lbo-talk-digest V1 #4706

[Luke Weiger]

> The target of sarcasem was not New Delhi but the tendency in the >
American discourse to exonerate pet minority groups from
> culpability by portraying them as vicitms of outside threat or
> aggression.  The argument goes as follows: "whatever group X is
> doing, no matter how reprehensible, is justified because this is just > a
response to grave external threats X faces."
>
> wojtek

This often occurs on the left, although the apologia for the actions of our
veterans overseas (which is certainly not a typical "left" response) also
fits the bill.

-- Luke