Despicable right-wing media

Blaming the victims
I am outraged at the despicable campaign of blaming that right-wing political pundits have waged in the last week against the students at Virginia Tech for what one called "awful corrosive passivity" when a crazed gunman was shooting them.

I can think of no more heinous commentary this week than to victimize the victims, such as has occurred by the following:

In a National Review column, Mark Steyn, wrote that the passivity of the Virginia Tech students was a "threat to a functioning society."

Right-wing radio host Neal Bortz on Wednesday called the students behavior the result of "wussification" of America.

Right-wing radio host Michael Graham said on MSNBC the students just let the gunman have his way with them.

National Review's Neal Derbyshire wrote this: "[W]hy didn't anyone rush the guy? It's not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons. He had two handguns for goodness' sake -- one of them reportedly a .22."

They apprently weren't reading the newspapers' accounts of the attempts, some successful, in which the students and faculty fought back and defended themselves. Or they chose to ignore these factual accounts because it did not fit their propaganda.

It is bad enough that these media people distort the truth. But to distort it at the expense of victims so they can preach their near xenophobic hatred of liberals is inexcusable. It is amazing anyone in media authority permits this to be printed or aired.

I'm sure Imus is sitting on his ranch in New Mexico wondering how he could get fired for trying to be funny, but the mean-spirited and callous commentary like this is allowed to continue.