Reply #11: I've been following .. [View All]

[rbjensen]

the looting threads with interest. One element that I think that is at work here is that as liberals (yeah, I used the L word) we naturally champion the underdog. And that is as it should be. Somebody needs to be on their side. But I think we get disappointed or at least defensive when they behave this way because we envision the "I told you so" contingent on the right saying, "see THOSE PEOPLE are just savages anyway. But the thing is. a lot of poor people act in desperation, of course...the obvious...but another thing. A lot of poor people have no boundaries, no social conscious, etc. JUST LIKE A WHOLE LOTTA RICH FOLKS. Just a different arena. When you champion the underdog, you gotta take em warts and all.