Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Rush Limbaugh Can't Understand Why People Give a Damn

There's this little thing in psychology called projection.  basically it's when you 'project' your own personality on others; a sort of egoism if you will where you can't imagine that other people do not think and act like you.  Thieves tend to be untrusting for example in popular media.  Keeping that in mind, what does this comment from Limbaugh say about him?

On August 21, 2007, Limbaugh claimed that Democrats "want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur." He continued: "There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur? It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble." A caller responded, "The black population," to which Limbaugh said, "Right."
Ignoring the racism, the fact that the right (and yes let's face it Limbaugh has the creds and physique to weigh in for the entire political right) claims that the only reason democrats (ie Liberal commie scum) would want to aid in Darfur is due to some sort of selfish gain.  That...is baffling to me.  i'm not part of the Democratic party but I have done some work for the folks in Darfur around the campus...not once did it ever occur to me that doing so was winning anyone any favors.  I was more concerned...you know...with people being hacked apart like hamsters in a blender.   or cats in a meat grinder....damn I'm hungry.  Back on topic, yeah.  What the hell Right?  I mean, we all on the left suspect and exaggerate saying you're heartless but really?  Is the Right really like this?  I don't want to give into a prejudice, but is that really the issue?  Is the Right simply unable to empathize and think of anyone else?  Is the extend of their sympathy to their own demographic/nation/tea party?  That's...both telling and sad if it is the case. 

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