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| The Progressive Psychology of Exploiting a Crisis |
| 2017-10-03 |
| [American Thinker] Within hours of a man carrying out a horrifyingly successful mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which the death toll as of this writing is almost sixty, Democrats are out in public demanding gun control legislation. As disgustingly cynical as this is, it is not in the least bit surprising. Many more will join the chorus in the coming days, while a complicit news media will keep the horror fresh to facilitate the Democrats' exploitation of sadness and pain. Never wishing to appear to their neo-communist handlers as weaklings inclined to put humanity before politics, or willing to pre-empt the revolution out of respect for human suffering, progressive politicians at America's moment of "fundamental transformation" seem to want to look callous and inhuman, even as they claim to represent the interests of the suffering and downtrodden. Rahm Emanuel's infamous cat-out-of-the-bag moment ‐ "never let a crisis go to waste" ‐ has quickly evolved from an awkward instance of progressive self-revelation into the proud mantra of the American left. Leftists are no longer even ashamed at the old accusation of "politicizing a tragedy." Tragedy ‐ the bigger, the better ‐ is the grease in their wheels. Politicizing hardship has always been their stock in trade, and now, through years of practice, they have trained to the public to regard this extreme cynicism as the norm, so that the accusation no longer carries any meaning. Democratic congressman Seth Moulton, refusing to participate in the moment of silence for the Las Vegas victims on the House floor, tweets this perfect example of crisis exploitation: "Now is not a moment for silence; it's a time for action." Action, of course, means laws restricting individual liberty and property rights, in defiance of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 The Congressman is a Marine which makes me sad. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-10-03 14:45 |
| #2 Democratic congressman Seth Moulton, refusing to participate in the moment of silence for the Las Vegas victims on the House floor, tweets this perfect example of crisis exploitation: "Now is not a moment for silence; it's a time for action." I wonder of the Good Congressman felt that way when an Islamic terrorist knifed a bunch of college students. Or when an illegal returns to the country after being exported only to rape/kill again. Those are times for introspection and not rushing to conclusions. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-10-03 14:44 |
| #1 believe when the facts come in we'll find he's a hard core lefty and that his weapons were purchased or modified illegally. This proves existing laws don't work so more laws wouldn't help. If ISIS is to be believed they claim him as one of their own. I imagine if they did help him it was in the manner of getting the weapons in which case another lefty pillar or two collapses. The left must control the narrative now (as they did in Ferguson and other areas before the facts proved them wrong) or else. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-10-03 14:42 |