Finally the guy I'm parroting put my words in print. I knew what he was going to tell me to say you see. I just wish I could have said it as well as he does.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/244080/america-decent-jonah-goldberg ... Indeed, listening to all of this talk about crowd politics from liberals these days, you get the distinct impression that there are a lot of 20-something liberal bloggers, MSNBC talk-show hosts, and newspaper editorial writers who honestly believe that they are not only better than theAmerican public but that they are in fact the duly anointed conscience of this, our embarrassingly backward and bigoted nation. They must stand ever vigilant, lest Americas deep reservoirs of hatred and bigotry burst their levees and spill out through the sluices of the Republican Party. How does this river of hate manifest itself? The supposedly anti-Muslim 70 percent of Americans who dont like the idea of building the Cordoba House near Ground Zero mostly also believe the owners have the right to do it if they cant be persuaded otherwise. Wow, thats some crackdown on Muslims. In any decent society, tolerance must work both ways. If the majority is expected to show respect for a minority, the minority must also show some tolerance for the valuesof the majority. Im no strict majoritarian one with right on his side is the majority as far as Im concerned. But this isnt a clear-cut issue of right and wrong. Its more complicated than that. Its about deference and decency and common sense. And oneof the things common sense should tell us is that it is not only unfair but terribly ill-advised to portray 7 out of 10 Americans as bigots when they are a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325514 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
