Letters to the Editor
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The "Pity Me" Blues
The “pity-me” victim mentality of these people is always at the crux of their arguments. Whether it’s their need to be the “persecuted” religion (while being the overwhelmingly dominant religion), or their being the suppressed people squelched by a liberal media, or the 'poor, hard-working Americans' being looked down upon by that upper-echelon liberal elite (while their party is, self-admittedly, the party of the “have and have mores”). Deceit is first and foremost where all their arguments begin.
Even Bill Kristol had to finally admit in a rare moment of conservative honesty, “The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.” Yet, the ridiculous “liberal media” nonsense persists to this day, even after the last 6 years of over-the-top, rightwing, propaganda dominance.
As you pointed out yesterday, it was just OUTRAGEOUS to accuse General Petraeus of betraying his country, but calling war veterans like Max Cleland, John Kerry, and Jack Murtha terrorist-sympathizers and traitors is said with no more forethought than calling the sky blue. They smear victims of tragedies (the 9/11 wives, the New Orleans “refugees”, Cindy Sheehan), but if you trash a rightwing military man like Petraeus, you've crossed the line! It’s both unprecedented and unbelievable!
You hit the nail on the head again. Great post, Glenn!