tolerance, and democracy. The American left can sense that their creed is as desiccated and fragile as an oak leaf in October, but they seem to be helpless against their own rage. It consumes them and blinds them to everything else. If George W. Bush is for it, they are against it. The Left has become a group of modern-day heyoka, like the indian in Thomas Berger's Little Big Man who says "Hello" when he means "Goodbye", rides his horse backward, washes with dirt and dries with water. Except that unlike the Lakota Heyoka, the Left cannot comprehend that they are absurd and thus draw some sanity from the absurd. They lack that insight and consequently make themselves all the more ridiculous.