In his piece, "Bush Hatred and Obama Euphoria Are Two Sides of the Same Coin" in today's Wall Street Journal, Peter Berkowitz builds on a point I made a couple weeks ago on GayPatriot, Obama Worship: Flip Side of Bush Hatred.

Finding that "Bush hatred and Obama euphoria . . . tend to reveal more about those who feel them than the men at which they are directed," Berkowitz, like just as Leah did when commenting at my blog, calls the two seemingly different phenomena, "opposite sides of the same coin:"

Both represent the triumph of passion over reason. Both are intolerant of dissent. Those wallowing in Bush hatred and those reveling in Obama euphoria frequently regard those who do not share their passion as contemptible and beyond the reach of civilized discussion. Bush hatred and Obama euphoria typically coexist in the same soul. And it is disproportionately members of the intellectual and political class in whose souls they flourish.

Berkowitz wonders why educated people preach and teach hatred: "while Obama euphoria may fade as the 44th president is compelled to immerse himself in the daunting ambiguities of power, our universities will continue to educate students to believe that hatred and euphoria reflect political wisdom."

Read the whole thing and join me in wondering why intellectuals are so enanamored with animosity.

Crossposted at GayPatriot.