Our culture cherrypicks tragedies to suit its ruling ideology. It ignores the causes that challenge it. So of course, those who really suffer the most and have the fewest defenders — like unborn babies, or Syrian Christians — won’t make the list. Instead, the Victimist will latch onto (“medical” marijuana, )animal rights, transgender activism or Planned Parenthood … whatever cause is coolest among those people he wants to impress.
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000141
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