{"id":2452,"date":"2012-08-23T13:10:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T20:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2012-08-23T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T20:10:03","slug":"blame-the-man-not-the-entire-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2012\/08\/23\/blame-the-man-not-the-entire-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Blame the man, not the entire party"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Todd_Akin%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\", member of the United States House of Represe...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dd\/Todd_Akin%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg\/300px-Todd_Akin%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg\" alt=\", member of the United States House of Represe...\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The man, the myth, the legend&#8230;of stupidity. (Todd Akin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We all know what the moronic Senator from Missouri, Todd Akin, said in regards to rape and \u201clegitimate rape\u201d\u2026I mean, what an absolute lame brain. I\u2019m not sure how the excuse that he misspoke is even possible, it\u2019s obvious the guy simply does not get it. This however, is not the point of this article\u2026the point is the aftermath of his words. I\u2019ve seen countless people in the media and online go after the GOP and Akin, rather than just Akin. I find this to be inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>However, I find it to be the norm.<\/p>\n<p>When a Republican does something stupid, which happens often, the \u201cother side\u201d attacks the entire party. When a Democrat does something stupid, which also happens often, the \u201cother side\u201d attacks the entire party. This is a baffling way to go about things. If a white person does something bad, are all white people stupid? If a Mormon does something stupid are all Mormons stupid?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bad road to travel down when we go after a group when one, or even when a handful of people in that group, have done something stupid. As much as I think both parties are full of crap, I get tired of watching the blatant bashing of the whole, when in fact it is only a part. This is quite odd for me to say because typically I\u2019m all about bashing all of them on both sides, but I feel it\u2019s our duty as civilized people to not be so arrogant as to generalize and blame ALL when only a FEW are responsible.<\/p>\n<p>This particular case of Akin brought these thoughts up for me but this idea can hold true in any situation. Let\u2019s be a little more level headed and focus on those responsible rather than the whole herd.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px;margin-top: 10px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: currentColor;float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=293b2c65-f7ea-4d9e-9d10-67e58edc0b72\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know what the moronic Senator from Missouri, Todd Akin, said in regards to rape and \u201clegitimate rape\u201d\u2026I mean, what an absolute lame brain.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20,33,36,39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accountability","7":"category-government","8":"category-news-media","9":"category-political","10":"category-random-thoughts","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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