One thread I'm beginning to pick up--our persistent need to either feel superior to those other idiots (as in the Maher YouTube video linked here) or act as though we are speaking for a persecuted minority. How many times have I seen this dynamic at play? In evangelical circles (white, middle class, affluent) where I worked. Among Catholic commenters where I blog. Among Democrats under Bush. Now with Republicans under Obama.
And yanno what I want to say to them? If you truly believe you are persecuted, let's find a way to send you to Darfur for a week. Or Rwanda. Or any number of countries in the former Soviet Republic.
Then come back and try that one on for size again.
Meanwhile, I give you Bill Maher-voice of another persecuted minority. By the way, I haven't yet seen anything to refute my initial point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IcUumWzue4
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Well, some of us have already lived in countries with oppressive and repressive governments -- which makes us all the more committed to making sure we don't oppress here.
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