Golden Age of Victimhood
Christian America's political arm is more complex and more dynamic than it first appears. And it will be hard to stop
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When Western liberals today talk of a mythical period in the days after 9-11 of “unity” and “European solidarity” what they really remember is a Golden Age of Victimhood, or about four weeks before the strikes against the Taliban commenced. Then for a precious moment at last the United States was a real victim, apparently weak and vulnerable, and suffering cosmic injustice from a suddenly empowered Other. Oh, to return to the days before Iraq and Afghanistan, when we were hurt, introspective, and pitied, but had not yet “lashed out.”
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When Western liberals today talk of a mythical period in the days after 9-11 of “unity” and “European solidarity” what they really remember is a Golden Age of Victimhood, or about four weeks before the strikes against the Taliban commenced. Then for a precious moment at last the United States was a real victim, apparently weak and vulnerable, and suffering cosmic injustice from a suddenly empowered Other. Oh, to return to the days before Iraq and Afghanistan, when we were hurt, introspective, and pitied, but had not yet “lashed out.”
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