Reply #9: No, they shouldn't.

[Berry Cool]

And they shouldn't be blaming the victim here either.

But blaming the victim is very popular on DU when the victim disagrees with us philosophically.

A lot of people here don't believe in any god, but they seem to believe in karma. Because that way they can still have the comfort that bad things only happen to people who deserve them.

I can't even count the number of times I've seen news posted here about sheer misfortune happening to Republicans and other conservatives that has been followed in comments by statements like "Karma's a bitch" and "Serves 'em right."

It's like a little piece of whatever makes people human is missing from some people. Like they just think they're on a team and it's all a big game, and all they're doing is gloating over the other side losing.

I think people like that have forgotten why they have the political philosophy they do. Which I thought was because they cared about people and believed their philosophy was best for people in general...not just a flag to wave and a color to wear.

If it's all just about being a blue shirt vs. being a red shirt, what's the point?