Reply #94: this thread is one of the more incredible things i've read...

[carpe diem]

...since i've been on DU...i think some of you may be reacting negatively to this woman because the pseudo christian rw media is co-opting her and this story to exploit for political purposes...that is obvious and i hope she sees thru it and does not allow herself to be used by these people for that purpose...however, she's not really saying anything right now and in the vacuum, the talk-radio-foxnews machinery is in full propaganda mode...they can hide behind this young woman who i think is sincere and gob her genuineness off onto themselves since they have none of their on...they are sinking their teeth into this woman's neck and sucking the blood and some of the reaction on this board plays right into their hands..."see the Godless, Christ hating liberals are mocking this brave young woman!"...what did she do wrong?...the man was a fugitive from justice and she got him to turn himself in peacefully, w/out hurting anyone else or getting himself killed...just because you and i may have pissed our pants and let the chips fall where they may as long as we got out alive doesn't mean that the grace to rise to the moment doesn't exist....and those of us who irrationally resent "the south" and religion right now because of the current political climate are playing right into the divide and conquer strategy of the right wing...i think the suspicion and almost hostile reaction to this lady is coming from resentment and is probably unfair and unwarranted by what we know at this point...