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Passing the Abu Ghraib Buck 2004.05.07.19:04

Another great bit from Respectful of Otters, this one shows the various theories on the real source of blame for the prisoner torture: Who's ultimately to blame for the atrocities at Abu Ghraib? Various conservative commentators are rounding up the usual suspects: 1. Women. 2. Feminists. 3. Muslims. 4. The academic left. (Courtesy of Media Matters, plus alert Respectful of Otters commenter pepi.) 5. Lesbians. (Courtesy of Kathryn Cramer.) 6. Feminists and gays, acting in cahoots. (Courtesy of World O' Crap, who has also been all over the "it's women's fault" argument.) And of course, ultimately, 7. It's Bill Clinton's fault. (Courtesy of Atrios.) And thus we see the lengths it's possible to go to in order to avoid having your worldview shaken. All of the number-points are linked to stories at the RoO site. The ones on MediaMatters.org are good, as there are some other really good related links along the left-hand column (including some data on how Rush Limbaugh is defending for the fifth straight day his assertion that what happened at the prison was nothing worse than a fraternity prank-gone-wrong).

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