Q.E.D.
by Jack GrantProving that the radical right-wing is seeing only what they want to see, here is a blog that refers to my post “Fear and hate” as going “on and on about what the riots are and are not about—wholly irrelevant points, since the rioters chose of their own free will to behave in a subhuman, criminal manner, and therefore, they and only they are responsible for their own behavior.”
Nowhere did I try to excuse the behavior of the hooligans, yet somehow they try to link what I am saying to what the rioters are choosing and implying I am saying the perpetrators are not responsible.
Seeking explanations is NOT making excuses.
If I seek out why a building collapses, am I trying to say that the architect and builder are not responsible? No, I am trying to find out the reason so I can make sure it does not happen again.
Yet, somehow, the author at RightWingNation appears to think searching for fundamental causes is making excuses.
Was I name-calling the radical right-wing?
The post I quote from gives further evidence that the radical right-wing is seeking out connections that do not exist so they can associate the words “subhuman” and “criminal” with Islam.
Perhaps I should have tried some name-calling.
Take a moment to think, people, and stop jerking your knees.
I repeat my point, if we link the violence to Islam when it is not connected, we will take yet another step on the path to being in a true holy war.
Unfortuately, the radical right-wing does indeed need to “put the kool-aid down and back away” because the lenses they use to view the world are obscuring too much.
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In order to learn, one must first admit he or she does not already know.
Further, if one learns the “why” of any action or process, the “how” will come naturally.
Therefore, time spent evaluating, analyzing, and dissecting the “how” is misspent.
Change, correction, and solution flow from learning the why.
I, for one, am still thinking, Jack. Please keep challenging me to do so.
By Chrissy on 11.08.05 18:23
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