You know who’s to blame for the shooting in PA?
Republicans. Because the shooter was clean cut, had a reasonable net worth, and white. Or something. Nevermind that his blog said he hated right wing fundamentalists and all that. Cheap political points are to be scored.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Shit, I’m pretty sure that the whole racist, misogynist… and whatever other -ists they were talking about over there… anyway, those things are all right there in the GOP platform.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:13 am
You know, maybe I’m going about this all wrong. I put a lot of effort in trying to not define people based on a preset collection of terms. It’s hard. It forces me to evaluate my views on a constant basis lest I find myself judging someone based on a stereotype rather than reality.
Instead, I should just define everything in terms of left vs. right. All left / right is bad. Period. Something terrible happens? No need to evaluate actual motives or whatnot, slap the left / right label on the SOB and WIN THE DEBATE!
Plus, using the power of stereotypes, I can easily condemn entire swaths of the nation for the actions of one! A black guy robbed a convenience store? See! Black man = all blacks! Mexican guy is lazy? Mexican = All Hispanics!
Much easier than critical thought! Why haven’t I been doing this since day one?
August 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Ppphhhttt!
What? Do you think people are individuals or something?
Don’t you realize that people have to get their marching orders from somebody, and if it’s not Oprah then it might be Glenn Beck?
August 6th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
You just have to love the “tolerant” side of the fence being all… intolerant, and stuff.