My Katrina Blame the Victims Essay

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Blaming the Least Among Us
By EAPrez

Since Katrina blew through the gulf coast I have been saddened by the 'blame the victim' spin heard since citizens started questioning the response of the federal government to the tragedy. Most of this kind of talk is from our friends, the Republicans - also known as the 'religious wing' of the population. Some of the things I have heard on right wing radio is enough to make those of us fortunate enough to have food and water - loose it. Here are a few examples heard on my local right wing radio station while I was stuck in traffic in the span of about 10 minutes:

-"Why are there so many poor people in New Orleans? Isn't it a blue state? How come so many people in a blue state don't have cars?" (Translation: If Democrats were such good leaders, there wouldn't be so many poor people in LA. We are seeing a failure of Democratic Leadership. It didn't occur to this unthinking caller that he was implying that no one in the red states lived below the poverty line. Imagine my surprise to learn this new 'factoid'.)

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