The Left and Their 'Good Victims'

[Geee]

American Thinker:




A number of years ago, I was the victim of a brutal street crime. Although I was left with a broken nose and two black eyes, I learned soon thereafter that I wasn't a "good victim."

A progressive friend, Fran, clued me in. When I told her what happened, she said, "What you went through wasn't half as bad as what he has suffered." Fran was referring to the fact that I am white and the assailant was black. In other words, my suffering didn't matter.

Fran's reaction is not at all unique in these parts; here, there are good and bad victims. For instance, a couple of years ago, a middle school teacher was stoned and beaten in her classroom by a vicious mob of students. And yet, because of the racial make-up of the victim and the assailants, the media had little to say, except to imply that the teacher may have been a racist.

When I mentioned my horror about this heinous crime to yet another Leftist friend, she responded in the prescribed, politically correct way. Without showing an ounce of compassion toward the battered teacher, my friend blamed "white privilege."

[pollyannaish]

And yet, because of the racial makeup of the victim and the assailants, the media had little to say, except to imply that the teacher may have been a racist.

 

The worst racism in the world is not holding individuals accountable for their own behavior because of the color of their skin.

[NCTexan]

And yet, because of the racial makeup of the victim and the assailants, the media had little to say, except to imply that the teacher may have been a racist.

 

The worst racism in the world is not holding individuals accountable for their own behavior because of the color of their skin.

Pollyanniash!

 

In fact, the Leftest Intellectual Elites who pride themselves as being the most racially "accepting".... really are the most "excepting".

 

It appears in many cases that they're saying, "You shouldn't hold them accountable because we shouldn't expect more from someone of "that race."

[pollyannaish]

And yet, because of the racial makeup of the victim and the assailants, the media had little to say, except to imply that the teacher may have been a racist.

 

The worst racism in the world is not holding individuals accountable for their own behavior because of the color of their skin.

Pollyanniash!

 

In fact, the Leftest Intellectual Elites who pride themselves as being the most racially "accepting".... really are the most "excepting".

 

It appears in many cases that they're saying, "You should hold them accountable because we shouldn't expect more from someone of "that race."

 

That is exactly it.