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2016 Postmortem

coalition_unwilling

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5. This society, post Abu Ghraib, has lost all capacity to feel any

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 01:15 PM

Jul 2012

shame. Ultimately, it was 'shaming' that brought Joseph McCarthy down (through Joseph Welch's seminal "Have you no shame?" speech during the Army-McCarthy hearings). But, when a society has lost the power to 'shame,' there is no stopping Bachmann and her like, other than a full-blown hot civil war. It may yet come to that. I sure hope not. Shaming didn't work to stop slavery.

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Group Of House Republicans Stand By Islamophobic Witch Hunt = "Double Down and Raise Ya" [View all] MindMover Jul 2012 OP

How about you all duke this out at the convention in Florida? tanyev Jul 2012 #1

Will there be actual investigations? Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #2

"The State Department is infested with Islamic terrorists. I have here coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #3

Bachmann is becoming dangerously like Glenn Beck Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #4

This society, post Abu Ghraib, has lost all capacity to feel any coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #5

Republicans maybe Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #8

paging Joe McCarthy....... nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #6

Now that antisemitism is completely unacceptable, I guess the haters kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #7