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Honor the Victims?

10th January 2011

I heard on the news a minute ago an infobabe say that the President was going to ‘ask all Americans to pause this morning for a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Arizona tragedy.’

That struck me as odd. ‘Honor’ the victims? Remember, certainly. Sympathize with, of course. Pray for, absolutely; and their families, which I doubt that the President will remember to do. But … honor? What did they do that was worthy of honor, other than be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time?

And that, I think, shines a light on the great divide between ‘progressives’ (like the President) and normal people. To the left, being a Victim is ‘honorable’, an accomplishment that deserves praise and recognition. By contrast, most rational people would say that being a victim is an unfortunate circumstance but hardly something to be celebrated. But ‘progressives’ just love victims, because victims are the leverage that ‘progressives’ use (indeed, need) in order to accomplish what they want to accomplish. No victims? No need for ‘progressives’. It’s a basic power equation.

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