^^^ CB: Does Butler have Reverse Schadenfreude ?
Like many other leftists who either didn't support Obama or did so reluctantly, Butler predicts " a 'crash' – a disappointment of serious proportions" if O doesn't quickly do what she says he should do. The problem is that Butler didn't predict that Obama would win, or help him derive his winning campaign platform. So, why would we turn to her for advice and counsel on how to proceed from here. Seems that she should be asking Obama what he thinks he should do now. The vast majority who voted for O are probably not thinking about him or the US political situation the way Butler is. Butler also indulges the 10-plus months long left caricature of Obama enthusiasts as irrationally exuberant, substituting the word "uncritical" for "irrational" ( maniacs). This is a mis-characterization of them, and so one might predict that Butler's predictions will not materialize about how most of his militant supporters and just plain voters will turn on him. They will not materialize because she's not really in touch with the thinking and attitudes of most of his supporters in the first place. She's substituting her thinking for his.. So, we might expect that _she_ might be disappointed, but she's not a very enthusiastic supporter in the first place.
Like the spate of other dire predictions now coming from some of the left , we won't know whether they are accurate for many months. So , this and the others are a form of letting off steam . They have a sort of reverse schadenfreude. Instead of joy at the misfortunes of something or someone one doesn't like, it is melancholy at the good fortunes of someone one doesn't like - sour grapes. So, we can dub Butler and the rest the Sour Left.
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