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In reply to the discussion: Using "them" as an excuse to post cold heartless shit doesn't excuse your cold heartlessness. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)The people deserve all the help that We, The People can give them. Right now, with all the compassion we can muster.
The POLITICIANS need to be called out on their "big gubmint, MAH TAX dollars, you Sandy people can stew in your own juices" type rhetoric.
It can be done. Most folk can walk and chew gum at the same time. Most, too, can distinguish between innocent civilians caught in a bad natural disaster, and elected officials who are meanspirited assholes who vote against aid for disasters that don't happen in their back yard.
There's not a thing wrong with pointing out that bit of cognitive dissonance, so long as there's no victim blaming going on.
And if not now, when? In no time, we'll all be on to the Next Most Important Thing In The World According To The Internet.
DWTS can have their final celebrations, and also pay tribute to the first responders in the wake of the OK disaster. They just did that on the tee vee now.