Timothy Birdnow

The American Spectator notes that John Cleese was beloved when trashing Western Civilization and Christianity and now hated for defending both against the creeping tide of Islam in Lesser Britain.

The author argues that Monty Python was a very liberal entity. I disagree.

The Monty Python troop was not so much liberal as libertarian, and while sometimes that is a distinction without a difference at other times it was quite telling. For instance there was the Dennis Moore sketch, in which a benighted boob named Dennis Moore took on the role of Robin Hood, redistributing wealth. Moore stole so much from the rich they became paupers, still living in their now bare-walled mansions and sitting in their underwear because Moore stole all their clothes while telling the same upper-crust jokes with the fake laughter. The poor because filthy rich, with fine tapestries on the walls, crystal cut glass and golden eating utensils and the like. And they were wholly ungrateful when Moore brought them silver spoons they snapped at him for bringing them junk. The song then sang "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, he steals from the poor and gives to the rich...stupid bitch". At which point Moore says "this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I though" and then he robs a stage coach and makes the passengers get out their valuables "now you don't have one of those so you get this, and you don't have that..."

Then there was the episode about the National Health Service where dusty skeletons were sitting in the waiting room.

I could go on but the point is made. They weren't actual lefties but not really right wing either. I would say they were libertarian.

That doesn't detract from the point of this article at all, it's just an important distinction to note. Libertarianism is in it's own way as destructive as Leftism because it guts the very soul of Western Civilization, sine most libertarians are atheists and reject tradition and cultural norms as surely as do Leftists.

Oh, and even when being quite liberal they were damned funny.

Posted by: Mike at March 27, 2026 11:44 PM (ny1sC)

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 28, 2026 06:47 AM (oflqW)

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