Shoe, Meet Other Foot

[ThoughtCriminal]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/DCMediagirl/shoe-meet-other-foot_b_5964.html
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What are the chances that MoveOn.org, Air America and other liberal activists and organizations will start googling the names and doing Nexis searches on these grieving parents, hoping to uncover some "incriminating" personal or financial detail about them, in order to "undermine" their pro-war position? How likely is it that a liberal radio host will go on the air and proclaim that the parents are "faking" their stories, as Rush Limbaugh accused Cindy Sheehan of doing? Why haven't I heard one person accuse any of the pro-war parents of being controlled by extreme right wing forces? After all, didn't the right infantilize Cindy Sheehan by accusing her of being a stooge and puppet of "extremist" left wing interests?

I'll take a wild guess. The chances of any of the above happening is hovering around zero, because we on the left actually sympathize with these parents and care about their grief.
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It's one of the differences between "Us" and "Them"

[TahitiNut]

1. Some take their word, accept that they're following the Golden Rule, ...

... and assume they would have it "done unto" themselves, too. Others might think of petards and hoisting. :evilgrin:

[eleny]

2. Damn our ethics!!!!

[rzemanfl]

3. Do you think it would be okay to check and see if their kids are

really dead? Remember the Kuwait incubators...