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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Robin of Berkeley
One of the reasons I drifted so far left was because of a constant sense of
outrage. It was like a steady drumbeat in my head: Capitalism? Patently
unfair! Unequal pay for women? Outrageous!
Of course, out here in Berkeley, I was in good company, surrounded by the
multitudes up in arms most hours of the day. There's even a popular bumper
sticker around town that captures the general vibe: If You're Not Outraged,
You're Not Paying Attention.
However, once I snapped out of my leftist trance, I realized something
startling: I was outraged about all of the wrong things. In fact, leftist
outrage is derived not from our Higher Selves, but from another place
entirely: the lowly self.
This explains why the left can be so apoplectic one minute, and then
strangely silent the next. Take, for example, the mass slaughter of our
soldiers at Fort Hood. Obama didn't even interrupt his Native American
shout-out to denounce the killings.
We hardly hear a peep these days about Ft. Hood, the infiltration of our
military (!) by a Jihadist. I recently referred to the atrocity when
speaking to a progressive friend; she could barely recall what I was
talking about. Yet, when a lone, apparently psychotic young man, created a
bloodbath in Tucson, the left was all over this one.
The outrage about Tucson was fast and furious, with fingers pointed directly
rightward. The Tea Parties and Sarah Palin were vilified by the MSM and
progressive bloggers.
And, yet, when Palin defended herself by labeling the blame game a "blood
libel," we all witnessed what happened. People went ballistic; they were
outraged!
And now comes the latest abomination, a maniacal mob repeatedly sexually
assaulting and beating CBS correspondent, Lara Logan. Logan's ordeal, her
abject horror, appears to have fallen on deaf ears. Most of our leaders
have barely uttered a peep.
This is no surprise. As I've written many times before, the left considers
the abuse of women collateral damage in their revolutionary battles.
Another reason for the silence? The savagery threatens to spoil the
pristine image of the Egyptian hoodlums as "freedom fighters."
Lara Logan is a well-known journalist; but every day, anonymous Muslim women
are stoned, genitally mutilated, and murdered. The madness has infiltrated
our country with the beheading of a Muslim woman, allegedly by her husband.
And yet is CNN or Court TV running 24 hour coverage of the trial? Of
course not; these events fail to outrage.
The left's outrage is not completely real; it is manufactured; contrived.
The faux outrage is as fabricated as those feel-good slogans about Hope and
Change.
The left's legendary compassion is politically expedient, though elaborately
disguised. Brutalization of journalists, a Jihad against our soldiers...
and yet, so little outrage. There is no currency in these events; in fact,
they must be swept under the rug to hide the truth about the "Religion of
Peace."
But notice how Don't Ask, Don't Tell inflames the masses. Watch sparks fly
in the battle for gay marriage. Wisconsin is exploding because unionized
teachers want collective bargaining. The left's outrage is self-righteous
because it is laser focused on the self.
Not only is the left's outrage ego-based, but it is rooted in greed. Take
the left's centerpiece issue, social and economic justice. What do those
flowery phrases actually mean, anyway? Aren't they just doublespeak for
envy, coveting one's neighbor, and a gimme-gimme mentality?
When an injustice serves progressive ideology, we see the outrage in full-
color display. However, at other times, the silence is deafening -- or
there is disingenuous posturing.
As Lara Logan recovers from her wounds, President Carter assures us that we
have nothing to fear from the Muslim Brotherhood. But why shouldn't we be
fearful? Haven't we just seen what this assembly of brothers is capable of
doing?
As of this writing, Obama has not yet issued a public statement condemning
the violence in Egypt against Lara Logan and other journalists. However,
Obama did deliver a fiery speech, where he accused the Republicans in
Wisconsin of an "assault on unions."
He sounded outraged.
A frequent American Thinker contributor, Robin is a psychotherapist and a
recovering liberal in Berkeley. Robin's articles are meant to inform and
entertain, not to offer psychotherapeutic advice or diagnoses. |
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