No sense of decency

[pjthompson]

No Sense of Decency

These are the men who tied women to stakes
and burned them because they had cats
and lived on the margins of society, but
did little cures for poor people with herbs.
They said they did God's work; they said
the riffraff could not be allowed to corrupt
their society.

These are the men who put sheets over
their heads because they were cowards
and didn't wish to be seen when they
lynched young men and women who stood
up to them and demanded equality. They
said they did God's work, in the name
of the pure, white race; they said
the riffraff could not be allowed to corrupt
their society.

These are the men who yelled "Communist!"
and blacklisted the lives of anyone who
didn't think as they did; who held the
nation hostage until a brave man finally
turned on them and said, "Have you no sense
of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left
no sense of decency?" Where are you now,
Joseph Welch? We need you now, we need
you. They have no sense of decency,
no shame. They are making riffraff
of us all.

March 18, 2010

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Shocking.

[pjthompson]

Isn't it horrible? It makes me ashamed that this country houses such people.

[jenstclair.livejournal.com]

Words fail me. Other than curse words, I mean.

I can't find any sign of this on the Columbus Dispatch site, which I would assume would be the source. But it's been everywhere, evidently.

[pjthompson]

It has been everywhere and I'm a little concerned that it may not really be from the Columbus Dispatch, but that does nothing to mitigate the horror of it. Even if this was a created event (i.e., the "Parkinson's patient" decided to provoke), I think the Tea Party irrationality is very easily provoked and needs to be shown. I also don't think this is a regional event. Tea Partyers everywhere are like these folks.

[jenstclair.livejournal.com]

You are absolutely correct.

I really want to start something like "Take back our Tea", because it seriously disturbs me that they've named themselves this. Among other things.

[pjthompson]

because it seriously disturbs me that they've named themselves this. Among other things.

I know. It's like they're saying, "We're the only genuine Americans." Screw that.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Whoa. O.o

[pjthompson]

You didn't miss anything over here. Glad you got to see some of "good America."

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Very powerful!

[pjthompson]

These heinous bastards need to be exposed for what they really are. You can disagree about the need for health care, but this type of behavior is completely unacceptable and should be condemned by anyone with a sense of decency.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

that guy saying 'i decide when you get money' was awful. talk about the powerful wanting more power.

[pjthompson]

I know! "No more free rides" kind of made me retch, too.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

I just saw on the news there was a tea party protest at our capital today. If I had known, I might have gone with my counter-protest