I/P: A little consistency, if you wish to blame solely Hamas

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Thursday January 08, 2009 · 3:09 PM PST

2009/01/08 · 15:09

In the human need for a reckoning, especially in an area as tangled as the middle east, it's all to easy to blame a particular group, wash your hands of the whole affair, and move on.

I urge you to take more care - more often than not, blaming one group or another is as much use as regret, just serves to reinforce indoctrination that portrays one side as good, one as bad. Hold those who have a hand in the cycle of violence accountable, on both sides, with a consistency that is worthy of an open-minded and fair liberal, and an overriding interest in protecting the weakest, most vulnerable in this crisis, be they Israeli or Palestinian.

But if we were to proceed in the same fashion as some here do in blaming the Gaza deaths solely on Hamas, then let's take various tragedies, maintaining our impartiality and consistency, and see where we end up. In short, let's put some consistency to what is an inconsistent, blame-the-victim worldview.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 5:05 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 17:05

Tennessee might nto go blue this year, but it's won't be because of lack of effort by my mom and other Volunteers like her, who are vocal in their support for Obama.

Thanks, Mom!

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 10:04 AM PDT

2008/10/09 · 10:04

Racial resentment has been a motivating force for some on the right, and we have seen recently how racist messaging has been employed by the McCain campaign and how well their base has responded to it. While not as blatant as a Palin-McCain fill-in-the-blank "who is Obama" hate speech, he played upon racist messaging in the debate, specifically in his responses to the first two audience members.

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Saturday July 19, 2008 · 2:53 AM PDT

2008/07/19 · 02:53

latimes.com:

House Democratic leaders said the proceedings would not be about Bush's impeachment, a first step in the Constitution's process of a removing a president from office.

The crimes are under review by our crime fighting congress! Oh goody, more investigations that have no result, other than casting further doubt on the notion that we are a nation of laws.

It is as if, one fine sunny day in school, a bully went rampaging through the halls, breaking into lockers, beating up students, and the hall monitor snuck over to one of the victims and whispered, "Excuse me, did you notice if he had the requisite hall pass?"

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