Marc Ambinder notes that conservatives are outraged that no one is outraged over the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi consulate attack last year.
“If everything is an outrage, then nothing is an outrage. When the rapper Common visited the White House, it was an ‘outrage’ to Sean Hannity. When union workers were called in for Sandy repair in New York, that was also ‘outrageous.’ Heck, Hannity found it awful and outrageous that Obama’s daughters would dare take a spring break during the sequester. I’m literally going down the Google search results for ‘Hannity’ and ‘outrage.’ Replace Hannity with the talk radio host of your choosing.”
“It’s the flip side to Bennett’s argument: If you judge motivations always, you will not really be able to truly apply the force of judgment to genuine moral deviations. Your shame supply will dwindle. ”
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