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To: Trueblackman

Liberals are programmed to react to events with certain prescribed templates, most frequently those that are driven by victimhood. When the templates clash and members of a minority group become the victims of another minority group (particularly one that liberals are favoring at the moment), liberals are conflicted. The result is usually silence.


55 posted on 08/12/2007 12:56:28 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"When the templates clash and members of a minority group become the victims of another minority group (particularly one that liberals are favoring at the moment), liberals are conflicted. The result is usually silence."

I remember Bob Grant's book from years ago about how the media handles this. He had a scorecard about what trumps what. I remember how accurate he was. White kills black= national scandal. Black kills white= local story, race not factor. Man kills wife= man bad. Woman kills man= man abusive, deserved it. Gay person murdered= society responsible because of homophobia. Gay rapes child= local story, sexual orientation not factor unless Catholic priest, then Catholic church responsible. Being gay trumps everything. Reggie White was demonized for being "anti-gay" despite being black. If these black victims were gay, THEN the race/immigration status of the perp would be reported fervently.

84 posted on 08/12/2007 8:36:32 PM PDT by boop (Trunk Monkey. Is there anything he can't do?)
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