Gas on the FireAgain, my apologies for not seeing the Palin/Gingrich rhetoric in this light... and my thanks to Tom Degan for making the point explicitly.
Now they're encouraging the citizenry to hate a certain minority based solely on their religion. Tell me, just what the hell does that remind you of?
Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From the morn to the night he's so joyous and bright, And he bubbles with wit and good humour! He's so quaint and so terse, both in prose and in verse; Yet though people forgive his transgression, There are one or two rules that all family fools Must observe, if they love their profession. [Yeomen of the Guard, Gilbert & Sullivan]
Thursday, August 26, 2010
"I was blind, but now I see."
Forgive me, dear readers: I've approached the so-called "ground-zero mosque" as a First Amendment issue. I failed to see the larger context, which, thankfully, has been clearly stated by my friend Tom Degan over at The Rant:
No problem, pal! Thank you for the link!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Tom Degan