A writer at American Spectator nutshells the left’s propensity for selective and/ or inconsistent outrage- ie, outrage only when it suits them politically, and silence over similar issues that do not suit them politically. A leftist who became a rightist, Robin of Berkely clearly knows what he/she is talking about.

..once I snapped out of my leftist trance, I realized something startling: I was outraged about all of the wrong things. In fact, leftist outrage is derived not from our Higher Selves, but from another place entirely: the lowly self. This explains why the left can be so apoplectic one minute, and then strangely silent the next.

[..] The left’s outrage is not completely real; it is manufactured; contrived. The faux outrage is as fabricated as those feel-good slogans about Hope and Change. The left’s legendary compassion is politically expedient, though elaborately disguised. Brutalization of journalists, a Jihad against our soldiers…and yet, so little outrage. There is no currency in these events; in fact, they must be swept under the rug to hide the truth about the “Religion of Peace.”

But notice how Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell inflames the masses. Watch sparks fly in the battle for gay marriage. Wisconsin is exploding because unionized teachers want collective bargaining. The left’s outrage is self-righteous because it is laser focused on the self.

Not only is the left’s outrage ego-based, but it is rooted in greed. Take the left’s centerpiece issue, social and economic justice. What do those flowery phrases actually mean, anyway? Aren’t they just doublespeak for envy, coveting one’s neighbor, and a gimme-gimme mentality? When an injustice serves progressive ideology, we see the outrage in full-color display. However, at other times, the silence is deafening — or there is disingenuous posturing.

Kind of sums up the whole leftist position pretty well I reckon. They really only have the two strategies- selective outrage and strawman arguments blaming capitalism/ greed for all the world’s problems. Take away those two fraudulent issues, they have less than nothing.

Full article.