Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Tom Tomorrow On Conservative "Victimhood"...
I've made this point several times over the past couple of months, but I like the way Tom's newest cartoon shines the light on how conservatives can feign "victim" status in spite of being in control of EVERYTHING...
What I like even better than the cartoon is Tom's accompanying blog post:
This week's cartoon is about the current dichotomy of the Right--the inability to reconcile the fact that they are currently firmly in charge of everything with their incessant desire to whine about their victimization. The solution: whine about the oppression they face in lesser arenas, such as the academy. In other words, go after the college professors. Heard Hannity this afternoon, urging his younger listeners to tape their professors, and expose their liberal malfeasance for all to see, yadda yadda. They want us to become a nation of informers, or maybe more accurately, tattletales.
And if you've been watching O'Reilly lately, you know that the falafel man is "watching out for Christmas!" Because nobody else is, apparently. This is big on Fox and talk radio in general this year--this backlash against the perceived secularization of the holiday season. Christmas is in jeopardy! As if. As if religious faith is in any danger whatsoever in this nation. As if a politician could get elected dog catcher without professing his deep and abiding faith in a Supreme Being.
People think that the re-election of Bush makes my job easier for another four years, but honestly, I'm really sick of these sixth-grade-level debates.
UPDATE: Right here in Raleigh, conservative churches are trying to trump up the non-threat to Christmas. Don't waste your time trying to feed and clothe the homeless, guys!
"There is a revival taking place in our nation that is causing Christian and right-minded people to say, `Wait a minute. We've gone too far,'" says the Rev. Patrick Wooden Sr., pastor of the Raleigh church. "We're not going to allow the country to continue this downward spiral to the left."
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