While Beltway politicians discuss the pros and cons of porkbarrel spending, and porkbuster bloggers just say no, Chris Muir of day by day observes that we are all Piglets now.
"this really is starting to *feel* like an "us" and "them" kinda thing and i hate to admit that because it sounds so bad" writes jay lassiter of Lassiter Space in the comments of that Philadelphia Inquirer blog, blinq, that we referenced in our previous post, "Overcoming fatwah fear," re the recent Mohammed-cartoon psychological improvised-explosive-device (IED) blow-up:
but it's how i feel. (and i'm a liberal!!!) I'm all for religious tolerance, but my values are important too. i do not fancy living under sharia law in this country, and i reckon most folks in denmark feel the same way.
Another liberal mugged by reality? So far, the mullahs' decision to try to shut us up seems to be having the opposite effect, just like al Queda's rude awakening when we didn't roll over and play dead in response to the 9/11 attacks. As GW said back then, "Let's roll."
It is my thought that life became so easy in much of the USA that many lost sight of the harsh side of human nature. It is fine and noble to accent the kind side of ourselves and of our society, but never loose sight of the dark side which is present in all of us at times and most of the time in many. Shining a light on the darkness doesn't make it bright, it just shows us where we must defend ourselves.
Posted by: goomp | February 02, 2006 at 12:30 PM
Howdy,
This is not a case of "another liberal being mugged by reality" rather an example of some (me, a liberal) leaning sooooo far left that i come back around on the other side a little bit righty-ish. does that make any sense?
but seriously, this is something that we can all find some common ground with, right? doesn't this seem like an attack on *all* our values?
Posted by: jay lassiter | February 02, 2006 at 05:40 PM
Solidarity from the center/left: Michael Reynolds at The Mighty Middle has a wonderful post about this today, echoed by Alan Stewart Carl at Maverick Views.
http://www.mightymiddle.com/index.php?/archives/675-The-Right-To-Ridicule.-UPDATED.html
http://maverickviews.blogspot.com/2006/02/turns-out-they-do-hate-our-freedoms.html
Posted by: Richard Lawrence Cohen | February 02, 2006 at 06:24 PM
I'm pleased as punch to see Goomp and Richard -- the lion and the lamb? -- commenting on the same post, and I agree with both of you. Thanks for the great links, Richard. Jay: Common ground, yes! United we stand.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | February 02, 2006 at 06:47 PM
Love seeing this debate in this forum. One thing: it's Blinq, not Bliq, as in blog of the Inquirer - I know, not that clever, but it's quick.
Posted by: daniel rubin | February 02, 2006 at 08:16 PM
In the Blinquing of an eye? Correction made. Thanks for pointing it out, Daniel.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | February 02, 2006 at 08:32 PM
oink.oink.
Posted by: chris Muir | February 03, 2006 at 12:47 AM