“Shocked”—liberals’ ever-repeated response to the non-liberal world of reality which they refuse to acknowledge

In connection with the recent posts on how liberals inevitably describe terrible and predictable events as “shocking reminders” of things that the liberals already ought to know about, such as that terrorism is a threat to us, here are some past articles in which I discuss the liberal syndrome of “shock”:

Muslim wants to take oath of office on Koran; Prager is shocked

“Shocked, shocked,” by sight of female POWs

Phillips is shocked, shocked, that there are Islamists employed in her country

Beneluxers shocked, shocked, that there is Islamization going on in this establishment

And here are the two recent pieces:

Two phrases in need of elimination

A cornucopia of “reminders”

Update: Here are further articles that touch on the same idea:

A liberal who has been mugged is still—a liberal [In which I relate “shocked” liberals to “mugged” neoconservatives in a four-part typology of liberals and conservatives.


Posted by Lawrence Auster at December 29, 2007 07:24 PM | Send
    


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