On The Other Foot

William Saletan, writing in an op-ed in the Washington Post, delivers one of the most elegant slams against the left that I have seen in a long time. This is brilliant and quite devastating. The subject is the left's instantaneous, knee jerk reaction to the FDA approval of cloned animals for human consumption. He has a lengthy examination of the real issues and real science involved, which is well worth the read. But the best part in the entire piece is this:

The same liberals who demand stem cell research using human embryos and who blasted the FDA for delaying approval of emergency contraception now accuse the FDA of recklessly approving cloned food.

The shoe is on the other foot, and the reaction is highly predictable. I would only take exception to Saleton's use of the word liberal. He is talking about the left, who are anything but liberal these days. I would highly recommend reading all of Saleton's piece, though. It takes a good, hard look at the real issues and does a good job of discussing them. He also gets in more than a few stinging slaps at extremists and junk science along the way.