Maybe it’s just too hot for activism this week. But wait, maybe it’s too hot because of the lack of activism. Yeah, that’s it.
Which, I guess, almost perfectly explains the push and pull in the mind of the modern-day-liberal: Does it matter? Can I just make a donation? Fuck it.
But, of course, they’d never say, “Fuck it.” Nope, it’s not polite enough. They’d prefer: To ignore you and IT for as long as it takes for IT (read: The Issue) to go away.
Holy shit, this is starting to sound like my family dynamics. But that’s another story.
Because today’s topic is silence. Yes, silence, the official liberal sound/song while Democrats occupy the offices they most admire.
Notice, for example, how quickly they stopped caring about Bush’s wars once they became Obama’s wars. Viola! Wars be gone. Or not.
And there’s no better example of liberal ninniness than Vermont liberal ninniness. Because, goddamnit, we’re Vermonters. Duh.
It was, therefore, no surprise that the announcement by Vermont’s Governor Pete (not the moose) Shumlin to lease a fleet of SUVs to shuttle him around was met with complete silence by Vermont’s eco/liberal groups.
The oh-so-apparent irony of the new Democratic governor, who made his “deep concern” about global warming one of his top pre-election issues, deciding to replace the more fuel-efficient vehicles of his Republican (and global warming skeptic) predecessor just seems too…well…difficult for the people who are making boatloads of money fighting – ahem – global warming to speak up about.
And the public address announcer sez: Bill McKibben to the plate please. Or VPIRG. Or VNRC. Or the Vermont Sierra Club. Or…you get the point.
Silence. Nothing but silence.
Because, silly boy, the transgressions of “party” members must be ignored so that donations (and cocktail party invitations) remain intact. Better yet, sez the liberal manifesto, when confronted by such devastating ironies, begin to make counter accusations so as to make everyone just go back to sleep. You know, something like: Bachman has migraines! Or, Nader!.
Poor Vermont liberals, they thought buying a Prius and voting for Obama and Shumlin was going to make it all better.
Maybe they can borrow Shumlin’s SUV to drive over that pile of shit?