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Originally Posted by roachboy
i've been amused by conservative columnists like george will and others less literate who are effectively arguing that behind all this human tragedy stuff, the real victims of the past few days are conservatives....
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Modern (American) conservatism seems to require a status of victimhood.
After all, the Tea Party movement isn't simply a political platform; it's a reaction to a perceived affront to a particular political stance. If Tea Partiers didn't see themselves as victims, I don't think there'd be a Tea Party movement. They didn't organize to support their views; they organized to oppose what they perceive as a threat to them.
And so it goes. A congresswoman and several others are shot at a public event. Would it not be expected to take a look at the political environment when a politician is shot? Is it not obvious that there has been a lot of violent imagery, metaphor, and innuendo coming from the right? It seems to have become the theme. I don't deny that liberals have also used some of that, but comparatively it's more than just a bit lopsided.
So what is to be done? Business as usual? I hope not.