Ann Coulter, a conservative journalist in America, has apparently broken her jaw and had to have it wired shut. (This is the most impartial report I could find on the incident.)
I am absolutely appalled at the crowing I have seen on the Net about this. So far only one person on my flist has, shall we say, indulged, but one is more than enough. (And no, I am not linking to any of it. It's easy enough to find, gods know.)
I pride myself on being a liberal, because I believe that liberalism embodies, among other things, the values of compassion and empathy towards people who are suffering, and I believe those values transcend political divisions.
IF SOMEONE IS IN PAIN YOU DO NOT FUCKING WELL GIVE THANKS. You do not express the hope that her pain will continue. You do not liken it to divine justice, for God's sake. That's THEIR line.
At times like this, I see what conservatives mean about liberals. We are hypocrites. We are stinking hypocrites if we allow ourselves to rejoice in the suffering of a single human being, and if we do then we deserve to be exposed in the fullness of our hypocrisy and take the full force of all the ammunition we have thus freely given to our opponents.
If anyone who reads this has, even for a moment, reacted to the news about Ms Coulter in the ways indicated above, I beseech you in the bowels of Christ to think again and be better than that. She is mistaken in many of her beliefs. As are we all. That does not in any way make it good that she should suffer.
I wish Ms Coulter a speedy recovery from her injury, and the rest of us the strength to resist temptation.
EDIT: apparently the latter wish is not required. Oh well, that puts an end to all the "from 52 to 48 with love" crap, I suppose. Back to business as usual, and when they're down, kick 'em hard. I should have known better.
I am absolutely appalled at the crowing I have seen on the Net about this. So far only one person on my flist has, shall we say, indulged, but one is more than enough. (And no, I am not linking to any of it. It's easy enough to find, gods know.)
I pride myself on being a liberal, because I believe that liberalism embodies, among other things, the values of compassion and empathy towards people who are suffering, and I believe those values transcend political divisions.
IF SOMEONE IS IN PAIN YOU DO NOT FUCKING WELL GIVE THANKS. You do not express the hope that her pain will continue. You do not liken it to divine justice, for God's sake. That's THEIR line.
At times like this, I see what conservatives mean about liberals. We are hypocrites. We are stinking hypocrites if we allow ourselves to rejoice in the suffering of a single human being, and if we do then we deserve to be exposed in the fullness of our hypocrisy and take the full force of all the ammunition we have thus freely given to our opponents.
If anyone who reads this has, even for a moment, reacted to the news about Ms Coulter in the ways indicated above, I beseech you in the bowels of Christ to think again and be better than that. She is mistaken in many of her beliefs. As are we all. That does not in any way make it good that she should suffer.
I wish Ms Coulter a speedy recovery from her injury, and the rest of us the strength to resist temptation.
EDIT: apparently the latter wish is not required. Oh well, that puts an end to all the "from 52 to 48 with love" crap, I suppose. Back to business as usual, and when they're down, kick 'em hard. I should have known better.