Van Jones is angry. Granted, he’s a volcano of unjustified pseudo-racist fury on a good day, but tonight he’s extra-indignant.
Apparently, he doesn’t like it when conservatives express disgust at welfare dependency and people who abuse the system. In his mind, this is evidence that we’re callous and hate poor people, and he has a Media Matters reel of Fox News clips to prove it! We all know how much Media Matters cares about fair-minded portrayals of the right, so its two-second snippets must be emblematic of our systemic contempt for the impoverished masses, right?
@VanJones68 @DANIELSBUK They have no shame or any humanity.
— Patrick (@thedailygruel) July 11, 2013
Perhaps the funniest element here is that Jones managed to tick off his atheist followers by seeming to suggest that religious people should have higher moral standards. That didn’t go down well with the heathens, and some are even demanding he retract his tweet.
@VanJones68 @DANIELSBUK Because religious people are better? Wanna retract that one?
— Jonathan Larsen (@jtlarsen) July 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/MultiverseOne/status/355129123322077184
.@jtlarsen @DANIELSBUK / Not because religious people are "better." But because we CLAIM to believe in mercy & grace. #NoRetraction
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) July 11, 2013
Either way, Jones needs to get a grip. Conservatives don’t hate poor people, but we do hate the dependency culture and abuse of the system. Some people need food stamps, but if you’re on food stamps and you’re buying a new iPhone, then you’re taking food out of the mouths of people who really need it. On top of that, we create more poverty every day with high taxes that prop up a poorly organized, inefficient welfare state. There is nothing “compassionate” about continuing that vicious cycle.
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