Apologies, blame and group guilt
When someone with left leanings, not a leader or government figure, made a statement that the right faked outrage over, the entire left was blamed for dissing stay at home moms. Blitzer made her appologise and even the president stepped into the discussion.
Look at all the years when actual leaders of the right made real insulting statements and maybe the individual is blamed with little consequences and certainly the entire right doesn't have to go around cleaning up the media haranguing over it. Remember when congress had to distance itself from Moveon over the General Betrayus comment?
This also happens to minorities all the time. One person of color does something reprehensible and their entire race is condemned but if a white guy does the same thing well he is just a lone crazy person.
We keep falling for it and we won't play the same game because it is beneath us plus that sort of fake outrage and group blame thing is a bullying tactic and we are not bullies but we know who they are.
How should we counter this?
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