"This is becoming a very disturbing pattern: A small, uncompromising group, feeling the righteousness of their cause, hurt tens of thousands of innocent people and takes them hostage until they get their complete way," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.
A debate about the righteousness of the group's cause aside, one thing is abundantly clear -- the reaction to the group, both by police and government officials and many media outlets, points to a double standard in the way white people are treated vs people of color when it comes to acts of protests or extremism. .
He was kidnapped, along with three other men (one of whom was killed), by a previously unknown group called the Swords of Righteousness Brigade.
But there is something about the self-righteousness of one group of powerful men, who failed to predict or stop the disaster in the financial system, denouncing another lot of men, which leaves me feeling a little amused and sceptical.
The questions, inevitably, will go to her brief video account, shortly after her release, of her treatment by the insurgents, a group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade.
(Sinagra) SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK (Sunday) Gospel, blues, African rhythms, protest songs and the joys of harmony are the enduring touchstones of this all-women a cappella group, which never forgets to leaven righteousness with pleasure.
Thus Sarah, on first encountering the group: "Why is it that self-righteousness always goes hand-in-hand with resistance movements?" Which side of the line she finds herself on forms the slightly improbable denouement.
Davenport said "To find a group of people who have been living righteousness for 200 years instead of just talking about it is a rare and beautiful experience".
People's political convictions are mostly hazy and irrational, not logical or rigorous; they're heavily based on group identification and easily seduced by self-righteousness and persecution complexes.
What begins as a merely watchful drama grows paranoid and dark, as psychological stresses fracture the group and they are isolated by their respective self-righteousness, naivety and anti-social tendencies.
