beinart: abuse victim?

There are those in the Democratic party (like Michael Beinart of The New Republic) who think that moving more to the right, becoming more like Republicans and disregarding those whose voices have expressed all our concerns about this crime family, is the way to go. Well I, for one, will not be abandoning heros of the left like MichaelMoore. Though I'll probably pick up The New Republic on occasion if it's available in my dentist's office, I'm not likely to subscribe if this is the typical attitude at that magazine.

Meanwhile, Michael Moore has published an essay by a woman named Mel Giles, who works with abuse victims. Her unique perspective compares those of us who were recently beaten by the right wing with abuse victims. Well written and important truths. Here's an excerpt:

we absolutely must dispense with the notion that we are weak, godless, cowardly, disorganized, crazy, too liberal, naive, amoral, "loose", irrelevant, outmoded, stupid and soon to be extinct. We have the mandate of the world to back us, and the legacy of oppressed people throughout history.

Even if you do everything right, they'll hit you anyway. Look at the poor souls who voted for this nonsense. They are working for six dollars an hour if they are working at all, their children are dying overseas and suffering from lack of health care and a depleted environment and a shoddy education.

And they don't even know they are being hit.