The Dick Cheney Disease

The Dick Cheney Syndrome is where the perpetrator of an act of violence demands that his victim apologize to him:

Tim Profitt -- the former Rand Paul volunteer who stomped on the head of a MoveOn activist -- told told local CBS station WKYT that he wants an apology from the woman he stomped and that she started the whole thing.

"I don't think it's that big of a deal," Profitt said. "I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you."

That's how it works with those guys. If they rape you, they want you to apologize for being so offputting that they were forced, just forced, to put roofies into your drink. A Republican carjacker would demand an apology because you were not perceptive enough to see that he needed to borrow your car, he had to pull a gun and take it from you.

Betcha if somebody stomped on that asswipe's head and put him into the hospital with a concussion, he'd think that it was a big deal.

Beyond that point, the Confederate party is living up to (or down to) their ancestors, who were not shy at resorting to violence to shut up those they disagreed with.