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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I wonder if Ty and SAM take the same position in regard to people like Robertson and Falwell, who continually call for boycotts of companies which publish anti-Christian material? I notice the left is selective in whom it says we should take pains to avoid offending. The Radical Islamists' complaints aren't much different that the complaints raised by radical Christians here for years? Why is it that I've never heard the Left decrying our press for provoking crazy Christians here?
My suspicion is that, at its core, the Left always, subconsciously, has to take the side of the underdog, or the group railing against the established order. They're a funny lot in that regard. They seem to have some odd guilt that forces them to sympathize with the outcasts. I'm actually fascinated by them. I quiz my lefty friends constantly to try to find out where the dislike of "the system" comes from. I've found many seem to have quasi-conspiracy theorist leanings. They seem to really believe there is a group of greedy white men running most things. And they want to rebel against this fantastic Star Chamber they've created in their heads.
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Ok, I'm with you on the basic issue here. The cartoons were in bad taste, but so what. If the Muslims don't like the cartoons, then tough shit. I don't like people blowing things up and killing people for being offensive. At least until such time as I get to do it to people I find offensive.
On the other hand, let's not go overboard. The world is pretty much run by a small group of greedy white men. They tend to stack the deck in their favor and pass out just enough opportunity to keep the underclass from rising up in enough numbers to actually do anything. I know they exist, and so do an awful lot of us lawyer types, for the simple reason that we get paid much better than fry cooks to do their bidding and make sure that the systems stays within their control while appearing neutral and impartial.
I would now proceed to make a bunch of stupid, simplistic, overly broad generalizations about "the Right," but that's gotten boring as all Hell.
