Robin of Berkeley describes what it’s like when the liberal scales fall from her eyes in Berkeley, Calif., and she considers (Gasp!) actually buying a gun after being mugged:
A light went on in my head. Suddenly I realized that the Red States may be on to something: the police are strongly supported, the citizens have guns, and, therefore, the gangsters may be a little reluctant to take over the local Burger King.
Contrast that to the Blue States where few liberals own guns, and the police are being emasculated.
And does this sound familiar?:
So what I realized during the talk show is that in places like Berkeley, only the criminals have the power. Not only do they have the power of guns, they are supported by several thousand brainwashed zombies who give the green light to criminals because they are the victims of someone else’s “privilege” and “supremacy” and “imperialism.”
And more bass-ackwards liberal thinking:
Witness the response of a left wing friend, Judy, when I told her I was mugged. She said, and I quote, “I don’t think what you went through was so bad. And anyway he was a victim too.”
And the capper:
As a good, loyal liberal, I always expected others to take care of me. If I gave my unqualified loyalty to the system, I could sleep well at night. But now, with victims left bleeding, a dangerously naive government, and sheep like masses, I see the absurdity of my thinking.
Amen.
LATER: In a variation on this theme, John Stossel writes about the sudden popularity of radio and TV talk host Glenn Beck. He ends the piece with this quote from Beck, which Robin of Berkeley would appreciate:
“We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was,” Beck says.
