Not in the Face!

Taranto's Best of the Web turned my attention to this article, where we're told that Democrats are like the beaten wives in an abusive marriage. That they have a mandate to be as radical, liberal, and steadfast as they want to. That there is nothing wrong with them, and that they are... well... right.

"You must admit you are a victim" claims this article. And that is, bar none, the biggest, stuipdest, outright shameful excuse of a lie that I have ever heard. You fought hard, you fought well. You lost. There's another game in a couple of years. Pick yourselves up, dust yourselves off, and fight again. But to claim that you are a victim casts yourselves in a position where you have no power. "We didn't lose, someone did this to us!" That's a cop out. It's a lie. It's giving up. And it's totally wrong.

If I'm playing a game with someone and I lose (something that happens with amazing regularity when playing MtG:Online), it's easy to get discouraged. But you can't do that. You can go back, and see how you were beaten. Maybe it wasn't in the cards. Maybe the other person just had a better hand. Maybe you made a stupid mistake. Maybe the other guy made a mistake, and you failed to pick up on it. Figure it out. Build a better deck. Get back in the game.

And enjoy the game. Life's too short not to love what you're doing. Who loves being a victim? Nobody. At least, no healthy person I know. Who enjoys running around filled with rage and hate all the time? Again, no healthy person I know does that. Winning and losing both require a measure of dignity, respect, and grace. Show that you have them, and you'll do better next time. On the other hand, wrap yourself in the victim title long enough, and people will start to believe it. Is that what you really want?