Many of these lib/lefty/socialists are in competition to display the most moral superiority as a form of one upmanship. Similar to a male peacock’s superior display of feathers enhances his mating abilities.
This dopey author obviously misses all the wealth redistribution going from whites to blacks and minorities via 0Kare, via various forms of welfare, via affirmative action preferences in education and the work place
BTW check out the lively comments at the source- Salon.com
George Orwell — ‘A humanitarian is always a hypocrite’
Orwell on the Hypocrisy of Humanitarians http://othermatters.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/readings-orwell-on-the-hypocrisy-of-humanitarians/